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Folks, I just got back from Wisconsin, where we did more on-the-ground reporting on Ironworker’s Randy Bryce’s landmark run for Congress, filing more than 8…
Articles by Mike Elk
Despite Loss, Randy Bryce Emerges as America’s Most Well-Known Labor Leader
OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN – For the last stop of his campaign, Randy Bryce, the ironworker who rose to fame pushing Paul Ryan into retirement, chose…
Despite Freezing Rains, Hundreds Knock Doors for Randy Bryce
RACINE, WISCONSIN – On Sunday afternoon, a light freezing rain starts to fall as a heavy wind picks up off Lake Michigan. Canvassers cling to…
Drake Accused of Ignoring Union busting of Stagehand’s Union in Seattle Peformance
Writing for the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has a look at why the Canadian rapper Drake is being accused of ignoring the…
Squirrel Hill: mourners find ‘safety in solidarity’ as they grieve after shooting
Writing for the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter has a look at how activists are using the massacre to organize for immigrants’ rights: Riffat Chughtai,…
Squirrel Hill: Mr Rogers’ neighborhood comes together to mourn
Writing a dispatch for the Guardian, Mike Elk looks at Squirrel Hill, a neighborhood, where he grew up: “We gotta make this moment about how to…
Payday at the scene of Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre
Filing a dispatch for the Guardian from the neighborhood, where he grew up, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk was one of the first reporters…
La. Teachers May Strike over Exxon Subsidies – UE Member Faces Expulsion from UNC – Law360 Reporters Vote to Strike
It’s Payday Folks. Greetings from the Burgh where Melk is slowly recovering from strep throat as he preps for a trip to Racine to cover…
Obama to Campaign for Randy Bryce in Key Labor Showdown
The ugliness of the attacks against Bryce comes as a new internal polling released by the Bryce Campaign shows that Bryce is narrowly leading the race by 1%.
Payday Raises $35,719 So Far in 2018 Surpassing 2017 Total in Just 10 Months
Folks, This morning, I woke up to $50 donation from Writers Guild of America East leader Hamilton Nolan, a pioneering union leader in the digital…
Low Turnout Feared Among Texas’ Latinos – Boeing Accused of Spying on Union Supporters – 1,300 Communities Have No News Outlets
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk is working through another bout of strep throat (his fifth this year), but…
Ex-Wife of Randy Bryce Asks Paul Ryan to Take Down “Deadbeat Dad” Ads
Last week, Payday reported on how Paul Ryan’s Super Pac, the Congressional Leadership Fund, was spending millions of dollars on misleading ads that falsely accused…