Mike Elk

Nurse Strike Wave Grows - Latina Nurses Face Retaliation for Reporting Racism - Houston Nurses Strike

Mike Elk Jul 10, 2020 0 Comments

Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday is getting together some bills. Pass the hat and donate today. Payday Hires Furloughed Artists to Redesign Logo Many of you might have noticed our new logo, which came after several months of brainstorming with the artist Belén Marco Crespo. The logo represents us:

#StrikeForBlackLives in 25 Cities on July 20th - 16,000 Meatpackers Got COVID - Teachers Strikes Looking More Likely

Mike Elk Jul 09, 2020 0 Comments

Greetings from the Burgh, where we are having our first Orange Ozone Alert of the year. The air is terrible, and I’m hacking out my lungs. Air Unsafe to Go Outside in Pittsburgh Even for Healthy Adults “It’s so bad for your health, even for those of us

How Black & Brown Workers Are Redefining Strikes in the Digital COVID Age

Mike Elk Jul 08, 2020 0 Comments

During George Floyd’s funeral on June 9th, black dockworkers in Charleston, S.C., shut down the nation’s 4th busiest port and gathered to show their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. “All operations stopped, the terminals were shut down, no machines were working, trucks were backed up

Glowing Journalist Obits of Betsy Rothstein Ignore Racism in Newsrooms

Mike Elk Jun 30, 2020 0 Comments

Invariably, when women date me, they get to this point where we have to have “the Betsy Rothstein conversation.” After first dates, women would always be interested in my career as a labor reporter, then they would Google me, and what they discovered wasn’t my coverage of strikes in

Pistachio Farmworkers Strike - Nursing Home Fires Nurse for Talking to Reuters - Philly Passes Whistleblower Protection

Mike Elk Jun 25, 2020 0 Comments

Folks, Greeting from the Burgh, where I am pissed that local coffee shop Biddle’s Escape is suing local public radio station WESA for covering sexual harassment allegations at the hipster café. Solidarity with the folks at WESA. $1,641 Short of Meeting Our Monthly Goal With five days left

Nurse Strike Wave Grows - Latina Nurses Face Retaliation for Reporting Racism - Houston Nurses Strike

#StrikeForBlackLives in 25 Cities on July 20th - 16,000 Meatpackers Got COVID - Teachers Strikes Looking More Likely

How Black & Brown Workers Are Redefining Strikes in the Digital COVID Age

Glowing Journalist Obits of Betsy Rothstein Ignore Racism in Newsrooms

Pistachio Farmworkers Strike - Nursing Home Fires Nurse for Talking to Reuters - Philly Passes Whistleblower Protection

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