Stories by Mischa Gaus
Mischa Gaus is an editor of Labor Notes, the country's largest cross-union magazine writing from a workers' perspective.
Why not retain workers who know how to manufacture complex machines and make use of exhausted auto factories, rather than letting them crumble?
Posted on May 18, 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 Apr 1, 2009, Source: Labor Notes
Bailed-out banks are replacing whole divisions of local tech workers with contractors on visas.
Posted on Mar 3, 2009, Source: Labor Notes
A new campaign was launched to make clear to policy-makers that the moment is right to embrace truly universal health care.
Posted on Jan 23, 2009, 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 27, 2008, Source: Labor Notes
In an era when many unions rely on one-shot strategies, UNITE HERE's Hotel Workers Rising campaign is paying off.
Posted on Jul 24, 2008, Source: Labor Notes
Workers say they plan to change their low pay, expensive and limited health care, and high turnover.
Posted on Feb 4, 2008, Source: Labor Notes
In recent years, working people have made huge givebacks under the gun of employers, courts, and (yes, even) union officials.
Posted on Jan 15, 2008, Source: Labor Notes
In Chicago, game boosters argue that Olympic construction, tourism and spillover business will bring relief to the city's long-suffering south side. Experience teaches a different lesson.
Posted on Jul 11, 2007, Source: In These Times
From college loans to soaring health costs and mortgage payments, twenty-somethings face a life of staring into a deep financial hole.
Posted on May 23, 2006, Source: In These Times
With some victories under their belts, anti-sweatshop activists look to their next battle.
Posted on Feb 4, 2004, Source: In These Times
