Mike Elk

Mike Elk is an award-winning labor reporter, who previously served as a labor reporter at POLITICO and In These Times. Based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, he is the founder of Payday Report, the South’s first unionized news co-op.

LaborFebruary 13, 2017

How a Union Vote in Charleston Could Change the Labor Movement in the South

Boeing is fighting a union drive at its 787 Dreamliner plant.

Mike Elk
Jails and PrisonsJuly 11, 2016

The Next Step for Organized Labor? People in Prison.

The Industrial Workers of the World is calling for a nationwide prison strike in September.

Mike Elk
Election 2012November 4, 2012

Exclusive: More Fossil Fuel Companies Pressure Workers to Vote GOP

Letters obtained by The Nation show that companies involved in the oil, gas and coal industries are increasingly pushing workers to vote Republican.

Lee Fang and Mike Elk
SocietyAugust 28, 2012

Why Are the NFL Refs Locked Out? It’s All in the Game

NFL owners are no different than other US bosses and the lockout is their twenty-first-century method of operation.

Dave Zirin and Mike Elk
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Labor OrganizingJune 15, 2012

OpinionNation: Labor’s Bad Recall?

Unions invested heavily in the campaign to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Was that a huge mistake?

Gordon Lafer , Doug Henwood , Jane McAlevey , Bill Fletcher Jr., Mike Elk and Adolph Reed Jr.
SportsDecember 2, 2011

Bobby Valentine’s Last Stint as Manager

There is a reason the former Mets skipper hasn't worked a Major League dugout in a decade.

Dave Zirin and Mike Elk
LaborAugust 1, 2011

The Hidden History of ALEC and Prison Labor

Years after ALEC's Truth In Sentencing bills became the law of the land, its Prison Industries Act has quietly expanded prison labor across the country.

Mike Elk and Bob Sloan
LobbyingApril 21, 2011

Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch

Thanks to Citizens United, thousands of Koch Industries employees were told whom to vote for.

Mark Ames and Mike Elk
LobbyingApril 20, 2011

Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch

Enabled by the Citizens United decision, Koch Industries told thousands of employees last October how to vote—and even how to think.

Mark Ames and Mike Elk
LaborMarch 11, 2011

Walker’s Big Bank Donors Take a Hit

Union protesters in Wisconsin are shrewdly targeting M&I Bank, a top Walker campaign contributor.

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Mike Elk

LaborFebruary 13, 2017

Boeing is fighting a union drive at its 787 Dreamliner plant.

Jails and PrisonsJuly 11, 2016

The Industrial Workers of the World is calling for a nationwide prison strike in September.

Election 2012November 4, 2012

Letters obtained by The Nation show that companies involved in the oil, gas and coal industries are increasingly pushing workers to vote Republican.

SocietyAugust 28, 2012

NFL owners are no different than other US bosses and the lockout is their twenty-first-century method of operation.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Labor OrganizingJune 15, 2012

Unions invested heavily in the campaign to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Was that a huge mistake?

SportsDecember 2, 2011

There is a reason the former Mets skipper hasn't worked a Major League dugout in a decade.

LaborAugust 1, 2011

Years after ALEC's Truth In Sentencing bills became the law of the land, its Prison Industries Act has quietly expanded prison labor across the country.

LobbyingApril 21, 2011

Thanks to Citizens United, thousands of Koch Industries employees were told whom to vote for.

LobbyingApril 20, 2011

Enabled by the Citizens United decision, Koch Industries told thousands of employees last October how to vote—and even how to think.

LaborMarch 11, 2011

Union protesters in Wisconsin are shrewdly targeting M&I Bank, a top Walker campaign contributor.