Stories by Bruce Vail

Bruce Vail is a Baltimore-based freelance writer with decades of experience covering labor and business stories.

Workers Win Battle Over Employer Crackdowns on Social Media

Posted on: Jun 4, 2012, Source: In These Times

A grocery store chain threatened to fire workers for talking about their jobs on Facebook and Twitter--but the workers took their fight to the NLRB, and won.

Hostess Brands Uses Bankruptcy Court to Screw Workers Out of Pensions, Benefits

Posted on: May 14, 2012, Source: In These Times

A judge allows the company to cancel its union contracts; on the same day, the Twinkie-maker sends lay-off notices to all 18,500 workers.

2 Years After Upper Big Branch Disaster, Coal Baron Blankenship Is Gone. What Else Has Changed?

Posted on: Apr 4, 2012, Source: In These Times

As families of dead miners mark the second anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster, there is little consolation in the way of improved safety laws or reforms.