Mike Elk

Tax Breaks Leading to Teachers' Strikes in Ohio - Railroaders Blast Biden's Proposed Settlement - Alabama GE Workers Move to Unionize

Mike Elk Aug 23, 2022 0 Comments

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we are closely monitoring a series of high-profile teachers’ strikes across Ohio, including in Columbus, over devastating property tax cuts. Check out our publishing partner John Russell of the Holler’s video, which has already garnered over 6,000 likes Donate to Help Us

Barriers to Multi-Generational Organizing

Mike Elk Aug 23, 2022 0 Comments

This is the third of a three-part series on “The New Class of Senior Citizen Activists,” underwritten with a grant from Social Security Works. Check out part 1 here and part 2 here. Recently, I was at a screening and discussion of the film Roe, hosted by the Party of

Seniors for Summer Lee & the Power of Multi-Generational Organizing

Mike Elk Aug 18, 2022 0 Comments

This is the second of a three-part series on “The New Class of Senior Citizen Activists,” underwritten with a grant from Social Security Works. Check out part 1 here and part 3 here. It was primary election night in Pittsburgh last May, and my high school classmate, Summer Lee, was

The Intersectionality of A New Class of Senior Citizen Activists

Mike Elk Aug 17, 2022 0 Comments

Jon “Bowzer” Bauman was a household name in the 1970s and 1980s as the leader of the band Sha Na Na. However, he’s not very well known to a generation of Americans under 45. Bowzer both starred in Grease in the band at the school dance, and performed the

15,000 Nurses to Strike in Minnesota - Nurses Forced to Ration Ravioli Could Strike - Amazon's BIG Tik Tok Problem

Mike Elk Aug 16, 2022 0 Comments

Greetings from the Burgh, where I have begun fostering a Puerto Rican street dog from the group “Save a Friend Puerto Rico”. The group collects stray dogs in Puerto Rico, where there is a massive problem with strays, and flies them up to Pittsburgh to find homes. (Check them out

Tax Breaks Leading to Teachers' Strikes in Ohio - Railroaders Blast Biden's Proposed Settlement - Alabama GE Workers Move to Unionize

Barriers to Multi-Generational Organizing

Seniors for Summer Lee & the Power of Multi-Generational Organizing

The Intersectionality of A New Class of Senior Citizen Activists

15,000 Nurses to Strike in Minnesota - Nurses Forced to Ration Ravioli Could Strike - Amazon's BIG Tik Tok Problem

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