All 339 articles by Mike Elk
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Senator Calls Out White House for Logjam in Workplace Safety Rulemaking
As workplace safety and health advocates figure out how to fix workplace safety regulations in the wake of...
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Gov’t Will Pick Up Tab For West, Texas Damage; Amazon, Bikeshare in Hot Seat for Wage Theft
It appears that the government will be picking up the tab for the damage done by the West...
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In Wake of West, Texas Explosion, Safety Advocates Recommend Harsher Fines
“My happiness was taken away in a matter of seconds,” says Adrianna Martinez of the death...
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Obama’s West, Texas Memorial Speech: No Mention of Workplace Safety
Today, President Obama spoke at a memorial service at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, for the 15 people who...
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Texas Explosion: Gov’t Shared Info for Anti-Terrorism, But Not Workplace Safety
The twin tragedies of last week—the Boston Marathon bombing and the West Texas Chemical and Fertilizer...
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How Soon Will West, Texas Be Forgotten?
On Friday, as cable news networks sought desperately to fill airtime while waiting for the latest news in...
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Maine Gov. May Have Interfered With Unemployment Benefits; Issa Subpoenas DoL Nominee’s Emails
Maine Governor Paul LePage was under fire this week after allegations emerged that he may have illegally pressured...
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Senators and Unions Call for Obama to Intervene in Patriot Coal Bankruptcy
Charleston, WV–“I have been in the union for 40 years and I have never been as...
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Cablevision CEO’s Threats Prompt NLRB Complaint
Last June, Cablevision workers in the Bronx voted against joining the Communications Workers of America by a landslide,...
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KFC Allegedly Fires Woman for Being Homeless; AFL-CIO Revamped; Cheating Scandal in Atlanta
A KFC franchise has reportedly fired a Mississippi woman after learning she was homeless. From the Clarion Ledger: ...
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Camo-Clad Miners Follow Example of Moses
The United Mine Workers of America feel certain God is on their side in the fight against Peabody Energy.
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Public Employees Made To Bring Own Toilet Paper; Labor Sec Discusses Hangovers; Lansing Fist Fight
It appears one Missouri town has taken the war on public employees to a new extreme. From...
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Paid Sick Days Bill Has Unexpected Opponent: Comcast
Last week, the Philadelphia City Council passed a bill that would require nearly all employers in Philadelphia to...
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Witness the GOP’s Vanishing SKILLS Act
In a major push to rebrand the GOP as in touch with the need for jobs, House Republicans...
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Chris Hayes Replaces Ed Schultz; Perez Is Obama’s Labor Pick; House Nixes $10.10 Minimum Wage
Many in organized labor lamented the announcement last week that union champion Ed Schultz—who in 2011 transplanted...
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Top Democrats Differ On Ending Subminimum Wage For Workers With Disabilities
In his State of the Union address earlier this year, President Barack Obama called for increasing the minimum...
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Labor and Allies, Surprised By Obama’s $9 Minimum Wage Proposal, Scramble to Coordinate
The president wants $9, Congressional Democrats want $10.10--but everyone's optimistic.
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N.Y. City Council Considers Yanking Cablevision’s License
Earlier this month, Cablevision fired 22 union members who gathered outside a manager’s office in Brooklyn demanding...
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Union Leader Forbids Beer in Battle with Scab Company
United Steelworkers Staff Representative Dennis Brubaker has a golden rule when running a picket line. “I never...
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Red, White and Blue-Washing: GE Backs Off Boast of 13,000 New Jobs
WASHINGTON, DC--General Electric (GE) has often faced criticism from organized labor for pioneering the outsourcing of American jobs....
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CA Country Club Workers Win Contract; Gov’t Safety Delay Killed 6; Did SCOTUS Prompt Union-Busting?
After a nearly three-year struggle that included an unlawful lockout, Castlewood Country Club has comes to an agreement...
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Ft. Hood Hero Sues Army for Benefits; Trumka Calls Out White House; NYC Stadium Creates Bad Jobs
The police officer who helped halt the Fort Hood shootings in 2009 told ABC News this week that she...
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An Apology for the Biggest Mistake of My Career as a Labor Reporter
Recently, there has been a resurgence in vinyl records among my generation because of what some say is...
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Cop Sues for Overtime for Email Checking; Sweatshop Activists Target Selena Gomez; Wage Theft at JFK
A Chicago police offer is suing the city for overtime pay after being forced to answer emails outside...
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Unions Anxious About Obamacare; Coal Company Sues Whistleblower; Boeing Strike Looms
With more provisions of Obamacare sent to kick in this year, some unions are growing concerned about a...
