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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Turning Occupy Anger Into Local Change

Back at Work After Lockout, USW Says Honeywell Unionbusting Continues

Obama Averts Railroad Workers’ Strike, Extending Concessions Conflict

Is Organized Labor’s Support for Occupy Wall Street Surprising?

Republicans Funded By Roofing Industry Oppose Roofing Regulations

Longshoreman Struggle Poses Critical Question: When Is It Worth Breaking the Law?

Bailed-Out Capital One Marshals Democratic Allies to Push Merger Deal

Fed Workers Union: Bush Holdovers Dragging Feet on Bargaining at TSA

Herman Cain, the Other NRA and the Stagnant Minimum Wage

Troy Davis Executed, While CEO Responsible for Deaths of 29 Miners Sails Free

Labor Reporting in the Face of Danger

Union Busters Use Pro-Union Rule to Make Money, Intensify Efforts

Hoffa Skips Presidential Debate As Fireworks Fly

Too Hot at Work? Uncle Sam Isn’t Looking Out for You

Which Is More Likely to Rebuild the Labor Movement: Environmental Allies or 6,000 Temp Jobs?

Bureaucracy Inaction: DOL Slowly Moves to Strengthen Child Farm Worker Laws

Hershey Strikers Say Solidarity is the Best Cultural Exchange

Another Showdown Likely, as NLRB Chair Leaves Hot-Button Federal Agency

Remembering Steve Jobs’ Record on Workers’ Rights

Los Mineros and Steelworkers ‘Enhance’ Solidarity, Strategic Alliance

Verizon Workers Suspend Strike and Resume Talks—But Strategy for Victory Unclear

Hershey Guest Worker Scandal Result of Lax Govt. Oversight: Immigration Expert

What Wisconsin Means

On a 96-year-old labor journalist and burning down the forest.

Boeing Forced to Turn Over Docs in NLRB Case—as Solomon Challenges Subpoena

Why Won’t Obama Join the Verizon Picket Line?

Potential Looms for First New York City-Wide Construction Strike in 80 Years

Honeywell Lockout Ends in Victory for Union

Issa Subpoenas NLRB, Solomon Could Face Contempt of Congress Charges

Will Workplace Safety Become a Casualty of the Debt Deal?

Huffington’s Bogus Defense of Unpaid Bloggers

Issa and NLRB Continue Duel, as Boeing CEO Threatens to Shift More Production

Locked-Out Armstrong Workers Head Back to Bargaining Table (as Temps Take Their Jobs)

NLRB General Counsel Defiant, as Subpoena Showdown Looms

Pro-Business Rat Attends NLRB Hearing on Proposed Union Election Rule

Longshoremen Get Old-School With Trespassing and Train Blockage

First NAFTA-Wide Union Could Emerge This Year

‘Only Seconds Away From Becoming a Grave.’ Why Can’t OSHA Easily Close Worksites?

Despite Lockout, Senate Dems Invite Honeywell CEO to Lecture on Jobs Creation

WTO Finds China Broke Trade Laws, But Steelworkers President Says Action Not Enough

Why Did the United Electrical Workers Make Concessions to GE?

The Labor Movement Needs an Anti-Concession Movement

As Employers Shift Anti-Union Tactics, Will New Union Election Rules Protect Workers?

Elite Country Club Loses Money As Locked-Out Food Service Workers Vow Victory

OSHA Fines Honeywell, Citing 17 ‘Serious Violations’ at Uranium Facility

In California and New Jersey, EFCA Déjà Vu

Increased Solidarity with Unions at Netroots Nation, But at the Cost of Net Neutrality?

NLRB Issues Rule to Prevent Union Busting and Speed Up Elections

Labor-Funded Progressive Leaders Cross Huffington Post Picket Line

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