On a Rainy Day, Labor’s Old Guard & New Energy Celebrate
PITTSBURGH, PA. – It’s the morning of the Labor Day parade around 8 a.m., and many union members are nervous that an early thunderstorm will…
Articles by Mike Elk
6,000 Seattle Teachers Strike as Strike Wave Grows – Outside of Seattle, Surburban Teachers Strike – Lordstown Battery Workers to Vote on Strike 
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where an important three-game series in baseball playoffs is heating up with the series all tied up between the National…
7,000 Seattle Teachers Vote to Strike Tom. – 5,000 Minor League Players Unionizing in Largest Union Win in 2022 – Oklahoma Apple Moves to Unionize
Greetings from the long COVID clinic in the ’Burgh, where I am filing today’s newsletter while waiting for a series of tests. Thanks to everyone…
Help Us Cover a New Strike Wave This Fall
According to a survey commissioned by Teamsters Local 320, out of 450 workers at the University, 62% of workers reported: “…not earning enough money to pay for…
Biden in the Burgh on Labor Day – Niles, Ohio Strike Settled – Strike Wave Post-Summer Vacation Happening
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we are preparing to welcome. President Joe Biden at this year’s Labor Day, followed by a game between the…
Ohio School Hiring Ex-Military for “Strike Security” – 6,000 Seattle Teachers Move to Strike – Univ of Minnesota Strike Could be Next
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we’re shipping out tomorrow to cover the teachers’ strike in Niles, Ohio. Niles School District Hiring Ex-Military for Strike…
Niles, Ohio Teachers Near Strike Thursday – 5,000 Minor Leaguers Sent Union Authorization Cards – Rural Tenn. School Bus Drivers Strike
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where local NPR station WESA just announced their plans to unionize with SAG-AFTRA. Niles, Ohio Teachers Union Frustrated with Lack…
Ohio School Hires Strikebreaking Company – 1st Chipotle Unionizes in Michigan – Omaha Workers Forced to Endurse “Surprise Active Shooter Drill”
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we are taking the weekend off before heading back on the road again to cover a teachers’ strike in…
Teachers Strike at 42 Schools in Seattle Suburbs – Peoria Teachers Could Strike Next – 300,000 Teachers Shortage Nationwide
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we are tracking a series of teacher strikes about to hit as the school year starts. Teachers Strike at…
Ohio Teachers Strikes Spread to Lordstown – Help Us Cover it
Folks, With striking Columbus teachers reaching a tentative agreement today, I am sensing a lot of deja vu of what happened in West Virginia 4…
Columbus Teachers’ Health Insurance Cut Off – Parents Organize to Fight Trunacy Charges – Lordstown Area Teachers to Strike Next Week
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we are in close communications with our publishing partner, John Russell of the Holler, who’s on the ground in Columbus. …
Help us Cover Ohio Teachers’ Strikes
Over 4,500 teachers went on strike in Columbus, Ohio on Monday . These strikes are part of a bigger wave of teacher strikes across Ohio…