Mike Elk: I Am Thankful for TSA Workers
I am thankful for the TSA workers who, despite terrible working conditions, a denial of a fundamental right to collectively bargain, and scorn by many airline travelers, still continue doing their jobs.
Mike Elk: ABC’s Amanpour Refuses to Ask Honeywell CEO about Locked Out Workers as He Tours Asia with Obama
Noted labor historian Joe Burns has called the lockout of 230 workers at the Honeywell uranium processing facility in Metropolis, IL - the highest profile...
Mike Elk: What the San Francisco Giants and My Dad Can Teach Progressives About Overcoming Defeat
Like the San Francisco Giants, the progressive movement will someday win if we believe in all of our players and play as hard as we can.
Mike Elk: Honeywell Becomes #1 Political Donor As They Union Bust & Receive $13 Billion in Federal Money
The Honeywell Corporation, having given $3 million in PAC contributions , is the number one political donor in the country according to a report released...
Mike Elk: Deficit Commissioners Prefer to Give Our Troops Unsafe Food than Reform Defense Spending
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ordered a 10 percent spending cut on private contractors who provide support services to the military last August. While much...
Mike Elk: Rep. Gutierrez: ASFCME President McEntee is ‘Disgrace to the Labor Movement’
Late last week, AFSCME President Gerry McEntee endorsed former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the Chicago Mayoral Election. McEntee told Politico, "If...
Mike Elk: Did the October 2nd Rally Create Enough Leverage to Achieve "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs"?
WASHINGTON, D.C.--On Saturday, tens of thousands of people from all over the country--perhaps 200,000 people--stretched across the Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial in...
Mike Elk: A Picket Line Should Be a Symbol of Hope–Not the Butt of a Late Nite Joke
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cWorking Stiffedwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea Party Monday, my eyes glistened with pride as I...
Mike Elk: Look to Rhode Island for How to Target Anti-Labor Democrats
The state's labor movement did something about unfriendly Dems WASHINGTON, D.C.--Yesterday, during a UE union rally here outside Morgan Stanley's office, I heard a speaker...
Mike Elk: Union Protests Morgan Stanley’s Role in Advocating Social Security Cuts
Today more than 150 members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) protested the deficit commission's proposed cuts to Social Security...
Mike Elk: Explosion Rocks Honeywell Uranium Facility Run By Scab Workers
Union workers have been locked out at the uranium enrichment facility in Metropolis, Illinois for two months now after contract negotiations broke down over Honeywell's...
Mike Elk: Nuclear Regulators Close Sections of WH Debt Commissioners’ Uranium Facility Over Safety Violations
When I originally wrote about Honeywell CEO David Cote threatening the safety of a small town by bringing in under-trained "scabs" (replacement workers )to run...
