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Znet Article Brenner: Election Season: Let’s Be Watchdogs, Not Lapdogs

Znet Article, November, 05 2012 Mark Brenner
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It’s election season, and the Democrat who’s cold-shouldered your union since the last campaign is running again

Znet Article Brenner: Con Ed Workers Back on the Job, Company Maintains Hard Line

Znet Article, July, 30 2012 Mark Brenner
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The past two years have seen an explosion in lockouts

Znet Article Brenner: Are We at a Tipping Point?

Znet Article, July, 04 2012 Mark Brenner
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Are we at a tipping point, where unions are no longer able to play their historical role of creating a shared working-class common sense?

Znet Article Brenner: New York Nurses Take Back Their Union, Push for Safe Staffing

Znet Article, May, 21 2012 Mark Brenner
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New York nurses upended the 100-year power imbalance between bedside nurses and nurse managers

Znet Article Brenner: Workerless Docks? Automation Threatens Union Power

Znet Article, March, 12 2012 Mark Brenner
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Automation was at the heart of the year-long conflict between the West Coast Longshore Union (ILWU) and grain terminal operator EGT

Znet Article Brenner: Nurses Say Private Equity Firm Starving Massachusetts Hospitals

Znet Article, December, 22 2011 Mark Brenner
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Nurses sang sour carols today to the private equity firm they say is starving Massachusetts hospitals and pitting workers against each other.

Znet Article Brenner: At Sotheby’s and Beyond, ‘Occupy’ Movement Boosts Unions

Znet Article, November, 12 2011 Mark Brenner
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The most important lessons union activists should soak up from time spent shoulder to shoulder with the occupiers are their audacity and their commitment to direct democracy

Znet Article Brenner: 21,000 Strike Giant California Hospital Chains

Znet Article, September, 26 2011 Mark Brenner
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4,000 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers took to picket lines Wednesday through Friday

Znet Article Brenner: Reformers Sweep Election in New York Nurses Union

Znet Article, September, 03 2011 Mark Brenner
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Reformers in the New York State Nurses Association gained a big majority on the organization’s board of directors

Znet Article Brenner: California Strike Highlights Hospitals' Skewed Priorities

Znet Article, June, 29 2011 Mark Brenner
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The union’s most important challenge is to make good on its founding promise—that workers can build a democratic union willing to stand up and fight

Znet Article Brenner: Is There An Answer to the Deficit Dilemma?

Znet Article, June, 07 2011 Mark Brenner
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Steady deficits, even small ones, can build up to create large-scale debt

Znet Article Brenner: Cutting wages won't solve Detroit 3's crisis

Znet Article, December, 05 2008 Mark Brenner
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In the 1980s, Chevrolet proclaimed itself the "Heartbeat of America," but today the American auto industry barely registers a pulse. As Washington considers Detroit's plea for life support, the only place where pundits, politicians and Big Three e...

Znet Article Brenner: End of the Road: If the Auto Industry is Dead What does that Mean for Workers?

Znet Article, November, 18 2008 Mark Brenner
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As politicians in Washington debate the future of the U.S. auto industry, we are reposting this article from the September 2006 issue of Labor Notes. It spells out the how the "Big Three" got into the mess they are in today, and what the UAW--toge...

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