Mischa Gaus - In These Times

Mischa Gaus is an editor of Labor Notes magazine, the largest independent union publication in the United States.

The Economist’s Absurd Attack on ‘Spoiled’ Public-Sector Workers

Korean Workers get Sirius

Female factory workers wage three-year strike against satellite radio manufacturer.

No Match? No Mas!

The Department of Homeland Security is trying to force employers to either fire workers whose names and Social Security numbers don't match. Widespread job loss often results when the government dons its immigration-enforcement blinders

The Olympic Hustle

Chicagoans are already beginning to fear what hosting the 2016 Summer Games might do to their city

Interrogations Behind Barbed Wire

Who's to blame for America's new torture techniques?

Starbucks Gets Wobbly

Embattled baristas at the coffee giant turn to the Industrial Workers of the World for solidarity unionism

Students vs. Sweatshops, Round III

The Designated Supplier Program targets college clothing companies

Hey Millennials, Debt Becomes You

Twenty-somethings face a life of looming loans

Shooting Down the Breeze

The promise of wind power has been impeded by species-protection scandals and a lack of public trust

New Fair Trade Model Needed

Sweeping changes in the export of textiles have forced a difficult reappraisal among U.S. sweatshop monitors: How best to help workers in a relentless industry?

A new trade proposal would place local sovereignty in the hands of multinationals

Striking unionists battle Coke and paramilitaries

Praxis Needs Practice

Soft drink giant to review union deaths

The Maturing Movement Against Sweatshops

Supporting Young Thinkers

For many poor students, college remains only a dream