Stories by Mark Brenner
Mark Brenner is the Director of Labor Notes.
Posted on May 20, 2012, Source: Labor Notes
The ability of NYSNA nurses to chart their own course, ensuring patient care and bedside nursing are priorities, is a reminder that unions can change based on member involvement.
Posted on Sep 30, 2010, Source: Labor Notes
Can organized labor out-organize the tea parties?
Posted on Oct 28, 2009, Source: Labor Notes
For years corporations have been trying to choke the life out of traditional pensions ... and they may get their wish.
Posted on Apr 8, 2009, Source: Labor Notes
Bankers have driven our economy off a cliff. Why hand them the keys again?
Posted on Apr 1, 2009, Source: Labor Notes
If the car companies are too big to fail, too poorly run to put right, it’s time to take them over.
Posted on Jan 14, 2009, Source: Labor Notes
The move would create a single local union for all of SEIU's nursing home and home-care workers in California.
Posted on Dec 27, 2008, Source: Labor Notes
As companies scramble to shore up profits, many are turning to a well-rehearsed script: ask union workers for concessions.
Posted on Dec 8, 2008, Source: Labor Notes
Some conservatives are using inaccurate numbers to pin the blame for Detroit's pain on union workers.
Posted on Nov 19, 2008, Source: Labor Notes
With U.S. car makers billions of dollars in the red, jobs vanishing and factories closing, the industry's problems may be insurmountable.
Posted on Nov 10, 2008, Source: Labor Notes
A crisis precipitated by the wealthy, and we're all getting stuck with the tab.
Posted on Jan 15, 2008, Source: Labor Notes
In recent years, working people have made huge givebacks under the gun of employers, courts, and (yes, even) union officials.