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Elk: No OSHA Inspections at Texas Plant in 5 Years: Are We Doing Enough to Protect Workplace Safety?
Video, April, 20 2013
Mike Elk
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Interview on the plant’s safety record and the troubling regulatory environment for workplaces in Texas and nationwide
Elk: Senators and Unions Call for Obama to Intervene in Patriot Coal Bankruptcy
Znet Article, April, 16 2013
Mike Elk
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The pending bankruptcy case of Patriot Coal, pension and retirement benefits could be wiped out for 20,000 beneficiaries
Elk: In the Coal Fields, A Novel Way to Get Rid Of Pensions Is Born
Znet Article, January, 10 2013
Mike Elk
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The United Mine Workers of America says that the spin-offs were designed to fail in order to clean the companies' books of their retiree debts
Zirin: Why are the NFL Refs Locked Out? It's All in the Game
Znet Article, August, 30 2012
Dave Zirin
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The only way to understand why there is a lockout of NFL Referees is to understand who is doing the locking out
Elk: AFL-CIO’s Trumka Acknowledges Labor’s Divisions Over Keystone Pipeline
Znet Article, January, 27 2012
Mike Elk
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Several AFL-CIO observers also commented that it was the first time they had a president of the labor federation talk about why unions were divided on key issues
Elk: Obama Averts Railroad Workers’ Strike, Extending Concessions Conflict
Znet Article, October, 14 2011
Mike Elk
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“If banks disrupt commerce, they get a bailout. If workers disrupt commerce... We get forced to work under a contract we wouldn’t agree to otherwise.”
Elk: Honeywell Workers Locked Out
Zmag Article, February, 01 2011
Mike Elk
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Steelworkers confront CEO at Deficit Commission over lockout
Elk: Around the World, Dockworkers Blockade Israeli Ships
Znet Article, August, 09 2010
Mike Elk
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Solidarity is labor's strongest weapon, important not just on the local picket line, but on the global picket line as labor takes on multinational corporations and repressive regimes.
Elk: Worker Uprising Against Wells Fargo Spreads After Major Victory To Keep Factories Open
Znet Article, July, 06 2009
Mike Elk
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This week, workers at Hartmarx Factory won a major victory against Wells Fargo, as Wells Fargo agreed to keep their factory open. The story of the Hartmarx workers had drawn national attention as they threatened to occupy their factory if Wells Fa...
