Mike Elk

Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Pittsburgh and Parkland survivors help each other turn their grief into action

Mike Elk Apr 13, 2019 0 Comments

Writing for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mike Elk has a look at how the Jewish Community in Squirrel Hill is responding in the aftermath of the massacre. PITTSBURGH (JTA) — For many in this city’s Jewish community, after suffering through a long winter following the Tree of Life synagogue massacre

UAW Has Majority Support at VW & More - NewsGuild Prez Won’t Debate - Miss Teachers Move to Sickout

Mike Elk Apr 12, 2019 0 Comments

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where I must admit that I couldn’t sleep Tuesday night because I’m so excited about the upcoming union vote in Chattanooga, Tennessee at Volkswagen. $283 out of $2,000 Goal Raised to Get Down to Chattanooga to Cover UAW I was there 5

Toxic Masculinity and the Anti-Union Campaign at Volkswagen in Chattanooga in 2014

Mike Elk Apr 11, 2019 0 Comments

This piece was originally published on March 13, 2014 at In These Times. At the time, Cornell Professor Kate Bronfenbrenner called it one of the five best magazine pieces ever published (hopefully better pieces have been published since then). Check out the article and donate to so that we can

Why Payday's Logo Has a Heart Over Chattanooga?

Mike Elk Apr 10, 2019 0 Comments

As a one-time Chattanooga resident and habitual labor journalism tourist to the hills of Eastern Tennessee, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep when I found out today the UAW was filing for another union election at Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. For nearly 3 years, the symbol of

UAW Files for New Union Election at Volkswagen in Chattanooga for 1,700 Workers

Mike Elk Apr 09, 2019 0 Comments

Today, the UAW announced that it’s filing for a new union election with the National Labor Relations Board for more than 1,700 production and maintenance workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The announcement comes fives year after the UAW lost a union election at the Chattanooga

Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Pittsburgh and Parkland survivors help each other turn their grief into action

UAW Has Majority Support at VW & More - NewsGuild Prez Won’t Debate - Miss Teachers Move to Sickout

Toxic Masculinity and the Anti-Union Campaign at Volkswagen in Chattanooga in 2014

Why Payday's Logo Has a Heart Over Chattanooga?

UAW Files for New Union Election at Volkswagen in Chattanooga for 1,700 Workers

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