[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @MikeElk Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There) Mike Elk (Mike Elk on Bluesky - Moving There) posts on X about has been, drivers, money, mlb the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 1387 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::52615210/interactions)  - X Months XXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::52615210/posts_active)  - X Months XX -XX% - X Year XXX -XX% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::52615210/followers)  - X Month XXXXXX -XXXX% - X Months XXXXXX -XXXX% - X Year XXXXXX -XXXX% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::52615210/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::52615210/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) XXXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks) XXXX% [finance](/list/finance) XXXX% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) XXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) XXXX% [mlb](/list/mlb) #3857 [musicians](/list/musicians) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [has been](/topic/has-been) 2.16%, [drivers](/topic/drivers) #1235, [money](/topic/money) 1.15%, [mlb](/topic/mlb) #3059, [volkswagen](/topic/volkswagen) #538, [twitter](/topic/twitter) 0.94%, [all the](/topic/all-the) 0.79%, [over the](/topic/over-the) 0.72%, [fired](/topic/fired) #170, [bernie sanders](/topic/bernie-sanders) #209 **Top assets mentioned** [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)](/topic/costco) [Allegheny Technologies (ATI)](/topic/$ati) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::52615210/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "Solidarity w/ @feliciasonmez who was suspended for tweeting about Kobe Bryant sexual assault allegations" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1221898975915249664) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-01-27T20:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@guardian @SEIU @KathViner Since killing this story under legal threats @guardian hasn't given me any news assignments after giving XX stories as a freelancer in 2018. I called out their cowardice - that doesn't always sit well w/ folks" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1221946414579769349) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-01-28T00:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I wrote back and told the producer "Out of respect for the XX Jews killed in my neighborhood at Tree of Life I won't be cooperating with Fox News. I believe in deplatforming hate. "" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1222178109014921220) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-01-28T15:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@SEIU also asked me to preserve all communications as relevant evidence as part of its ongoing defamation lawsuit against SEIU whistleblower Njoki Woods. A lawsuit which many consider retaliatory as evidence backs up her allegations" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1222695574379683840) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-01-30T01:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As a freelance journalist I will be forced to take weeks off of my freelance assignments and lose thousands of dollars as I pour throw documents interview transcripts and work with lawyers to prepare for my legal defense. Donate to our defense here" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1222701121770270720) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-01-30T02:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@_ericblanc Wow thats a great metaphor" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1222736914392014848) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-01-30T04:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "My Lyft driver just asked me if it was okay to pay Ben Shapiro. My answer an absolute no" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1225243031172980736) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-06T02:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Folks about that forthcoming @PaydayReport endorsement of Bloomberg.:.(jk)" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1225884167386345473) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-07T20:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@SummerForPA @ueunion @SEIUPA "Sustained attempts to center and build power in communities like mine have been difficult. If there was no tension with those who are currently comfortable in power then I'd be concerned that we weren't moving in the right direction." - @SummerForPA" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1227358133275762688) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-11T22:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Whether or not you knew it or not we were having a great time together is the ultimate response after a bad tinder date" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1227406718457597954) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-12T01:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The Culinary Union owns a massive health care insurance plan & hence are against Medicare-for-All. This is no different than union leaders opposing the Green New Deal" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1227468753492901889) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-12T05:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Done. Do It" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1227751940655927296) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-13T00:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@RyanLizza was fired from @NewYorker after a woman accused him of sexual misconduct. Yet here is saying Bernie Bros cost Bernie the endorsement of a corrupt union more on the sex pest @RyanLizza" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1227753908409380864) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-13T00:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Who wants to get some viral donation energy going Just a few donations could mean a big push" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1228827777249443843) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-15T23:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "So Allegheny County Labor Council Prez denounced local Democratic Party endorsement of a trump supporter but doesnt say anything about their refusal to endorse @SummerForPA the 1st black woman elected to the State House cuz she opposes fracking #smh" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1229481448203341824) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-17T19:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "*Chefs Kiss*" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1229526988723032065) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-17T22:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Nationalize Baseball & install @fshakir as commissioner" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1229560618186919936) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-18T00:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@zdroberts and I are only $XXX short of our goal for covering the South Carolina primary. Bernie is poised to win in SC and send a bolt of energy throughout #OrganizeTheSouth. Donate so we can cover it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1229570888443580417) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-18T00:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@zdroberts who was beaten by police during Occupy Wall Street with a powerful ad against Bloomberg" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1229634775926935554) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-18T05:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Wow 148k views on @zdroberts ad about how Bloomberg had cops target journalists for beating during Occupy Wall Street" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1229882272872046598) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-18T21:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Never ceases to amaze me how the communities of color which have provided Bernie w/ his largest base of support are completely erased by white liberal critics. Project much anyone" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1229887665845293064) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-18T21:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Elizabeth Warren my not win the primary but she won against sexual misconduct in the workplace tonite" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1230322719637622785) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-20T02:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Elizabeth Warren is the MVP of tonite Win or lose she threw down on principle tonite" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1230334759139717120) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-20T03:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Holy shit this is wild" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1231245774870269952) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-22T15:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I really hope @davidsirota writes a book after this race cuz its gonna blow anything Sorsensen or Arthur Schleisinger wrote about JFK's campaign. @davidsirota has redefined what it means to be a muckracking journalist in this era of deep inequality but yet rising hope" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1231761399581487105) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-24T02:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Trump denied my press credentials for his Charleston rally" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1232687079684964353) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-26T15:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Donald Trump certainly doesnt want me in South Carolina but do you Donate to help us tell this story" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1232759195046416387) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-26T20:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "All the more reason flight attendants need to be unionized" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1232760296663666693) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-26T20:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Time to unionize" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1232796101993996289) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-26T22:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Dick Van Dyke hasnt campaigned actively for a candidate since Eugene McCarthy in 1968 now hes opening rallies with Public Enemy and Sarah Silverman" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1232858041059627008) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-27T02:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@amyklobuchar @mariyastrauss Help us continue to cover the primaries in the South. Donate today" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1233083434848968704) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-27T17:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Donate so we can upgrade the website" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1233211822502744065) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-02-28T02:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bernie isnt done in the South yet - were here in North Carolina where Bernie is poised for victory" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1233927930348294144) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-01T01:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "WalMart worker Just Asia on why so many immigration issues relate to her" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1234187115384180737) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-01T18:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@AriannaGenis @ConMijente @ChuckRocha @neidid @Rafael_Navar @CWAUnion Juan Miranda on how @ConMijente is building power in new but familiar ways" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1234605688393019393) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-02T22:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@AriannaGenis @ConMijente @ChuckRocha @neidid @Rafael_Navar @CWAUnion "Its very easy to be exclusive unfortunately" says Cris Batista who says that as a queer black Dominican she feels like @ConMijente is a oolitical home. Must watch interview on the inclusive nature of @ConMijente that build power not just in politics but in culture" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1234941309737148418) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-03T20:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@AriannaGenis @ConMijente @ChuckRocha @neidid @Rafael_Navar @CWAUnion "Spanish as a romance language is binary in terms of female and male pronouns and the members of @ConMijente & the members of language justice movement have been really good about including a gender neutral language into that space" says Cris Batista" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1234943478641111040) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-03T20:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bernie is gonna have to take on Biden in the Rust Belt on trade not only will he beat Biden that way but he will beat Trump by focusing so heavily on trade to beat Biden in the Rust Belt" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235005996684193792) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-04T00:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bernie is doing a lot better in the South than in 2016 - this is seriously achievement for #OrganizeTheSouth" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235025027210178560) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-04T02:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Good to see Bernie hit Biden hard on trade and Social Security - thats how he wins the Rust Belt" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235040591932575747) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-04T03:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Warrens career is over - this is a permanent black mark" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235050951339212800) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-04T03:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The Latino energy for Bernie is gonna shift the media narrative a ton" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235057037811179520) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-04T04:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "My look at how young Latino labor leaders transformed the Sanders campaign. This is about more than jusr policy but Bernie doing deep organizing in the Latino community" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235057845978025984) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-04T04:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As someone who lives in the Rust Belt quite frankly Joe Biden is gonna have a rough time there. Trauma of mill closings is so raw for many of us & Bidens record is toxic on trade" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235099791530450945) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-04T07:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Everybody please chill out. Despair only hurts your efforts to organize. You have to stay positive upbeat and full of positive energy cuz youre gonna need it to beat the democratic establishment" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235120206860767232) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-04T08:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Given that Pittsburgh often has the worst air in the country & high asthma rates - Im really worried about how deadly Coronavirus could be there" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235292259005992965) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-04T19:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Lots of behind-the-scenes talks going on to get Warren to endorse Bernie. God we need that as a progressive left" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235363946527371266) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-05T00:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bernie praising Warren on Maddow and says hed like her in his administration. Sounds like they made a peace" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235387410508320768) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-05T02:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fuck the Lower Hill a historically African-American neighborhood is gonna be overwhelmed by a massive 3-in-1 concert venue that will cater mainly to white people" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235670305164718092) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-05T20:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If Bernie was repeatedly failing to remember the naming of Barack Obama MSNBC would be running this on a 24/7 loop" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235678459416006656) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-05T21:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I get off the airplane and immediately me and X other men rushed into the bathroom to wash our hands ASAP. Welcome to life in the age of the