A Sidney Award-winning labor reporter, Mike Elk is the founder of PaydayReport.com and also covers immigration and labor issues for The Guardian. He lives in his hometown of Pittsburgh and can be reached at melk@paydayreport.com.
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The Emerging Democratic Support for Teachers Unions
A presidential forum in Pittsburgh last week cemented a unified endorsement of public education—at least in public. Read more
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Divided Auto Workers Vote to Accept GM Contract
Rank-and-file members of the UAW approve the agreement, but with major opposition from workers whose plants may yet be closed. Read more
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Will the UAW Vote Down the GM Contract?
A mixed tentative agreement with no guarantees against outsourcing has some workers vowing to fight on rather than ratify the pact. Read more
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UAW Members’ Resolve Stiffens as GM Strike Continues
The longest nationwide strike at the automaker since 1970 is reawakening a spirit among union members about what it means to take collective action. Read more
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Over 49,000 GM Workers Head Out on Strike
The biggest Auto Workers strike since the financial crisis could serve as a renewal for a union battered by corruption scandals. Read more
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How Immigrant Workers Are Fighting Deportation Raids
Workplace organizing is helping immigrants to understand their rights as ICE and other immigration authorities crack down. Read more
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Exxon Refinery Explosion Another By-Product of Trump Deregulation
The Trump administration is working to roll back a chemical safety disaster rule, putting communities like Baytown, Texas, at risk. Read more
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Private Equity’s Latest Scheme: Closing Urban Hospitals and Selling Off the Real Estate
Thousands are expected to rally Thursday against the closing of Hahnemann University Hospital, a 171-year-old facility in Center City Philadelphia. Read more
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Pro-UAW TV Ad Mobilizing Community Around Respect Issues at Volkswagen
The UAW is using different tactics to organize a Volkswagen plan in Chattanooga where they lost a union election five years ago. Read more
The Revival of Labor
The standoff in Wisconsin has energized the labor movement. The question is: Now what? Read more
Why Are Progressives Fighting Student-Loan Reform?
How the for-profit college industry co-opted liberal activists Read more
