Mike Elk

Help a Broke Labor Reporter Enjoy the Holidays

Mike Elk Dec 24, 2022 0 Comments

Folks, Recurring Donation $3.00 monthly $5.00 monthly $15.00 monthly $35.00 monthly $100.00 monthly $36.00 yearly $60.00 yearly $180.00 yearly $420.00 yearly $1,200.00 yearly One Time Donation The Holidays are a tough time for self-employed labor reporters. Editors take off

Rio Apartment Occupation Evicted Before Christmas

Mike Elk Dec 24, 2022 0 Comments

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL – A few weeks ago, I visited the Luiza Gama occupation in downtown Rio. More than 70 families had taken over a building in downtown Rio that had been empty for more than ten years. The family had first occupied the building in mid-November and was gaining

Labour Backs Using Army to Bust UK Strikes - AFL-CIO Goes to War w/ Facebook - NLRB Gets Funding Boost

Mike Elk Dec 20, 2022 0 Comments

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday is beginning to wind down for the holiday season. Donate to Holiday FUN Fund Holiday seasons without freelance work are a very tough time financially for self-employed labor reporters like me. Please, if you can donate to our holiday fund. Donate to help

Starbucks Workers Strike at 100 Stores Nationwide - UK Strike Wave Spreads - Hyundai & Kia Used Child Labor in 10 Alabama Plants

Mike Elk Dec 16, 2022 0 Comments

Greetings from the Burgh, where I’m getting ready to go to a bossa nova happy hour at Casa Brasil, a local Brazilian restaurant, and club in Pittsburgh. (Check them out) Donate to the Holiday Fund Folks, winter vacation begins at the end of next Friday. Help me take a

Macy's Workers to Strike on Christmas Eve - Largest Nurse Strike in UK History - 3 WV Reporters Fired for Criticizing Blankenship

Mike Elk Dec 15, 2022 0 Comments

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where I’m talking tonite at the Pittsburgh Liberation Center at 630 at 733 North Highland, which can be watched online here. Drinks at 8 PM afterward six blocks away at Lorelie at 124 South Highland (just six blocks away) Help Us Cover Holiday Workers

Help a Broke Labor Reporter Enjoy the Holidays

Rio Apartment Occupation Evicted Before Christmas

Labour Backs Using Army to Bust UK Strikes - AFL-CIO Goes to War w/ Facebook - NLRB Gets Funding Boost

Starbucks Workers Strike at 100 Stores Nationwide - UK Strike Wave Spreads - Hyundai & Kia Used Child Labor in 10 Alabama Plants

Macy's Workers to Strike on Christmas Eve - Largest Nurse Strike in UK History - 3 WV Reporters Fired for Criticizing Blankenship

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