coronavirus" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235769158912094210) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-06T03:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The trumka quotes hitting Biden are buried in the end of this press release" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235989211213434880) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-06T18:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Catch it trash it kill it and unionize it - the @AFLCIO plan to fight coronavirus" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1235998991755735045) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-06T18:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Congrats @stevesilberman - Neurotribes is a landmark book in terms of understanding neurodiversity" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1236003456676175873) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-06T18:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is big right before Illinois primary" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1236721122357456897) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-08T18:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "KEEP.HOPE.ALIVE. I believe that we can win" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1236741729694474241) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-08T19:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Danny Glover has spent more than decade in Mississippi helping Nissan workers to unionize. My look at his involvement" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1236806710561554432) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-09T00:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Jesse Jackson endorsing Bernie I feel like may be a turning point. Bernie may not win but like Jackson in XX - this primary should go all the way the convention and build multiracial coalitions that will last for decades to come" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1236833852129267712) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-09T01:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""The senators sweeping critique of coverage has more merit than we in the media like to admit" - @benyt wow I'm really excited for @benyt reign in David Carr's old spot - Ben knows how workers are ignored in the media & how to fix it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1236863377974099969) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-09T03:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is so beautiful - what Jesse did today was a statement on movement building" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1236872145780776960) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-09T04:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This excludes the majority of McDonalds workers which are employed in franchises" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237494630792540161) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-10T21:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Biden is far worse than Kerry. Kerry at least had the whole Vietnam Veteran turned protester nostalgia going for him w/ some left leaning types. What does Uncle Joe have to fire up Bernie supporters" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237505654094319616) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-10T22:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Scott Walker had hundreds of union members for protesting legally at the Wisconsin State Capitol in 2011 #wiunion" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237510138912595968) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-10T22:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "There is a non-ableist way to talk about Bidens cognitive decline & threat it poses. The way to do it is with empathy experts & compassion. What Jacobin is doing is once again ableist" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237512932528984064) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-10T22:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I think Bernie has got to stay in this primary for as long as possible. There is no way Biden can win the violent outburst he had today - this will keep happening more & more" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237557988920946688) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-11T01:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""The narrative of Joe Bidens comeback was an irresistible story to the media one that often eclipsed the coronavirus never mind discussion of health care or poverty' - @benyt" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237567479301279744) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-11T02:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We gained so much power so much sense of identity as a group and organizing skills. Lets keep fighting for our ideals throughout the primary. Our march is a long one but ultimately a victory march" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237576019399196672) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-11T03:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""Substantial numbers of voters who have been convinced by Sanders on the issues have not been convinced to vote for Sanders" - smart @NicholsUprising on how polling shows Bernie won the idea war but not the elect ability argument" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237604733495345154) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-11T05:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Both Arizona and Puerto Rico are in the next two weeks - Bernie can win there Bernje can win those states and say hes staying in cuz Latino voters dont trust Biden on immigration. Apply pressure & force Biden to change in immigration" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237625974889603072) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-11T06:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bernie still won North Dakota last night despite lines like this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237727368069947394) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-11T13:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Sanders described Jesse Jacksons endorsement as the most meaningful moment of his campaign. Bernie has the opportunity to build a long lasting coalition with a primary of ideas" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237870112528642048) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-11T22:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I risked my life as reporter covering the drug war in Brasil to tell the stories of marginalized people & Id do it again. However going out for beer isnt worth risking anyones life. Individual consumerism wont save the economy but individual staying home will sabe lives" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237951583335460866) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-12T04:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "With my respiratory and asthma issues I stand a X in XX chance of dying if I get the coronavirus. Worse my weak lungs make me an easy carrier. Youre saving lives by staying in no matter how stressful your life is its better than death" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237953478389088256) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-12T04:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Some good news for indigenous and Italian-Americans alike as they scrapped Columbus Day for a day honoring an Italian-American nun considered the patron saint of immigrants" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1237980216703815681) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-12T05:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "All this talk about "Bend the Knee" and "Queen'' shows how much damage Game of Thrones has done to our political discourse" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238093028339912705) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-12T13:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "When it comes to public health you can never be too cautious. A month of two of binge watching TV will save thousands of folks' lives. Do it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238103951939178496) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-12T14:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@TimothyS Between Coronavirus & Parasite Korea is really showing the rest of the world how to do things right" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238119831397957638) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-12T15:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Man I wish Bill Greider had been here to write about it today" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238207053568577536) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-12T20:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Truck drivers are increasingly 1099 contractors. To keep food and medicine moving they will he essential but so few truck drivers even have insurance these days" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238217149778403328) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-12T21:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Sports reporters should get released to cover coronavirus issues. Subscribe to your local paper it will save lives" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238241539266093057) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-12T23:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I was suppose to get an infected broken molar removed this week. I have to go to a dental clinic near a hospital area. Is it a good idea The antibiotics I got brought the sweeling down but an infection could mean a lot more time in hospitals much later" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238258468617957378) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-13T00:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Randomly found this bottle of hand sanitizer from @TexasAFLCIO" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238292322577768453) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-13T02:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Minor league baseball players who are exempt from min wage laws are getting laid off & driving food door-to-door during coronavrus to make ends meet" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238294812895449090) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-13T02:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Does anyone in Pittsburgh know where I can safely as someone whose high-risk get more toilet paper. Im under doctors orders to stay in but doubt I have enough toilet paper to last a week. Food Im fine any safe work folks predict" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238449243658039296) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-13T12:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As someone with a public health background it truly sucks me how many lefty well educated folks are dismissing outright dismissing the precautionary principle. Stop ordering delivery food. Stop having amazing send you stuff. Stay in your house and find hobbies to have fun" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238593241634799616) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-13T22:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "STOP BEING SELFISH STOP ORDERING INSTACART & AMAZON. THIS REQUIRES POOR WORKERS W/O INSURANCE TO GO ALL OVER TOWN SPREADING THE VIRUS. JUST STOP BEING SELFISH & JUST STOCK UP ON FOOD AND RIDE THIS OUT" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238601480451612672) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-13T23:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Some lefty types have said by not using these: you are hurting Instacart workers & local restaurants. This is like saying we shouldn't eliminate fracking cuz it hurts workers. Delivery people are key LETHAL vectors for COVID we need to decrease usage as much as possible" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238621203805253632) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-14T00:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Cities have a key role in playing in getting instacart to do better" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238634479884918784) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-14T01:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A lot of these people are gonna die and then kill other people" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238657282889613312) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-14T02:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is how happy we will be if we all just stay inside for a few weeks" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238658527524241408) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-14T02:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "And if nobody is nervous or scared my DMs are open. I covered a war countless deaths and lived through the death of my brothers. This is tough stuff but it will make you stronger. Be kind to yourself" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238679452919496704) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-14T04:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Chrysler workers go on strike after a coworker tested positive for coronavirus. Collective action is how we protect ourselves" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238683631629012993) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-14T04:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@AFTunion says that their union has cancelled every meeting where their members have to travel through the end of April" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238891594876674049) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-14T18:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Of course an asshole from Chattanooga would do this shit #OrganizeTheSouth" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238931518065643521) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-14T20:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I hadnt left my apartment in X days. Then today I left to throw out the trash and saw my neighbor Nolan from across the hall. Ive never felt happier to see another human being in my whole life" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238936353351569408) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-14T21:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If you want to support a restaurant buy a gift card online. Food & delivery workers are key vectors if coronavirus. You are speeding the pandemic when you do this. More info here" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1238980887175405568) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-15T00:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ground all planes except emergencies Shut it down Shit everything down - its the only way to stop the spread of coronavirus" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239026586155995143) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-15T03:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Holy shit I just saw a medical student on Instagram stories bragging about going out to a new restaurant tonite. Wtf" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239034605933678592) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-15T03:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Jesus @billpeduto is talking about trolls on the left trying to politicize a crisis for simply demanding workers get basic protections and healthcare in this. Why is the Mayor of Pittsburgh complaining about trolls on twitter when we are in a crisis" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239075199250808833) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-15T06:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Talked to a friend who kept going out posting on social media despite warnings and got really pissed when I called them out. Coronavirus is revealing a deep crisis of narcissism where people are willing to hurt others in pursuit of what they want" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239139181672226821) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-15T10:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Postpone the primary. There is no safe way to hold an in-person primary right now. Even mail in ballots involve spreading germs. Let the elections wait a month and saves lives" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239152596566278144) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-15T11:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Sorry if Im retweeting so much redundant public health information. Its just with 19000 followers if I can just persuadea few dozen people to not use delivery drivers or go outside we can save a life. So please educate yourself and pass the word along" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239161461693448192) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-15T12:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A lot of people are in a state of denial right now. They cant accept that their lives will be dramatically different forever. As a former war reporter and disabled person different can mean pain but it can also mean growth. Dont get yourself