Mike Elk

Chris Smalls' Union Prez, Teamsters' Sean O'Brien Silent on Beating by IDF - Goes on Vivek Ramaswany's Right Wing Show Instead

Mike Elk Jul 29, 2025 0 Comments

Folks, Good morning from Pittsburgh, where we are tracking a big story for the labor movement: Amazon Labor Union founder Chris Smalls was beaten after the IDF arrested him while trying to break the siege of Gaza with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. (See our story "Amazon Union Leader Chris

Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls Detained & Beaten by IDF, But US Media Ignores It

Mike Elk Jul 29, 2025 0 Comments

On Monday, details emerged that not only was Smalls detained, but he was physically beaten by the IDF. He was the only Black member of the Freedom Flotilla on the Handala.

Trump Poised to Probe the NFL Players Union - 3,200 Boeing Jet Fighter Workers Vote Down Union Contract

Mike Elk Jul 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earlier this month, Lowell Howell resigned as the executive director of the NFL Players Association, after a series of exposes raising legal concerns about his conduct.

Fenway Park Workers Strike - $26,000 Raised to Defend IATSE Member From Deportation - The Pitt TV Workers Launch Historic Union Drive

Mike Elk Jul 26, 2025 0 Comments

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh,where we are burning the midnight oil to raise money to meet the monthly budget. $1,300 Short of Monthly Budget with One Week to Go We are currently $1,300 short of our monthly goal. This money helps pay my full-time salary, our part-time

RIP: Kim Fellner, Who Left Behind a Community Land Trust in Pittsburgh

Mike Elk Jul 25, 2025 0 Comments

While Kim died this week, the legacy of affordable housing that she left behind in Pittsburgh will benefit many families for many years to come. In 2022, Kim wrote about why she decided to sell her properties to the community land trust.

Chris Smalls' Union Prez, Teamsters' Sean O'Brien Silent on Beating by IDF - Goes on Vivek Ramaswany's Right Wing Show Instead

Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls Detained & Beaten by IDF, But US Media Ignores It

Trump Poised to Probe the NFL Players Union - 3,200 Boeing Jet Fighter Workers Vote Down Union Contract

Fenway Park Workers Strike - $26,000 Raised to Defend IATSE Member From Deportation - The Pitt TV Workers Launch Historic Union Drive

RIP: Kim Fellner, Who Left Behind a Community Land Trust in Pittsburgh

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