Editor’s note: Mike Elk appeared on RTAmerica to discuss what the support of organized labor will mean for Occupy Wall Street, and what Occupy Wall Street means in turn to organized labor.
Elk says he was surprised by the endorsements from AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka and AFSCME head Gerry McEntee, since “Typically labor leaders don’t do what they can’t control.” Watch the video for more:
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Mike Elk wrote for In These Times and its labor blog, Working In These Times, from 2010 to 2014. He is currently a labor reporter at Politico.