overwhelmed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239162927019687937) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-15T12:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@veenadubal Essentially people are outsourcing the risk of going out and contracting the virus to us for a few bucks says instacart driver @hashtagmolotov" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239188770072780800) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-15T13:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "With people too scared to go out and buy their own groceries Instacart drivers are putting their lives on the line to make a few bucks. Why wont gig companies give them safety gear and proper training" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239204606510616576) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-15T14:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Shit Biden just said undocumented alien" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239349471919693825) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-16T00:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Holy shit Bernie is being both funny and controlling the debate on Social Security" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239352623154806784) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-16T00:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Lets be honest Bernie was never gonna win as a Jew As the son of a Jew from New York who grew up in Pittsburgh & lived in the South I know how bad antisemitism is here. I've had so many people here in Pittsburgh ask me about his pushiness as like "Mike is he a nice guy"" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239374174889664514) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-16T02:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "There are other reasons as well but white Americans out in the Rust Belt and passive aggressive Southerners both black and white hate the cultural mannerism of Northeastern Jews too much. I know from having lived it in the South and in Pittsburgh" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239374549285769219) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-16T02:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@JonBowzerBauman @briebriejoy @SymoneDSanders @CNN @ChrisCuomo Jon Im pretty sure if we wait a month to hold a vote in Florida seniors will still turn out heavily for Biden. Biden sealed the deal tonite" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239401999709491202) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-16T04:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Duke Dining Hall Workers Are Demanding Fair Pay" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239550013795155968) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-16T13:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "So many garbagemen are gonna get terrible sick cuz of coronavirus. Those folks are taking their lives into their hands everytime they pick up your trash" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239798207363854337) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-17T06:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We are gonna have to organize to find ways to save restaurants. We are gonna have to organize to reimagine how we support community redevelopment after this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239805985973252096) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-17T06:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Watching this machine destroy this hillside seemed fitting metaphor for everything going on today" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1239918724490166274) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-17T14:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The worst part is my mom is an art therapist who works with the intellectual disabled and the deaf. Art therapy isnt considered essential in time of pandemic. I think @mollycrabapple and others would disagree" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240008491462471680) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-17T20:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A friend was told by Amazon not to come back into work because a friend was suspected of having COVIB-19. Amazon wont let them work now until he gets a COVIB-19 test What recourse does he have to get financial help during this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240064413752872960) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-17T23:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just spoke to an Amazon delivery driver whose scared shitless and prefer to stay home. When you order on Amazon you're asking a delivery driver to have panic attacks all day. Important to keep in perspective" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240068937796198403) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-18T00:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "When is Bernie gonna propose a New Deal for writers and artists We're killed by this depression" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240080063183405063) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-18T00:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Over 6000 largely black non-union autoworkers are being forced in close to work at Nissan's plant in Miss. You got people sneezing inside of the vehicles. Its pollen season people have allergies laments Travis Park" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240213855827083264) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-18T09:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In 2017 @UAW lost a fight to unionize battle when Nissan and the Governor of Miss repeatedly threatened the plant would likely close if workers unionized. Now they are being forced to work during COVID-19 in a 6000 person factory making Altimas" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240217874767261696) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-18T10:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@mrdannyglover From a public health standpoint operating a 6000 person auto plant is a massive public health risk. I think making and buying cars isnt the most important thing. I dont think buying cars is peoples priority right now" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240219789773111296) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-18T10:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@mrdannyglover We need a union at Nissan Union shops are used to protect workers from s*** like this Mock wrote on his facebook page to his fellow co-workers" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240220410123345920) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-18T10:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im not too old for this shit jokes XX year old @mrdannyglover who was recently grabbing beers with workers in Jackson to talk organizing. Incredible story of fight back of Nissan workers" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240243988147437569) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-18T11:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Folks I got an SOS from Canton Miss last night and stayed up to write this. 6000 mostly black Nissan workers are being forced to make cars when they should be social distancing. Nissan had previously threatened to close plant if workers unionized" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240246616046604288) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-18T12:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im dealing with a fucking global crisis - @BernieSanders" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240408214392442881) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-18T22:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is why you dont order anything off of Amazon or get anything mailed to your house during #COVID19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240479368151011328) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-19T03:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Union bureaucrat @heyadiana who attacked Bernie for supporting Medicare-for-all now advocating for dangerous public health practice of keeping restaurants open during COVID-19. The narrow minded self-interest of some union bureaucrats never ceases to amaze me" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240639445264728064) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-19T14:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@PaydayReport broke the story of how Nissan was forcing 6000 workers to continue to work in Miss. through COVID-19 The article went viral; garnering over 300000 views. By X PM Nissan decided to close the factory. LABOR REPORTING CAN SAVE LIVES" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240702665518198789) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-19T18:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im trying to get a better asthma inhaler but my doctor has to see me in person and they arent seeing anyone unless its a major problem. They told me to go to an Urgent Care But doesnt seem safe option. What do folks recommend that I do Pollen is awful" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240775639743057925) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-19T23:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In the midst of COVID-19 Kentucky State Senate votes to slash $XXX billion from teachers pension fund unless teachers agree to benefit cuts" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1240988990381195264) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-20T13:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Hey so I have very weak lungs & history of respiratory issues. Given my history Im scared to go to Aldis. Would anyone be willing to go on my behalf I can give you a list of what I need" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1241465653535617026) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-21T20:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Her notepad is completely blank" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1241709819423264768) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-22T12:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Pittsburgh trademark @primantibros sandwiches has created a program to get displayed kitchen workers job working for grocery chain Giant Eagle" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1241746587581403138) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-22T15:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "What was labor reporting like before COVID-19 Im struggling to remember. I get constant messages from workers from workers in risk. Ive covered a war countless mass workplace deaths a Jewish massacre but never felt so overwhelmed w/ totality of a crisis as COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242100376519745537) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-23T14:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I lost my older brother to cancer when I was XX. He was XX. He wanted to be a writer & I took low wages to pursue a dream that he couldn't. Everyday since his death has felt like X extra day - We'll see a lot of death but if you survive go after your dreams - life is short" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242140229433274370) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-23T17:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ireland just nationalised their private hospitals to deal with COVID-19 outbreak" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242491036850696193) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-24T16:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "No General Strike can ever be organized (that's union bureaucrat nonsense) They happen when the feeling is so strong that folks have said enough. Who could have predicted or planned the teachers strike Nobody. They happened cuz some folks dared to dream big" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242491314685558784) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-24T16:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Too many labor leaders see their job as building consensus & placating cautious union bureaucrats Real labor leadership can only come from the rank-and-file willing to risk it all. General Strike is already happening in so many workplaces over COVID-19. We're so close" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242492035879317504) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-24T16:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If only Harvard's dining hall workers were able to keep their health care during COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242505445824180229) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-24T17:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Britney Spears for General Strike Its time America" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242514659950899200) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-24T18:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Yes Bernie is bringing it every night and building the foundations of an agenda" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242568443460825091) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-24T21:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A non-union Publix grocery workers tested positive for COVID-19 and like 92000 other Publix employees has no paid sick days" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242582307107672073) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-24T22:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Amazon warehouse in Shepherdsville Ky. hit with X COVID-19 cases DO NOT ORDER THINGS ON AMAZON - WORKERS WILL RISK THEIR LIVES TO SEND THEM" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242616571714994180) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T00:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@AndyBeshearKY @propublica While Ford has shut down its 10000 person @UAW plant in Louisville non-union manufacturers across the state are using loopholes to claim "essential" to stay open @AndyBeshearKY is facing criticism over a hotline to report abuse that doesn't work" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242617680902983685) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T01:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "2 UAW members died of COVID-19. Assembly lines are fight close quarters many are still open and deemed "essential services" A lot more workers will die" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242632513517993985) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T02:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Whenever someone is needlessly killed in the labor movement we all grieve as union members. May the memories of these X @UAW members be blessing for workers everywhere" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242637829840285702) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T02:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I cant work anymore. I gotta go to bed. See everyone in the morning - remember nothing is more important for your immune system than sleep" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242654956605386752) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T03:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Buses are free now in Pittsburgh See how quickly things can change" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242671598299222017) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T04:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Negro League Baseball Museum needs your help to stay afloat during COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242675684843180032) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T04:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is a shot in the arm to the whole labor movement here in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh is a union town & will shut it down to beat COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242795679082328066) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T12:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Black non-union poultry workers at @PerdueFarms in Georgia went on strike over safety conditions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242800481535234050) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T13:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Props to @LizKilmerWPXI for risking her life to cover black garbage workers striking over lack of protective equipment & hazard work for their work during COVID-19. Folks like @LizKilmerWPXI are showing a lot of courage and inspiring other reporters - hats off" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242813507915018242) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T14:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bus drivers in Birmingham have gone on strike over unsafe conditions as well" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242817394478899200) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T14:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Naval shipyard workers in Maine have gone out on wildcat strike" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242817643716972545) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T14:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "You better believe if a General Strike is going down Pittsburgh is gonna