Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)

@MikeElk

Yinzer labor reporter @PaydayReport often in 🇧🇷 . Emmy Nominee. Alum: @Guardian. @UEunion fam. Autistic⚾️ Jew. Falo Português [email protected]

Pittsburgh & Rio de Janeiro

Joined July 2009

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Karen Attiah@KarenAttiah · Jul 22

So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 25

Immigration crackdown is hurting the nursing home industry tremendously orlandosentinel.com/2025/07/25/imm…

MikeElk's tweet card. An attorney who battles negligence by nursing homes writes that the ongoing immigration crackdown is leading to severe staffing shortages. And that means slower response times, more neglected hygie…

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 25

Immigration crackdown is leading to collapse in nursing-home care orlandosentinel.com/2025/07/25/imm…

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 25

Over last 3 months, 120,000 new donors have contributed a combined $20 million to public radio & televisions stations. However, Trump cut $500 million. We have a long way to go to rebuild indepedent media nytimes.com/2025/07/24/bus…

MikeElk's tweet card. Donors are turning out to support local stations, but those contributions so far fall well short of the annual $550 million that Congress cut.

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 24

TikTok content moderators in Germany strike over AI taking their jobs euronews.com/next/2025/07/2…

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 24

NY Lieutenant Governor Delgado again breaks from NY Gov. Hochul, supports home care workers cbs6albany.com/news/local/lie…

MikeElk's tweet card. In a significant departure from Governor Kathy Hochul's administration, Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado calling for the termination of the contract with PPL

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 24

One in six workers pretends to use AI to please bosses theregister.com/2025/07/22/ai_…

MikeElk's tweet card. ai-pocalypse: AI-nxiety is real, and it's causing some bizarre behavior

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 24

100+ Boston criminal defendants have their cases tossed due to attorney strike bostonherald.com/2025/07/22/100…

MikeElk's tweet card. More than 100 Boston Municipal Court criminal defendants had their charges dismissed Tuesday due to lack of legal representation — including a number of serious assault and domestic battery cases.…

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 24

Fenway workers urge Red Sox owner John Henry to intervene in contract battle as strike looms boston.com/news/local-new…

MikeElk's tweet card. In an open letter, Fenway workers ask Henry: “If Aramark can pay more at other ballparks across the country, why are Fenway workers treated as second-class?”

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 24

Fenway concessions workers are poised to strike at any moment. Here’s what to know. boston.com/news/local-new…

MikeElk's tweet card. A strike would mark the first in the ballpark’s 113-year-old history.

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 23

PBS American Experience pauses production on new documentaries wgbh.org/news/local/202…

MikeElk's tweet card. The move follows Congress' clawback of $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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GreenRedPodcast@PodcastGreenRed · Jul 19

~NEW EPISODE~ Trump vs. Lula! @bobbuzzanco talks w/ @MikeElk, labor reporter and founder of Payday Report, about Trump’s waging economic warfare on Brasil, Lula on Palestine, the state of resistance in labor and the John Fetterman horror show. 🎙️: bit.ly/3IkxmbU

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Uncrewed@Uncrewed · Jul 22

Congresspeople in Mamdani-won districts who haven't endorsed him yet: Grace Meng (#NY06)- Mamdani+3 Hakeem Jeffries (#NY08)- Mamdani+12 Dan Goldman (#NY10)- Mamdani+36(!) Credit to Competitive Advantage Research for the data!

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 23

Big thanks to a reader from Cleveland who donated $200 paydayreport.com/self-employed-…

MikeElk's tweet card. As a self-employed labor reporter, I have no paid sick days and worry about money when I take days off.

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 23

Ive been extremely sick for the past week, losing freelance work & appreciate donations that folks have sent paydayreport.com/self-employed-…

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 22

With strike looming, Fenway concession workers have Red Sox players’ support masslive.com/redsox/2025/07…

MikeElk's tweet card. The Red Sox players voiced support for Fenway's concessions workers, who are on the verge of striking against Aramark.

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 22

Penn cuts protections for international graduate students in union contract talks, organizers say thedp.com/article/2025/0…

MikeElk's tweet card. The University presented four counterproposals to drafts submitted by GET-UP regarding graduate workers' job expectations, scheduling, recognition, compensation, along with support for international...

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 22

Wow watched this amazing 1949 about a lunch mob going after a wrongfully accused black man in Mississippi. Based on a Faulkner story & directed by a black listed director. Its on Criterion - highly recommend youtu.be/SNGo8a1RIpU?si… via @YouTube

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Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There)@MikeElk · Jul 22

I’ve been sick in bed for nearly a week & as self employed labor reporter, I lost money when I get sick. Pass the hat & help a labor reporter rest & recover! paydayreport.com/self-employed-…

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Sam Seder@SamSeder · Jul 20

5 years ago today we lost an important voice. If you never had a chance to hear it ….The Michael Brooks Show youtube.com/@themichaelbro… via @YouTube

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