Michael Mishak

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Older workers ‘bumping’ young down jobs ladder: Those who need experience most are finding it ever tougher to get; Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009; For a variety of reasons, young adults are being forced out of the labor market as older workers take part-time and retail jobs that were once the province of the younger and less experienced.
Wal-Mart sensing a new political day?: Settlement of Nevada wage-and-hour lawsuits may be a nod to a more labor-friendly administration; Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008; Employees forced to work off the clock. Workers locked in overnight.
Slowdown offers Nevada a chance to look inward, plan for long term: Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008; That big sigh you hear is Nevada catching its breath.
We talk diversification, we don’t accomplish it: Nevada has failed in many attempts to lure nongaming industries; Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008; Identifying the challenge facing Nevada is a no-brainer for former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones. Diversify. Nevada’s efforts at economic diversification, however earnest, have failed. As one Nevada researcher put it, “We haven’t gotten very far. But we keep a lot of people employed working on it.”
Obama-bred activists meet, chart course: Look out, Legislature: They vow to fight on health care, education and environment; Monday, Dec. 15, 2008; Across the Las Vegas Valley over the weekend, supporters of Barack Obama gathered to chart the post-November direction of a grass-roots movement that elected the Illinois senator president and swung Nevada blue.
Resurgent Reznor rocks Las Vegas: Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008; The last time I saw Nine Inch Nails in concert was 2000, when frontman Trent Reznor, after suffering a five-year bout of perfectionism and doubt that would make Axl Rose proud, reemerged with "The Fragile," a double-disc follow-up to his critically-acclaimed "The Downward Spiral."
Reform slate ousts Teamsters officials accused of sweetheart deals: Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008; A long-troubled Teamsters local has elected a leadership slate of reformers, throwing out incumbents accused of steering nonunion work to preferred companies in exchange for favors and jobs for relatives.
Culinary flexing its renewed muscle: It says its city hall fight is about taxpayers but larger battle emerges; Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008; The Culinary Union, emboldened by November election victories, is fighting on new ground and trying to punish its enemies. Its immediate goal: block Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman’s plan to build a new city hall — and dish out some payback to the federation of construction unions that supports Goodman’s efforts.
Change may come to more than D.C.: Obama network remains formidable force here, elsewhere; Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008; State lawmakers may need to brace for the politically unexpected when they descend on Carson City in February.
Trades council takes on Culinary in downtown development dispute: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008; The simmering tension between the Culinary Union and the Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades turned into all-out war this afternoon, with the trades council openly opposing the Culinary's move to repeal the City of Las Vegas' downtown redevelopment plan.