throw down. Pittsburgh is the birthplace of both the AFL and the CIO - this is the heartland of organized labor - yinzers don't fuck around" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242820385466433536) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T14:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In W.V. Teachers' strike teachers in Logan and Mingo County began in Dec of 2016 on one or two-day rolling strikes. These smaller strikes demonstrated that teachers could teachers defy state law w/o consequences & win mass public support" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242884563342364672) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T18:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Much like how few predicted the mass wave of #Red4Ed teachers' strike many labor observers believe that the labor movement has found itself unexpectedly in the early stages of a mass general strike wave in the era of COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242885287832965123) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T18:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Hearing that @ilwu dock workers in Oakland refused to work today until the company brought in workers to clean their worke area" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242892603042996224) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T19:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Sheetz gives workers $3-per-hour raise due to COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242955519205216256) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-25T23:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fuck these people" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242965860140167168) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-26T00:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Few other options when your in quarantine by yourself" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242970897587359748) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-26T00:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "My President Bernie Sanders. If Joe wont debate Bernie again on the COVID-19 he should just drop out" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1242991639636905984) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-26T01:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "New York court rules that postmaster workers & other app workers are considered employees for the purpose unemployment insurance. This court decision will save lives" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243216544739594253) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-26T16:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ever notice how all the left elite know everything about the England and its politics but have never spent any time in Appalachia or the Rust Belt" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243223289700519937) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-26T17:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As a left journalist living in my hometown Pittsburgh Im always offended when I visit DC or NYC for work and people are like Why do you live in Pittsburgh. The coastal elitism of the left press has really constrained to reach you know actual workers" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243224026920648711) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-26T17:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "What are overlooked baseball movies" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243254856380448769) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-26T19:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Man I just watched some guys high five and hug outside of my house and it felt like I was watching a crime" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243270560383152129) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-26T20:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Shit COVID-19 bailout only includes aid for cities with more than 500000 people. Pittsburgh (population 300000) wouldnt qualify" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243283503900512256) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-26T21:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Every reporter I know is exhausted - our phones are ringing constantly w/ crises. Dont feel guilty to triage & talk time to relax. You can only help people when youre rested and focused. If u work 14-16 hours take a day off within a day or two like I am today. Solidarity" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243305958954147841) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-26T22:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Not gonna lie it hit me hard on Opening Day that there was no baseball. Next to the labor movement nothing has brought me as great joy & grounding in my life as watching baseball every night" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243354916157980673) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-27T01:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Our essential logistical workers need gear now" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243371468957929472) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-27T02:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is part of a growing strike wave nationwide" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243378119479717893) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-27T03:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@SeraMak @Teamsters "They're not gonna shut the building down" Brown said. "I done watched a supervisor have a heart attack up in there and die. And all they did was move the body over" - really great reporting from @SeraMak" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243391837169012737) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-27T04:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The strike comes as a massive unprecedented wave of wildcat strikes have hit the US. Workers are starting to walk out a general strike rarely seen in the US" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243392919219736576) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-27T04:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Memphis workers join a growing wave of wildcat strikes of workers being forced to work through COVID-19 in what many see as the beginning wave of strike action that the United States has not seen since the great General Strikes of 1930s. My look" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243435458878746624) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-27T07:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Big thanks to my high school class president for picking up my medical marijuana for me cuz I cant leave the house due to my asthma Thank god for weed to get you through a pandemic" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243614753521573888) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-27T19:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "It used to be as a labor reporter that you'd be busy if there were 4-5 strikes in a week. Now there are 10-12 strikes a day AT LEAST. I keep hearing stories of new ones. Pass it on - SOLIDARITY" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243630580941586442) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-27T20:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just found out that my dad has been hospitalized again after being hospitalized earlier this winter for a month. The hospital wont let me visit him. I machine a lot of folks are going through this with their parents right now - Solidarity" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243677993156911104) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-27T23:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Head of TSA workers union in Knoxville is ill and had contact w/ man who tested positive for COVID-19. However he still cant tested - @tatecurtis has the story" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243681257856393217) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-27T23:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A GoFundMe page has been launched to support his family of X. Already more than $24000 has been raised for the beloved shop steward" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243722761106751488) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-28T02:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Trump turned to A-Rod for advice on COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243734714181201921) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-28T03:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@gabrielwinant People forget what an Appalachian city we are" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243764691681325056) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-28T04:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Its my first true day of doing no work at all in X weeks and god does it feel good. Reporters gotta rest too" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243963714233040896) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-28T18:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ryan was one of X bus drivers in his transit system that has tested positive for COVID-19 so far" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1243974301658877952) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-28T18:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Grubhub spends money to promote ads to use them to call delivery workers but doesnt provide COVID-19 protections" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244008767165026304) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-28T21:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "After the pandemic is over. Im gonna go bowling. Time to really start living when this over & start bowling more" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244051855610650626) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-29T00:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "2 more @UAW members at Chrysler have died of COVID-19; bringing the total number of dead to X. Chrysler workers have to go on a wildcat strike to stop their assembly lines" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244357536855265280) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-29T20:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Awww 97-year-old Latrobe woman livestreams baking lessons on Facebook to keep people upbeat during COVID19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244417063541592065) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-30T00:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@crampell The union representing workers have issued a statement criticizing the way the company rehired its employees" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244442925532135426) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-30T01:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Woah theyve done so well taking on COVID-19 that they are playing baseball in Korea again. Somewhere in the world they are playing baseball and there is hope" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244452112513339392) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-30T02:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "On March 11th Federal health officials told Amazon to begin screening for temperature and COVID-19 symptoms. Amazon refused" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244463844254265349) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-30T03:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "People are hurting" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244665708304379904) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-30T16:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@MineWorkers warned that cramped coal mines were breeding ground for COVID-19 as they remain open as essential businesses Now X Western Pa coal miners at CONSOL have tested positive for COVID" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244677998084853760) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-30T17:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "General Electric workers making aviation equipment walked off the job Monday in Lynn Mass" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244683951224107012) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-30T17:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Amazon covered up XX COVID-19 cases in its warehouses" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244693567626502146) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-30T18:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Big thanks to @greenhousenyt for citing in @nytimes our work @PaydayReport on the wildcat garbage workers strike in Pittsburgh. This is 3rd time this year NYT has cited us. For a small labor publication we have a big impact" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244735335768166406) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-30T21:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@RWDSU calls out Amazon for firing the leader of a Staten Island Warehouse strike today" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244784764424540162) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-31T00:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Amazon workers in Chicago go on another walkout" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1244809727965618179) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-31T02:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Growing up in a majority African-American school with a significant Jewish and Italian influence the people I grew up were blunt. Ive always struggled getting along w/ suburban white folks. Theyre so passive aggressive & self loathing when called on their shit" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245075490861432832) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-31T19:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This has hurt my career. Suburban white kids who find Marx run the left press and whose parents subsidize their lifestyles have always hated me for calling them on their hypocrisy about low wages in left press. These folks particularly around Jacobin really hate me" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245076142815612935) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-31T19:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Wow Korean baseball is such a faster moving game than American baseball and way more lively - a lot more flair As one fan described it watching MLB is like watching an opera whereas Korean baseball is more like Rock N Roll. Im really digging the KBO" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245091098063704065) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-31T20:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A largely immigrant workforce will give their lives to keep us feed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245128536324747272) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-31T23:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ever since other people have started doing my grocery shopping for me due to my asthma I've been eating a lot healthier. Like I'm really worried people buying my groceries for me will judge me" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245134101079883781) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-31T23:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Recently I saw my old-coworker @JakeSherman in S.C. chewed him out called him a scab for how he smeared me when I was illegally fired for talking union @politico Then told him I felt sorry that he felt so insecure that he has to suck up to power in ways like this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245136779331678212) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-03-31T23:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "After XX workers tested positive or COVID-19 over 1000 @UFCW members walked off the job to demand better safety conditions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245189131178835970) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-01T03:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A massive strike wave is upon us" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245488312166514693) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-01T23:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Update the pork shoulder came out amazing Thanks everyone for all the advice on what to do when you unexpectedly acquire a pork shoulder" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245492088441012227) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-01T23:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@bigblackjacobin Amazon has been killing workers for years - its part of their business model" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245553446046126080) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-02T03:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Wasteworkers in Balitmore went on a wildcat strike today" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245575359300374528) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-02T04:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "After XX Test Positive for COVID-19 Nurses in Western PA Walk Off