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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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RIP Michael Hastings: ‘We Punch Folks. They Punch Back. That’s the Deal.’
Last winter, Michael Hastings emailed me asking me out for beer. I was beyond shocked—Hastings was more »
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Working
Strike Looms as Patriot Coal Walks Out on Negotiations
Yesterday, according to the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), Patriot Coal walked away from the bargaining table, more »
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Working
Snowden Leak Highlights Few Whistleblower Protections for Intelligence Contract Employees
On Sunday, The Guardian revealed that Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old information technology specialist employed by the federal contractor more »
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Working
BREAKING: OSHA Inspected Philly Building Collapse Site, But Did Not Shut It Down
Yesterday, a four-story building undergoing demolition in Philadelphia’s Center City district collapsed directly onto the Salvation more »
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Working
Federal Worker Faces Deportation After Striking; Fox’s Workplace ‘Hunger Games‘
Last week, Working In These Times featured the story of Antonio Vanegas, one of 200 federal contract workers more »
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Working
Judge Frees Patriot Coal To Eliminate Retiree Benefits for 20,000
Today, in a decision long dreaded by union coal miners, a bankruptcy court in St. Louis agreed that more »
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Working
Cablevision Calls Cops on Workers, Hires Scalia’s Son to Challenge NLRB’s Authority
On Thursday, 15 Cablevision workers who are also stockholders in the cable company were ejected from the annual shareholders more »
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Working
Toxic Leak Cover-Ups; West, Texas Police Accused of Obstruction; Picketers Turn Back Ship
This week, the Chemical Safety Board, the main agency tasked with investigating and creating recommendations to prevent accidents more »
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Working
Top Democrats React to Low-Wage Federal Workers’ Strike
“I work at Quick Pita in the food court of the Ronald Reagan Building. I work nearly 12 more »
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Working
Texas Explosion Could Have Been Worse; Unpaid Interns Denied in Court; Regulator Had Honeywell Stock
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and 27 other government agencies held a press conference on more »
