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Mike Elk

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Mike Elk is an Emmy-nominated labor reporter. He founded Payday Report using his NLRB settlement from being illegally fired in the union drive at Politico in 2015. Email him at melk@paydayreport.com

The Rise of Minority Unionism in the South

Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk traveled to the Southern Workers Assembly School in Atlanta to file the following dispatch for the Guardian: “Can unions rebuild the labor movement in the U.S. South?” By Mike Elk Seated around a table in the dimly lit auditorium of Atlanta-based non-profit Project

Pro-Union Ex-Offender Wins Chattanooga City Council Seat - Jackson Mayors Race Heats Up - Angola Prison Workers Win Big

Greetings from Atlanta, Ga., where Democrat Jon Ossoff’s close runoff congressional election in the Atlanta suburbs highlights how changing political attitudes and demographics in the South could lead to more progressive victories in ballot boxes across the South. Pro-Union Ex-Offender Defeats Incumbent on Chattanooga City Council This week, Demetrus
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