Mike Elk

Unlike Teamsters or UAW Coverage, White Labor Press Largely Ignores Black Reformer Winning CWA Presidency

Mike Elk Jul 11, 2023

Folks, Claude Cummings was elected the 1st Black President of the 600,000-member Communication Workers of America early Tuesday morning. While the heavily white labor press covered extensively reform victories by white candidates in the Teamsters and UAW, only two publications on the left to even wrote articles about

Claude Cummings Elected 1st Black President of CWA

Mike Elk Jul 11, 2023

Early Tuesday morning, CWA announced that Claude Cummings of Houston won a runoff election over Ed Mooney by a margin of 59% to 41% to be elected as the 1st Black President of the 600,000-member Communication Workers of America. Congresswoman Shelia Jackson-Lee of Houston took to Twitter

Top NewsGuild Official in CWA Defeated - Cummings Leads Second Round

Mike Elk Jul 10, 2023

Top NewsGuild official in CWA Sara Steffens, defeated amid scandals involving the cover-up of sexual misconduct & violent intimidation in CWA, which was credited with sinking her campaign. Cummings currently leads Mooney by a margin of 139,818 to 121,857. (Election results can be viewed here). It remains

As CWA Elects Union Prez, CWA Fails to Meet Discovery Deadline in Violent Intimidation Case

Mike Elk Jul 10, 2023

PITTSBURGH, PA – As over 1,000 union delegates of the Communication Workers of America meet this week at its union convention in St. Louis to elect its President, the union leadership is failing to comply with a legal deadline to produce documents as part of discovery in a high-profile

With UE & Wabtec Still Far Apart, Summer Lee Rallies the Troops - Videos of UPS Practice Picket Lines - Traders Joe Threatens to Sue Union over Copyri

Mike Elk Jul 07, 2023

Folks, Greetings from Carrboro, North Carolina, where I am wrapping up a week of exciting conversations and holiday festivities. We will have a story from North Carolina late next week. Also, we will have a long-form on the strike of 1,400 UE members at Wabtec early next week.

Unlike Teamsters or UAW Coverage, White Labor Press Largely Ignores Black Reformer Winning CWA Presidency

Claude Cummings Elected 1st Black President of CWA

Top NewsGuild Official in CWA Defeated - Cummings Leads Second Round

As CWA Elects Union Prez, CWA Fails to Meet Discovery Deadline in Violent Intimidation Case

With UE & Wabtec Still Far Apart, Summer Lee Rallies the Troops - Videos of UPS Practice Picket Lines - Traders Joe Threatens to Sue Union over Copyri

As Trump Tries to Steal Brazilian Election, Send a Labor Reporter to Cover It

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