Mike Elk: Why Workers Are Fighting Back

Mike Elk

On February 16, In These Times Staff Writer Mike Elk spoke to the Wichita State University Student Labor Project and Young Democratic Socialists. He discussed the current state of labor journalism as well as how attacks on organized labor and collective bargaining rights during the last year are encouraging American workers to fight back. The talk was part of a series of events put on by Occupy Koch Town. Koch Industries is headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.

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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.
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