Bruce Vail - In These Times

Bruce Vail is a Baltimore-based freelance writer with decades of experience covering labor and business stories for newspapers, magazines and new media. He was a reporter for Bloomberg BNA’s Daily Labor Report, covering collective bargaining issues in a wide range of industries, and a maritime industry reporter and editor for the Journal of Commerce, serving both in the newspaper’s New York City headquarters and in the Washington, D.C. bureau.

Vail has also worked inside the labor movement as a staff writer, researcher and editor for the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (AFL-CIO). Based in the Washington, D.C. office, Bruce helped produce the union’s various publications and also worked on organizing and legislative projects between 1996 and 2005. Currently living in Baltimore, Md., Bruce has been a member of The Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America, and the Office and Professional Employees International Union.

Second Time the Charm for Virgin America Flight Attendants (UPDATED)

Finally, Obama Uses Power of ‘Phone and Pen’ for Workers

New Bill Defines Labor Rights As Civil Rights

Atlantic City Workers Stunned As Casino Economy Begins to Crash

Hospital Union Claims Victory in Johns Hopkins Contract Fight

Working Families Make Promising Debut in Maryland Elections

Labor in History: Mobtown and the Stirring of America’s Unions

‘Rosie the Riveters’ Storm National Zoo

‘$10.10 is Not Enough,’ Federal Contract Workers Tell Obama

Booming Business, But Falling Wages, in California Grocery Stores

College Adjuncts Union Scores Victory at Maryland Institute College of Art

Pilots Win Union and Break Barrier at JetBlue

Jewish and Labor Leaders Flock To Defend Teachers at Perelman Jewish Day School

Striking Workers Shame Prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital Over Low Pay

Maryland To Raise Minimum Wage to $10.10 an Hour—But Only After Foot-Dragging From Some Dems

Is Perelman Jewish Day School the Hobby Lobby of Union-Busting?

Rejecting TPP, AFL-CIO’s Trumka Calls for ‘Global New Deal’

Academic Labor Unrest Spreads to Maryland Colleges (UPDATED)

Unite Here Chief Blasts Obama Over ACA

Amazon Warehouse Workers to Take Wage Suit to Supreme Court

Teamsters Back School Bus Drivers in Fight Against ‘Rampant’ Wage Theft

Booming Business at Alabama Shipyard Fuels New Union Campaign

Does Steve Early’s ‘Save Our Unions’ Have a Message for Chattanooga?

Anti-Fracking Fight Heats Up in Maryland

Baltimore's march against the proposed Cove Point project was the largest environmental protest in the city's history.

It’s Official: Obama Signs Minimum Wage Hike for Some Federal Contract Workers

Flight Attendants Reach Truce with United Airlines Over ‘Involuntary Furloughs’

United Airlines Gets Tough on Flight Attendants Union

Obama Promises $10.10 an Hour to Federal Contract Workers, But Details Are Fuzzy

Disney’s Magic Kingdom Losing Its Sparkle For Workers

Maryland Unions Hit Jobs Jackpot with New Casinos

Unite Here Campaign Takes Flight at Baltimore-Washington Airport

Uncle Sam’s Hiring Practices

This Thanksgiving, Spare a Moment to Consider Turkey Plant Workers

Maryland’s Keystone Pipeline Lite Reignites Green vs. Blue Fight

Labor’s Maine Man

For Goodwill’s Disabled Workers, Spotlight Is On Subminimum Wage

Workers Battle With Grocery Chains Over Obamacare Implementation

The National Labor Relations Board Is Back at Full Throttle

Only One Cheer for Amazon

Yes, 87,500 Macy’s Workers Won’t Get Thanksgiving Holiday, But That’s Not Their Biggest Concern

Sailors Unions Defend Greenpeace’s ‘Arctic 30’: Peaceful Protests and Piracy Are ‘Very Different’

Obamacare Complicates UFCW Talks; Seattle Workers on Brink of Strike

NYC Bridge and Tunnel Bosses Won’t Budge on Foreign Steel

Holding Obama’s Feet to the Fire on ‘Living Wage’ Executive Order

Musicians See an End to a Symphony of Pain

Unite Here and Hyatt Hit Hiccups in Peace Process

D.C. Mayor Vetoes Bill To Lift Wal-Mart Wages

Machinists Union Launches Ambitious New Campaign

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