Job" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245602914581614593) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-02T06:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Korean baseball player donated $1000 each to XXX minor leaguer players who are only getting paid $XXX a week during the COVID-19 shutdown" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245785123439722497) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-02T18:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Las Vegas Clark County suspends union contract for 9000 health care workers at University Medical Center citing COVID-19. If unions dont take action employees will use the crisis to take action against unions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245808326144929793) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-02T20:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Georgia Pacific estimates that Americans will use XX% more toliet paper cuz they are working at home instead of work Interesting story on commercial vs consumer toliet paper markets" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245861007894798336) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-02T23:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Trader Joe's is continuing to force its manager to run union busting campaigns during COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1245912617421504512) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-03T03:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@willmenaker @DavidAstinWalsh is a good guy whose spent a lot of time in the trenches. What the fuck man why attack a brother in the movement who as a fellow Sanders supporter is making a good point about how Sanders erred" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1246173636366663682) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-03T20:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Hate when east coast media people are like "oh you live in Pittsburgh interesting.' Gorgeous hills and rivers unlike anywhere else in US the highest philanthropic per capita investment in the arts of any city in the US. This is my hometown & its a world-class city" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1246186029603860485) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-03T21:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "My look for @theprospect at how non-union Delta's lack of concern for safety precautions is helping to fuel a union drive there" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1246189532862701571) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-03T21:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Union busting is a pathology. No matter what union busters will always union bust even in a pandemic. Its a pathology" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1246249663818338307) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-04T01:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Does anybody know who made this incredible poster" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1246268377250893830) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-04T02:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Filipino crew members dies of COVID-19 on Grand Princess - promoting protests from the union" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1246309627274420224) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-04T05:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@LiddleBrother @hashtagmolotov @AldiUSA Id be interested in writing on this. My DMs are open & contact info in my bio" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1246542188995100674) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-04T20:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If youre a worker @AldiUSA facing poor conditions contact us @PaydayReport and well investigate" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1246543273902120964) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-04T21:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The French downplayed the roles of Spanish Civil War refugees in the liberation of France but they played a major role and where some of the Free French best and most experienced troops" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247019828281573376) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-06T04:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fairmont West Virginias hospital going to close in the middle of COVID-19. @RWDSU is protesting" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247195049907097601) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-06T16:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Shut it down. Shut it all down" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247221952093323266) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-06T17:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Auto parts workers go on wildcat strike in Chicago suburbs" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247341664672321536) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T01:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "1/3 of people under the age of XX have lost their job as result of COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247349151962202118) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T02:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "4.000 painters to join strike of 13000 carpenters in Mass" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247370201844396033) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T03:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "4 grocery workers have died of COVID-19. Will their sacrifices be remembered after the pandemic" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247392634605314048) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T05:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Experts say that perhaps as much as XX% of COVID-19 deaths arent being reported" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247540341021917184) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T15:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "People will die because they went in person to file out unemployment forms" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247554576724738048) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T15:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just heard of a non-union strike at a Refresco bottling plant where worked off the job. Top management came out to the parking lot to talk workers & fired the boss on the spot that the workers didnt like. A lot of job actions being underreported" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247570910149775360) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T17:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "May her memory always be a blessing to trade unionists everywhere" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247583729540829187) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T17:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Sheet Metal Workers strike & refuse to work at South Philly casino site" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247587290781814787) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T18:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "May his memory be blessing to workers everywhere" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247596275576573965) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T18:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Emergency response status would also qualify grocery store workers for free childcare in many states" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247615944760930304) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T20:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@ceprdc @hj_rho @hayleycbbrown @ShawnFremstad - XX% of all frontline workers are people-of-color. - 1/3 of all low income workers live in low income household - XX% are over the age of XX - XX% are immigrants. -" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247645585999609856) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T22:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Most of the strikes we have seen so far have been in the South Northeast & Rust Belt. Could this be a reflection of West Coast states taking more effective measures to protect workers Are there West Coast strikes we are missing" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247668406553382912) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-07T23:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "They should have unionized" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247687173131964416) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T00:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "May his memory always be a blessing for troublemakers everywhere" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247696856953638912) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T01:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Corporate media is taking the horse race approach to covering COVID-19. Too focused on daily count of cases while ignoring workers taking matter into the hands. This helps workers tell the strike wave that is saving lives" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247708423128600579) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T02:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Stand in Solidarity w/ @anchorunionSF beer workers demanding hazard pay for brewing beer during COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247709265701240833) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T02:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If you quit your job cuz of COVID-19 you can still get unemployment benefits. Pass it on" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247709525169319936) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T02:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bernie Sanders gave the labor movement new energy to break away from the Democratic Party. This revolution will not end for some time to come" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247917482649751558) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T16:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Dont Mourn Organize" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247929094676897793) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T16:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Both these things can be true: 1.) Corporate elite played dirty in hurting Bernie 2.) Toxic left twitter culture prevented us from expanding the coalition" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247940147322277888) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T17:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@moorehn Im a Bernie supporter and I even find it over the top. Bernie bass is obviously much broader than this particularly in the Latino community but the media narrative was driven by these trust fund kids on twitter. And they hurt Bernies movement in a big way" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247957719644020736) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T18:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Hearing likelihood of wildcat nurses strikes is high tomorrow. Unions are mobilizing for a massive nationwide protest infront of hospital tomorrow. They are encouraging people to drive by and honk in support" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1247966998568583180) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T19:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I am gonna stop eating meat for the rest of COVID-19 pandemic. Meat packing plants are ticking time bombs for COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248001382424043522) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T21:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@ConMijente bringing on a powerhouse trio in @neidid @Analilia_Mejia & @Rafael_Navar for #FueraTrump. I profile their landmark work on winning overwhelming the Latino vote for Sanders" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248007737616650240) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T22:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Noam Chomsky is XX and still kicking" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248036590615699456) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-08T23:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "5 Wildcat Strikes Added to Our Map XX Strikes This Month in a Record Strike Wave" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248047494560350210) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-09T00:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A @UFCW meatpacker died of COVID-19 in Greely Colorado. Last week 1000 largely immigrant meatpackers went on strike over unsafe conditions there" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248054438293577730) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-09T01:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Albany Georgia has seen a massive spike in COVID-19 deaths because of the huge concentration meat packing plants in the area. X meatpacking workers have already died" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248065148415283203) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-09T01:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "On Tuesday nine employees at a Los Angeles Dominos where a coworker tested positive for COVD-19 joined McDonalds protesters in walking off the job. THIS IS WHY YOU DON"T ORDER TAKEOUT" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248066945183866883) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-09T01:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "3 more wildcat strikes added to our strike trakcer this evening. More than XX wildcat strikes in the last month" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248067285702582272) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-09T01:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Amazon Workers in the Philly suburbs go on strike over unsafe conditions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248090352482947073) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-09T03:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just spotted a big pack of toilet paper in the backseat of my neighbor's parked car. And I'm like "Shit why would someone leave toilet paper like that out in plain sight It could get stolen"" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248314039345844224) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-09T18:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Lets be clear. Protests petitions dont do much in pushing capitalists. Strikes do which is why if we are gonna push Biden we gotta build this massive strike wave" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248345092252995593) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-09T20:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "everybody is a labor reporter now. Its been fun/funny to watch. Wildcat strikes are being undercounted cuz people call in sick en masse or union reps are hesitant to call it a strike for legal reasons & reporters who don't get the hood wink nod of what union reps are saying" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248350289066942466) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-09T20:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "For all the people rushing to Lowe's to do home improvement work remember workers working there will die from lack of social distancing" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248438899120185344) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-10T02:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "While we are undergoing a mass strike wave "hot shop" organizing that doesn't build deep structures can have its shortfall. Interesting piece from @OrganizingWork" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248479477547413504) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-10T05:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "UPDATE: Weve now identified XX strikes that have happened in the last month" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248482427200126976) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-10T05:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Weve now identified XX strikes over the past month" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248560644347084801) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-10T10:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In Pittsburgh we as yinzers are proud to have invented the world 1st radio station @KDKARadio. @WendyBellPgh telling a transplant recipient that she "values money more than his life" in her calls for an end to COVID lockdown is a stain on the values of the city I love so much" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248687841468715009) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-10T19:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""They don't know what is going to happen because many people are unemployed right now and so they don't want to lose their job but also they don't want to risk their health or their lives" - Magaly Licolli an organizer w/ Venceremos in NW Arkansas" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248728273674174464) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-10T21:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "There were over XX wildcat