In this edition of the Folk Labor Desk, JP asks the nerds to raise their hands as he puts a musical twist on our recent story about the Teamsters, talks about being on Workers Independent News, and sings about the repression of teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico, amongst other things. Listen to the audio or watch the video on RailroadMusic.org.
Mike Elk is an Emmy-nominated labor reporter and alumni of the Guardian. In addition to filing nearly 2,000 stories from 46 states, Elk traveled with Lula from Sáo Bernando do Campos all the way to the Oval Office in the White House. Credited by the Washington Post for being the first reporter to track the strike wave systematically, Elk started Payday Report using his NLRB settlement from being illegally fired for union organizing in 2015. He lives in his hometown of Pittsburgh and works frequently in Rio de Janeiro, where he attended college at PUC-Rio. He speaks both Portuguese and Pittsburghese fluently. His email is [email protected]
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