Mike Elk

Donate: Help Payday Continue to Cover The Movement to #OrganizeTheSouth

Mike Elk Aug 25, 2017 0 Comments

Payday needs your help to expand our labor coverage in the South even more. As a publication, we have done more coverage of union organizing in the South than any other national publication. Unlike other publications that are owned by Unlike other publications that are owned by billionaires, we are

Danny Glover and Bernie Sanders seek France's help after Nissan union vote

Mike Elk Aug 25, 2017 0 Comments

Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has stayed hot on the trial of Nissan following the defeat of the UAW earlier this month. His latest dispatch for The Guardian looks at how the French government could step in to help workers get another election: Nissan and France’s Renault share

Steven Greenhouse & Mike Elk Talk Struggles of the Labor Press with Rose Augilar

Mike Elk Aug 17, 2017 0 Comments

Earlier, this month long time New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse and Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk sat down with Rose Augilar of the local NPR affiliate KALW to talk about the struggles of the labor press. Listen here.

Nissan Promoted Hundreds of Temps to Swing Vote - Littler Mendelson Did Union Busting Job - UAW Prez Talks Embezzlement Scandal

Mike Elk Aug 11, 2017 0 Comments

Greetings from Canton, Miss., where Payday is getting ready to hit the road. Donate so that we can be back with even more labor reporters. We have learned some new details of the defeat of Nissan, as workers there are preparing for a new NLRB election. Hundreds of Temps Added

Watch: Q&A Robert Hathorn: Nissan workers' regrets and the fight back.

Mike Elk Aug 10, 2017 0 Comments

Payday is proud to present our new long form interview series, “Q&A.” Our first guest is Robert Hathorn, a union activist and Nissan worker in Canton, Mississippi. Hathorn was one of the 1,307 workers who voted to unionize at Nissan. He previously worked at unionized workplace at

Donate: Help Payday Continue to Cover The Movement to #OrganizeTheSouth

Danny Glover and Bernie Sanders seek France's help after Nissan union vote

Steven Greenhouse & Mike Elk Talk Struggles of the Labor Press with Rose Augilar

Nissan Promoted Hundreds of Temps to Swing Vote - Littler Mendelson Did Union Busting Job - UAW Prez Talks Embezzlement Scandal

Watch: Q&A Robert Hathorn: Nissan workers' regrets and the fight back.

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