strikes in last month that @PaydayReport discovered Labor economists like @nihsaingh06 think its a severe underestimate. Industry analysts are reporting high rates of sick-outs forcing employers to preemptively close plants" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248734330396041218) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-10T22:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "'I'd be shocked if there's not a strike" says Union president at Navy's biggest shipyard says after company's response to coronavirus #StrikeWave" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248785675194896385) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-11T01:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "No other outlet has created map that illustrates and documents how big the strike wave is. Donate today so we can keep going" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248797132397727752) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-11T02:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Hearing Chicago transit workers are walking off the job tonite" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248825054680547331) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-11T04:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "All that pent up energy from not being on the picket line during the strike wave is gonna come out" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248850893904261120) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-11T05:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The labor movement is being put to the test like its never been put before and god Im glad Im here to cover This is gonna be a hell of a fight" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1248851814331678722) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-11T05:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fuck I barely slept all week while plotting this interactive map. Then I got XX hours of sleep last night and feel like a new man" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1249054508728102914) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-11T19:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Delivery Drivers at Pizza Nova in Chicago struck yesterday over unsafe conditions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1249423072949604352) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-12T19:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Multiple meatpacking plants have seen outbreaks affecting XXX or more people. Many strikes and huge sick outs according to industry analysts. Dont be surprised to see meat shortages this year" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1249424913456300041) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-12T19:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "More than XX plant employees have tested positive for the virus. The plant initially refused to close largely at the direction of the federal government" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1249428765068886017) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-12T20:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Who wasnt sick today in Pittsburgh from the air I certainly was & it was scary as fuck in the middle of a pandemic Gotta reduce emissions at US Steel Clariton Coke Works during the pandemic. Data shows if we dont we run higher chances of sudden outbreaks @SmellPGH" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1249576997501763586) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-13T05:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Jesus they literally sat the dead body in a chair next to bodies in a bed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1249844119918325766) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-13T23:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I never got punk rock as someone who grew up in a heavily African-American & multiracial urban setting. It always seemed like angry suburban white people music (I know there have been some prominent black punk bands) but It just wasnt cool or danceable music where I grew up" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1249854197014691842) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-14T00:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""30 percent of all wages and salaries in the South more than $XXX billion are earned in seven industries that rely on sustained levels of household spending and so are easily disrupted' @Gregkaufmann on the vulnerability of the Black Belt" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1249873172507344897) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-14T01:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Over XX strikes since the covid-19 strike wave began" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1250269973609504769) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-15T03:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As a colleague reminds me every strike that we are tracking is important taking time off when youre sick so Im glad Im doing it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1250270659877335041) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-15T03:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@pblest Net worth of $XX million and a masters of public policy from Georgetown - this guy isnt some uneducated rube. This is a cold hearted capitalist whose willing to kill people for profit" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1250281104772231169) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-15T04:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Were the only news org tracking the strike wave. Donate to help us keep covering them" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1250286736933924870) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-15T04:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Whats up w/ restaurants in the North not having hot sauce When I came back from down South it seriously shocked me how often restaurants dont have hot sauce and if they did how terrible and weak it was. The South has got it right on hot sauce" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1250558107199197189) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-15T22:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "17 million have filed for unemployment due to COVID-19. More than half have yet to receive a dollar in unemployment" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1250571231692312576) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-15T23:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Tyson chicken workers in Waterloo Iowa go on mass sick out strikes to protest unsafe conditions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1250662572812091392) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-16T05:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Toilet Paper mill in Maine explodes under heavy capacity work form COVID" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1250663708856115200) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-16T05:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "At age XX when I was going to journalism school in Rio de Janeiro" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1250930759260659712) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-16T23:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The rhetoric of anti-lockdown people mirrors that of the people who always are pro-war in the US. For some people its always okay for other people to die" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1251434685617618944) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-18T08:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Looking for new TV series recommendations (love foreign stuff too)" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1251610659785248772) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-18T20:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Nooooo The O was such a key part of my childhood. In the summers we used to bus down there together as kids and order extra large fries and bullshit for hours. I still go there w/ my childhood friends It was heaven - Ill miss it so much" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1251687517037854720) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-19T01:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A very special 4/20 Eve to @stevesilberman - legalize gay marijuana - the good stuff" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1252075772929507329) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-20T03:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We suspect the media is ignoring hundreds of strikes. Striking workers are saying they cant media outlets to cover them while assholes w/ guns are getting tons of coverage. Check out our map w/ links to stories on XXX strikes" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1252083862345338889) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-20T03:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Heinz workers being denied PPE at its factory in Holland Michigan complains their union @RWDSU" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1252673989840982016) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-21T19:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Note rich suburban white kids love to lecture others often wrongly on the labor movement cuz they are rich kids & they know everything" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1252787984644128769) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-22T02:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@_waleedshahid Solidarity man sorry to hear it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1252793267877486593) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-22T02:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Exciting to see @andrewperezdc & @davidsirota teaming up again. Just these X reporters alone will have more impact than most newsrooms given how agreesive they are - so excited" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253092313443774469) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-22T22:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@mehdirhasan @krystalball Mussolini actually made the trains worse - this is a total myth thats been debunked so many times" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253378567402070020) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-23T17:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Few things that I hate worse in the labor movement that hero worshipping. Growing up in the @ueunion I was always taught labor leaders should always put rank-and-file first everywhere. Many union PR people will insist on you interviewing union bureaucrats over rank and file" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253397228678459395) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-23T18:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As an autistic whose very social I HATE having to explain to people Im autistic. Oh I know but I seem so social thats because I spent more than XX years in therapy learning how to be social" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253405624949497859) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-23T19:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Silver lining of COVID-19 every reporter is being trained how to cover workplaces. This is gonna lead to more labor coverage overall" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253424697519169536) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-23T20:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Left press power structure is like academia. Tons of freelance labor & only a few full time top spots. To get full time gigs many shut up about abuses of freelancers. Worse they join in the smears or critics like me. But if it helps one worker its worth it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253478791533518850) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-24T00:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Left press power structure is like academia. Tons of freelance labor & only a few full time top spots. To get full time gigs many shut up about abuses of freelancers. Worse they join in the smears or critics like me. But Im honest man what you see is what u get" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253480470005907457) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-24T00:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "At this point in time the UAW does not believe the scientific data is conclusive that it is safe to have our members back in the workplace said UAW President Rory Gamble" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253677091305984001) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-24T13:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Workers across the United States have already gone on work stoppages across the US o force at auto plants. With the UAW reluctant to reopen the plant the threat of workers going on strike is very real" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253678024140238849) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-24T13:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A text from my parents of the Elk Brothers watching the rain" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253799392450088967) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-24T21:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Thanks to everyone who reached out in the past day. These smears whenever I speak up about hypocrisy & elitism in left press can be overwhelming. They are especially hard when they go after people I care about or work w/ as a way to isolate me. Thanks for solidarity folks" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253833516489506816) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-24T23:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@UrOrientalist Theyve been accused of wage theft numerous times. I hear they pay $XXX a story" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253839366725799944) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-25T00:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The crowds of #wiunion was 30x the size of this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253879242145910784) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-25T02:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Watching a movie set in the late 90s where they are using Alta Vista as a search engine. Internet was so magical in the mid 90s when it took off" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1253939751280926724) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-25T06:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im gonna still vote against a Trump but that doesnt mean that We shouldnt cover the allegations against Biden. Biden needs to be held accountable for this even if he is the nominee. It sets a much broader movement example" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1254089771657428995) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-25T16:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Anybody know who made this graphic Its epic" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1254167755340886022) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-25T21:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "An apartment building that clearly used to be a Steelers bar" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1254192358918361089) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-25T23:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "My gray hairs are really showing with my hair grown out. Finally looking the part of a veteran labor reporter.