Mike Elk - In These Times

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.

Mike Elk is a Pittsburgh native and labor journalist whose 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. A frequent guest on MSNBC and Democracy Now!, Elk has also written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Reuters and The Nation.

He lives in Washington, D.C. but is often on the road. From the Wisconsin State Capitol to the clubhouses of Major League Baseball to the fried chicken joints of Chattanooga, Tenn., Elk has been there to get the inside scoop.

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AFL-CIO Invites In La Raza, NAACP; The ACLU’s Labor Practices; Detroit’s 10% Pay Cuts

Obama Issues Much-Needed Executive Order on Chemical Safety—But Is It Enough?

Obama’s Praise for Companies Like Amazon Is Nothing New

To Get Tough on Chemical-Plant Explosions, Feds Make ‘Most Wanted’ List

Bangladesh Evades Reform; Haagen-Dazs Blueberry Pickers Strike; Temp Worker Calls Out Amazon CEO

U.S. ‘Bangladesh Action Plan’ Calls for Safety Hotline, More Inspectors

The Most Injurious Job in America

Transgender Workers Win Discrimination Suits; Detroit Goes Bankrupt; Portland Truck-Makers Strike

Heat Wave Prompts Strike at Dunkin’ Donuts, McDonald’s

Will Bangladesh Get Off the Hook on Safety Improvements?

Labor Weighs Whether or Not Immigration Bill is Worth Supporting

EXCLUSIVE: UFCW Rejoins AFL-CIO (Updated)

Mr. Miller Goes to Bangladesh

Workplace safety crusader Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) on how to prevent another tragedy like Rana Plaza.

Senator Boxer Tears Into the EPA Over West, Texas Explosion

Federal Workers Encouraged To Spy on Each Other; Wins in NYC and Kentucky; Obama Censures Bangladesh

Striking Labatt Workers Call for Beer Boycott; Unpaid Internships Won’t Get You a Job

RIP Michael Hastings: ‘We Punch Folks. They Punch Back. That’s the Deal.’

Strike Looms as Patriot Coal Walks Out on Negotiations

Snowden Leak Highlights Few Whistleblower Protections for Intelligence Contract Employees

BREAKING: OSHA Inspected Philly Building Collapse Site, But Did Not Shut It Down

Federal Worker Faces Deportation After Striking; Fox’s Workplace ‘Hunger Games‘

Judge Frees Patriot Coal To Eliminate Retiree Benefits for 20,000

Cablevision Calls Cops on Workers, Hires Scalia’s Son to Challenge NLRB’s Authority

Toxic Leak Cover-Ups; West, Texas Police Accused of Obstruction; Picketers Turn Back Ship

Top Democrats React to Low-Wage Federal Workers’ Strike

Texas Explosion Could Have Been Worse; Unpaid Interns Denied in Court; Regulator Had Honeywell Stock

Senator Calls Out White House for Logjam in Workplace Safety Rulemaking

Gov’t Will Pick Up Tab For West, Texas Damage; Amazon, Bikeshare in Hot Seat for Wage Theft

In Wake of West, Texas Explosion, Safety Advocates Recommend Harsher Fines

Obama’s West, Texas Memorial Speech: No Mention of Workplace Safety

Texas Explosion: Gov’t Shared Info for Anti-Terrorism, But Not Workplace Safety

How Soon Will West, Texas Be Forgotten?

Senators and Unions Call for Obama to Intervene in Patriot Coal Bankruptcy

Cablevision CEO’s Threats Prompt NLRB Complaint

KFC Allegedly Fires Woman for Being Homeless; AFL-CIO Revamped; Cheating Scandal in Atlanta

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.

Public Employees Made To Bring Own Toilet Paper; Labor Sec Discusses Hangovers; Lansing Fist Fight

Paid Sick Days Bill Has Unexpected Opponent: Comcast

Witness the GOP’s Vanishing SKILLS Act

Chris Hayes Replaces Ed Schultz; Perez Is Obama’s Labor Pick; House Nixes $10.10 Minimum Wage

Top Democrats Differ On Ending Subminimum Wage For Workers With Disabilities

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.

N.Y. City Council Considers Yanking Cablevision’s License

Union Leader Forbids Beer in Battle with Scab Company

Red, White and Blue-Washing: GE Backs Off Boast of 13,000 New Jobs

CA Country Club Workers Win Contract; Gov’t Safety Delay Killed 6; Did SCOTUS Prompt Union-Busting?

Ft. Hood Hero Sues Army for Benefits; Trumka Calls Out White House; NYC Stadium Creates Bad Jobs

An Apology for the Biggest Mistake of My Career as a Labor Reporter

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