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Mike Elk
Mike Elk is an In These Times Staff Writer and a regular contributor to the labor blog Working In These Times. He can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Mike Elk is a Pittsburgh native and labor journalist for In These Times. His investigative work has been cited on the front page of the New York Times and debated by Whoopi Goldberg and Barbara Walters on ABC’s The View. Elk won a Sidney Award for his coverage of how corporations crafted legislation to exempt prison labor from U.S. minimum wage laws. In his spare time, Elk enjoys golden retrievers, baseball, and pulling up a chair at the Looking Glass Lounge. Follow him on twitter @MikeElk.
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Top Democrats React to Low-Wage Federal Workers’ Strike
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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 more »
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Texas Explosion: Gov’t Shared Info for Anti-Terrorism, But Not Workplace Safety
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Maine Governor Paul LePage was under fire this week after allegations emerged that he may have illegally pressured more »
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