(checks notes).34" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1254240085769412610) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-26T02:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Most outlet's labor COVID-19 stories are being kept behind paywalls. Reporting on Strikes is public health information - workers are trying to save their own lives" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1254409737644507137) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-26T13:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@axios promoting paid content by Walmart claiming that they are keeping their workers safe" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1254582596186628097) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-27T01:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A link to Axios content sponsored by @walmart whitewashing their record on workers rights" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255130434221993985) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-28T13:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Weve tracked XXX strikes so far in our covid strike tracking map" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255152865439612928) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-28T15:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "OMG OMG @se4realhintonc the author of The Outsiders just retweeted me I cant believe this - Im such a huge fan of hers" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255205112101953536) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-28T18:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Look how full that strike map is. Over XXX strikes across the US" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255211727857291273) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-28T19:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "145 strikes now up on strike map" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255232620658597888) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-28T20:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Trump's order to keep meatpacking plants open is one of desperation. Meat shortages likely would make Trump look awful. Every American loves red meat. However Trump can't won't be able to stop workers from walking off the job" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255233516276776967) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-28T20:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Nurses outside of San Diego go on strike to demand PPE" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255235239158448132) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-28T20:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I'm only XX followers short of 20000. Can anyone amplify this and help me pass this plateau" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255238372320251909) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-28T20:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "60 Chicago scrap yard workers strike to shut down site after co-worker dies of COVID-19" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255303921125543938) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-29T01:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "My latest on what immigrant hurricane clean up workers can teach us about reopening post-covid" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255602146508144646) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-29T20:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Big thanks to @HCheadle & @Vice for profile @PaydayReport strike tracker" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255648093309218819) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-30T00:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Today's newsletter: - After X workers died of COVID JBS threatens to sue @UFCW for defamation - Greensboro Transit Worker strike - Meatpackers Protest Minn. Gov. - Truckers Strikes Brewing Next" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255676617936064514) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-30T01:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@_ericblanc Crucial at the end of the day we are all we got" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255698334649638913) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-30T03:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "H/t @alaw202" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255789876101996550) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-30T09:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Really proud that with our readers tips @PaydayReport has been able to identify over XXX strikes. Putting a number on it is so crucial to showing how UNPRECEDENTED the strike wave is - over XXX strikes" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255807856676388866) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-30T10:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "150 wildcat strikes vs. a handful of ReOpen rallies. So thankful for @VICE for profiling how @PaydayReport strike tracker has helped illustrate the intensity of the strike wave" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255808655078940678) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-30T10:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Compare map of wildcat strikes vs. much smaller ReOpen rallies" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255864489150382080) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-30T14:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Strike wave is likely to intensify as employers try to force workers to return to work" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255867808006668289) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-30T14:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I have quit eating meat as well. I cant ethically ask someone to risk their live just so I can eat pork chops" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255874927753867265) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-30T15:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Postal worker shot over accusations of undelivered stimulus check which Trump admin has delayed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255939355744534528) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-30T19:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "My heart goes out to shop stewards at meatpackers. These folks are fighting everyday to save lives" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1255995017941876736) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-04-30T22:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Under @harrispolitico leadership they were forced to pay me $70000 for illegally firing me for talking union at Politico" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256036492494995459) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-01T01:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Another rural meat packing plant where more than XXX workers have tested positive" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256139094410788870) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-01T08:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Over XXX strikes over the past two months. Happy May Day everybody" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256214675043356672) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-01T13:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The former Obama-era chairman of the @NLRB does paintings of working folks" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256235263023513608) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-01T14:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This May Day can we please have a moratorium on assigning rich kids to write long explainer pieces on why labor is so important. Send them out to do actual reporting - you know talk to real live workers" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256240116898713600) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-01T15:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "33% of all meat production is shut down cuz of COVID. Trump is forcing them back to work cuz sadly meat rationing would be a huge political embarrassment to him" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256249082273837056) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-01T15:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Yet another May Day has come & gone without US labor unions really embracing May Day like every other labor movement in the world" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256251653524725761) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-01T15:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Quick easy recipes involving in tofu Anyone" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256385656919592960) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-02T00:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Incredibly honored to see Esquire highlight @PaydayReport COVID strike tracker. Thanks to everyone for sending in tips - we are helping to change the conversation to focus back on workers. thanks @CharlesPPierce" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256537880111054849) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-02T10:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Mexican immigrant making PPE went on strike in Chicago suburbs w/ after their employer tried to force them to work after a co workers death" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256537882954805248) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-02T10:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""While XX% of South Dakota is white XX% of its cases are from people of color; suggesting that COVID-19 outbreaks have disproportionately affected the heavily immigrant meatpacking workforces. "" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256544753237274626) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-02T11:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""While XX% of South Dakota is white XX% of its cases are from people of color; suggesting that COVID-19 outbreaks have disproportionately affected the heavily immigrant meatpacking workforces. "" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256544778537308160) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-02T11:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""This is the ultimate Both Sides story. Joe Beergutz wants his burger and fries so the people at the meatpacking plant have to die. Cover both sides then." - @CharlesPPierce" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256545211733495810) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-02T11:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Yesterday NPRs @onthemedia cited on-air on Paydays Strike Tracker Map and cited our media critique. (see around 17:40)" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256632840105725953) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-02T17:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@onthemedia Thanks everyone our crowdfunding and crowd souricng of strike tips has forced the mainstream media to critique itself in their bastion of power: NPR" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1256633248098267137) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-02T17:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@benyt I would of course rather see the famous inflatable rat outside Googles offices than my newsroom. Thats where the money is." - @benyt on how unions and industry should join together to take on Google and Facebook over ad revenue" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1257114471228682245) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-04T01:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "HOLY SHIT - @NicholsUprising has a new book out Folks this is not a drill" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1257138079703470086) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-04T02:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "PBS should pick up Korean Baseball - it would be doing a massive public service as a symbol of hope to so many right now. We will return to this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1257146229601042437) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-04T03:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I literally took a X hour nap after work today so that I could stay up late to watch Korean Opening Day" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1257528235174309890) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-05T04:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "1st pitch of Opening Day baseball in Korea and wow I couldnt be happier" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1257544375984422917) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-05T05:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Whose still up watching Korean Baseball This rocks" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1257559902672900096) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-05T06:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "TV series recs Looking for something new to binge watch" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1257831406866173956) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-06T00:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "No one gets involved in labor movement to read snarky takes folks wanna read about what workers are feeling. We really have to dethrone "lefty labor journos" who see themselves as the messiah genius of the labor movement Really dangerous" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1258169121457541122) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-06T22:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As a labor reporter trying to keep up with stories now is like drinking water out of a fire hose" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1258191218388930568) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-07T00:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The Economist cites @PaydayReport Strike Tracker Our little worker funded publication has bursted through the corporate media bubble" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1258444434829643788) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-07T17:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Top XX COVID Hotspots Are All in Meatpacking Towns" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1258520060026445824) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-07T22:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is hysterical" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1258603294630596609) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-08T03:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Folks donate to @nlbmprez - its so important that we maintain Negro Leagues Baseball History to understand this country. Donate today" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1258620756277198854) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-08T04:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@crowsrepository @nlbmprez @politico @PaydayReport People forget that Satchel Paige paved the way for Curt Flood. Paige formed his own ballclubs in protest of low pay & poor conditions. Paige was more than a pitcher of all times - he was a pioneer for civil rights in the 30s" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1258626591791427586) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-08T05:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Wow i was just watching @SimplyAJ10 interview from Japan w/ @PerezEd & @karlravechespn on KBO on ESPN then @SimplyAJ10 retweets my plea to donate to @nlbmprez. The Negro Leagues historiesof resilience will be so vital after pandemic. Help them out" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1258657296734879745) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-08T07:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fruit Packing workers in Washington struck yesterday" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1258761856619085824) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-08T14:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@trashyleesuh @RyanDeto The yellow on top of the red is triggering memories of photos of Altoona Pizza just fyi" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1259125377974169600) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-09T14:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "GoFundMe for Garbage Workers Fired for Striking in Nola & Replaced by Prison Labor" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1259312524337516547) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-10T02:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Check out our COVID-19 stirke map and consider donating" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1259322646052974592) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-10T03:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Donate so that we can keep expanding our COVID strike tracking map which has identified XXX strikes since March 1st" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1259484120239013890) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-10T14:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fuck a reader just gave us $XXX to keep covering labors fightback against COVID What a vote of confidence" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1259685621339209728) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-11T03:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Conor Lamb Country - Karen land northern suburbs of Pittsburgh" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1259708534498963459) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-11T04:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Over 4500 Tyson workers have tested positive for COVID. Now Tyson is offering truck drivers a $1000 bonus that they will only receive if they show up to @rrpre reports" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1260007039633371136) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-12T00:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Immigrant fruit workers went on strike at X major sites in Washington State. This strike wave is growing - people are realizing the power that they have #StrikeSpring" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1260416866012585987) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-13T03:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "GofundMe launched to support his family" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1260426754365235202) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-13T04:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Towns with meatpacking plants are seeing growth of COVID at XX% rates" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1260636543812763649) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-13T18:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "During quarantine Ive gotten into the habit of eating a ton of marijuana & listening to Jolene on a