The state representative, who is in a high-profile congressional primary, has consistently challenged the old guard in her city.
Mike Elk
Mike Elk is an Emmy-nominated labor reporter who covered the drug war in Brazil, spent years covering unions in the South for The Guardian, and founded PaydayReport.com with his NLRB settlement from being illegally fired from Politico for union organizing in 2016. He lives in his hometown of Pittsburgh and can be reached at melk@paydayreport.com.
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America Lacks Workplace Protections Against Excessive Heat
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When Henry Wallace Warned of ‘American Fascism’
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The Future of Labor in Post-Pandemic America
An American Prospect symposium
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The Power to Slow Down Reopening
Workers can organize—and have organized—to ensure they can stay off the job until their worksites are safe.
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The Coronavirus Is Jump-Starting Union Organizing at Delta
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