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22 Cablevision Union Members Fired During Confrontation with Management (Updated)
Around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, four dozen unionized Cablevision workers gathered outside of an executive’s...
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Court Declares Obama’s NLRB Appointments Unconstitutional; Strip Club Safety; No More ‘Big Labor’?
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that President Barack Obama&rsquo...
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Time to Retire ‘Scabby the Rat’, Says Top AFL-CIO Official
Go to any labor rally and you are likely to see a towering symbol of union pride: a 16...
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Will Immigration Reform Address H-2 Guestworker Recruiter Violations?
With President Obama vowing to push immigration reform, guest worker advocates want to ensure that the H-2 visa...
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No Comp Time for Newtown Police to Cope with PTSD; ‘Wellness Cops’ at Work; NLRB Beefs Up Back Pay
AFSCME is upset that police officers in Newtown are being denied workers’ compensation for time off...
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Bullets Poison Firing Range Workers; First Signs of PTSD in Newtown; UAW Conspired with Ford
Guns not only pose a risk from the violence they inflict, but the lead content in their bullets...
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In the Coal Fields, A Novel Way to Get Rid Of Pensions Is Born
This is part two of a three-part series, "Dying in the Coal Mines," which looks at how...
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A Grief-Stricken Randi Weingarten Engages Hesitant Unions on Gun Control in Wake of Sandy Hook
“The teachers and the principals were absolutely heroic. So were the others, who were in lockdown, and...
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50 Years Later, Lessons of Deadly Robena Mine Explosion Still Unlearned
This is part one of a three-part series, "Dying in the Coal Mines," which looks at how...
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Teachers Unions Respond to CT Shooting; Egypt Cracks Down on Unions; Federal Judges Sue Over Pay
A school shooting in Newtown, Conn. today at Sandy Hook Elementary School stunned the nation and left 27 dead....
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Right-to-Work Law Advances in Michigan; Unpaid Labor at NFL Games; Another Mining Accident
Michigan appears poised to be the 24th state in the Nation to pass so-called “right-to-work" legislation, which...
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9/11 Mistakes Repeated in Sandy Clean-up, Say Worker Health Advocates
OSHA has lowered safety enforcement for those doing Hurricane Sandy recovery work, despite hazards such as asbestos.
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In Leaked Docs, Honeywell Cites Obama Ties As Key to Anti-Union Strategy
In These Times has exclusively obtained a leaked internal Honeywell document outlining an anti-union strategy that includes...
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Could Democrats Save Sensata?
On Monday, the Bain Capital-owned Sensata factory in Freeport, Ill. laid off 20 of its remaining 50 workers as...
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False New Jersey Utility Union Story; Lonmin Witnesses Tortured; Trumka: Romney Against Coal
Every week, Working In These Times rounds up some of the most improtant labor stories from the week...
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Laid-Off Georgia Pacific Workers Told to Vote For GOP Rep Who Wouldn’t Fight Plant Closure
At the beginning of October, Glenn Jackson got an unusual packet in the mail from Georgia Pacific, the...
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More Political Intimidation at Work; NYT Byline Strike Looms; Half of Unemployment Dollars Unclaimed
Every week, Working In These Times rounds up the labor news we missed from the week before. Email...
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Jerry Tucker Dies; Even More Workplace Political Intimidation; Collusion in Pro Sports Lockouts?
Every week, In These Times rounds up the labor news of the week that we missed. Email stories...
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Concessionary 4-Year Verizon Deal Sealed, Despite Dissent in the Ranks
On Friday, the two largest unions at Verizon agreed upon a four-year contract, ending a 15-month standoff. Many...
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AFL-CIO Responds to Romney Call
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, has issued the following response to our report that Mitt...
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In Conference Call, Romney Urged Businesses To Tell Their Employees How to Vote
In a June 6, 2012 conference call posted on the anti-union National Federation of Independent Business’s website, Republican...
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Koch Sends Pro-Romney Mailing to 45,000 Employees While Stifling Workplace Political Speech (Update)
The billionaire Koch brothers have found a new way to influence the 2012 election: preaching to employees.
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Farm Workers’ Advocates Charge Hypocrisy in Obama’s Dedication of Monument to Cesar Chavez
President Obama appeared yesterday at the Nuestra Reina de La Paz in Keene, Calif., to dedicate the Chavez...
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NYT Staffers Walk Out; Coal Workers Coerced Into Donating to Romney; South African Union Leader Shot
Every week, In These Times rounds up some of the biggest labor stories that we missed in the...
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