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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Obama, CEO Lovefest Produces No Pledges to Create Jobs, Stop Union Busting

Sen. Bernie Sanders Stands for Workers on Senate Floor—and Picket Lines

UAW President: Critics of Korea Treaty Don’t Represent Workers

Is the Federal Pay Freeze Obama’s PATCO?

It’s Time Progressive Bloggers Started Caring About the Labor Movement

Amanpour, Major Media, Ignored Honeywell Lockout as CEO Toured India with Obama

Some Good Election News: Thousands of Airline Workers Unionize

Ballot Initiative Points to Next Possible Casualty for Unions: Project Labor Agreements

Honeywell Spending More To Keep Workers Locked Out Than Cost of Their Demands

Rescued Chilean Miners Greeted as Heroes—but They’re Also Victims

Rep. Gutierrez: ASFCME President McEntee is ‘Disgrace to the Labor Movement’

Impressive ‘One Nation’ Rally Offers One Clear Message: Vote Democratic in November

A Picket Line Should Be a Symbol of Hope—Not the Butt of a Late Night Joke

Look to Rhode Island for How to Target Anti-Labor Democrats

SEIU Helps Bank Workers Become Whistleblowers

Was the Mott’s Strike ‘Victory’ Really a Victory?

Despite New Hailed Organizing Rules, Airline Workers Still Face Tilted Playing Field

Chinese Tire Tariffs Saved Jobs—So Will Dems Take Action on Chinese Currency?

EFCA’s Dead, but Fear of It Still Driving Anti-Worker Measures

Obama–AFL-CIO Lovefest: Once Again, Labor Hopes President Will Prove Loyalty

Around the World, Dockworkers Blockade Israeli Ships

Too Big Not To Organize

An international coalition of unions, led by SEIU, tries to unionize capitalism's core: the banks.

Netroots-Labor Solidarity: A Work in Progress

High Officials’ Salaries Open California Nurses Union Up to GOP Attacks

Overlooked DC Victory Shows Linking Safety, Labor Rights is Winning Formula

Sad, Startling Stats: Number of Union Elections, Strikes Continue Steady Decline

I’m Glad Dave Weigel Resigned: Now Washington Post Can Hire a Labor Reporter

Dems Could Win Tea Party Voters Over With America-First Trade Message

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