loop" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1260717247804461056) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-13T23:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Tell me something good. What is something good that happened to you today" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1260719579560583169) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-13T23:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Dollar General Must Recognize Unionization of Missouri Store" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1260832103639461889) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-14T07:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Whats the most ethical way to buy new IPhone charger cords that doesnt involve Amazon" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1261136592179204097) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-15T03:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@thetomzone I lived in the Deep South and wow the sun may burn worse in the Deep South - there is nothing like DC humidity in the summer - its a swamp" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1261146059579031553) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-15T04:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Laid off local @oronline reporter @gideonbradshaw served w/ Marines in Iraq as an Arabic linguist. Now hes endured the most American traditions: a local newsroom lay-off His stuff is fucking 💯- check it out & hire him" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1261385030867152897) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-15T19:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "- Immigrant Fruit Workers' Strike Spreads to XX Sites in Wash State - Truck Drivers Protest Trump over Rate Cuts in DC feat. @rrpre - Meatpackers Tries to Decertify & Kick Out @UFCW And the latest on Korean baseball in today's newsletter" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1261441727203811328) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-15T23:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Any graphic artists out there who could work on a logo redesign project I can pay $XX an hour and have some rough ideas sketched out. Need ASAP turnaround" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1261473322434519040) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-16T01:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Over XXX strikes tracked by Payday since March 1st" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1262793067263938561) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-19T17:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Jane Roe says she was paid over $450000 when she was broke to campaign against abortion In recent documentary she confesses that she simply did it for the money" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1262820805748064256) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-19T19:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "You better believe I spent the $XX @onlxn sent @PaydayReport today on a massive fun of Kimchi. If were gonna be covering Korean baseball at Payday were gonna be doing it right. Ive really loved exploring Korean culture by watching baseball games past couple of weeks" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1262966313447821312) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-20T04:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I was just search for an @MoustacheClubUS and look at the search results folks. He does the work" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1263180043582410757) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-20T18:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Where can I buy some ethically made colorful maskes online" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1263202797245382662) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-20T20:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The Paris of Appalachia" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1263256940400041984) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-20T23:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Wildcat strike at Ford plant tonite" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1263350173717213184) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-21T06:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Pittsburghs Carnegie Mellon University says XX% of the accounts tweeting about COVID are fake" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1263455071142019074) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-21T13:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A retired white professor goes to XXX games a year in Korea. 10-20 fans a game will ask for photos with him. After being forced into retirement as a teacher in Korea Lotte Giants offered him a job expanding cultural reach of KBO" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1263464320018649088) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-21T13:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "So exiting to see projects like @mtnstspotlight w/ @Kenwardjr and others redefining how journalism is funded & how communities are served" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1263642825226440706) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-22T01:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Found this today while cleaning - feels like a million years ago" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1263699388397912070) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-22T05:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In first area labor election since start of pandemic cereal workers in Mississippi unionize from @SeraMak" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1263908350921773057) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-22T19:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Flynn tried to kidnap a political dissident on US soil" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1263984665137946625) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-23T00:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We gotta expand public parks after this - theyve been clutch during pandemic" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1264058711565352965) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-23T05:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Interesting piece by @benyt on journalists building their own newsletter but Id advise against using substack. They take a XX% cut compared to X% on PayPal and a regular websites gives you far more versatility" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1264744441983762433) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-25T02:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As bad as COVID quarantine can seem its not like youre in the Polish resistance cut off during the Warsaw Uprising" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1264773532963278849) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-25T04:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Being bald bushy & odd Ive spent most of my adult life single and when you spend XX% of your life single you need really hobbies to sustain yourself" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1265798791233507329) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-28T00:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "People are pissed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1265834394977271808) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-28T02:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "These stores are robbing essential workers of their lives for poverty wages. Yet the outrage is over the looting of the store" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1265834920573915138) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-28T02:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Not to mention newsrooms are XX% white. A bunch of white folks w/ long-term access relationships to cops is not a good recipe for journalism" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266215837813354502) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-29T03:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As much as I applaud these protests can we please have a convo about social distancing at protests Has anyone made a tip sheet on safe protests" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266224455921139712) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-29T04:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "People are gonna get shot cuz of what Tucker Carson is saying" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266245580071636994) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-29T05:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""By acquiring the most popular shows Spotify wants to dominate the industry and make it impossible for newer voices to emerge" - great piece by early blog veteran @ddayen" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266357623265341440) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-29T13:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Theyre reading us Prague - not bad for a little yinzer publication from Pittsburgh Pa" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266451400977981454) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-29T19:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Replaced by Prison Labor Striking NOLA Garbage Workers Have Formed a Union To Fightback With enhanced pandemic unemployment & widespread community support workers say they are prepared to dig in for a long fight" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266516870498324481) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-29T23:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Replaced by Prison Labor Striking NOLA Garbage Workers Have Formed a Union To Fightback We are digging in for a long fight" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266518122057605125) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-29T23:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Cornel & Anderson Cooper are really engaging w/ each other & having a deep moment here Do Watch h/t @sanjuktampaul" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266574234429591559) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-30T03:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Over XXX farmworkers in Tennessee have COVID" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266758284540854273) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-30T15:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A KDKA reporter was beaten by protestors in downtown Pittsburgh. This is what happens when so many activists dehumanize media workers. An injury to one is an injury to all" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266869809335226368) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-30T23:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Black activists confronting White folks getting violent in Pittsburgh telling them black folks will be blamed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266900170622500864) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-31T01:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "White guys also beat up the KDKA reporter not clear if it was white supremacists or not. Prior to this I never heard of anarchists beating up reporters at rallies" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266907559761412096) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-31T01:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A mashup of the horrific violence" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266927655066140672) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-31T03:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Elsewhere union bus drivers have resisted during this - sad to see it happening in LA" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266966090518798337) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-31T05:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The uprisings will lead to even more strikes. Already XXX this spring" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1266968719630184448) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-31T05:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "With so many class reductionists playing footsies w/ Tucker Carlson I worry that new alt-right ideas are cross pollinating w/ class reductionist ideas & influencing young white kids like those who nearly beat a KDKA reporter to death in PGH Read this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267143015983955969) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-31T17:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The Bongaloo Movement are using young alt-right types as provocateurs As part of their propaganda they even invoke the deaths of Oscar Grant Breonna Tayor Frank Ordonez Eric Garner and my friend Michael Hastings" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267154232957902853) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-31T18:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I was friends w/ Michael Hastings & he would be outraged that his death was being used to incite young white kids to be agent provaceuters during racial justice protests. Honor Hasting's legacy & cover the complexity of what's happening accurately" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267158253479346178) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-31T18:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "3 days before her re-election @SummerForPA helped lead protected & witness yesterday's protest in Pittsburgh. After getting tear gassed she even took the time to document online what so many have missed on what occurred yesterday. Lee is a constant inspiration to so many" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267164109579137025) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-31T18:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I am looking to talk to folks who witnessed police rioting as well as suspected white provaceuters yesterday. I am working on a story with a deadline of tomorrow afternoon so contact me if you wanna talk" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267228883864170497) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-05-31T22:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "So Trumka blocked me. I guess hes not good with taking criticism about union democracy" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267464138860757002) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-01T14:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Phew it looks like the art of the AFL-CIO may have survived" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267465953270513670) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-01T14:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A wildcat strike by dozens of Facebook employees could inspire hundreds. This isnt something to laugh about" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267498657596813315) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-01T16:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "It was a cat tower - nothing worse than coming home from a riot to have a cat riot" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267550557390151681) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-01T20:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Somebody just sent me $XXX with the note I wish it could be more. Holy fuck you just sent us $500" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267572611548172289) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-01T21:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is America" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267643543927095297) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-02T02:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im hearing lots of reporters of cops quitting or refusing to do this kind of work" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267648172609937415) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-02T02:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "God damn white people" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267699042244530184) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-02T06:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is a party for them" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267708812443688960) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-02T06:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Even the conservative PM of Australia is calling for investigation into journalism beating. Trump is encouraging them here" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267709827972829186) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-02T06:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@MNAFLCIO calls for Trump-supporting Minneapolis Police Union Chief to resign" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1267921277781770241) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-02T20:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Its my 34th birthday & all I want is for you to read this 3000 word story on race media inequity and protest in Pittsburgh" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1268233643341873163) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-03T17:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "There is a future for low paid people in the left press" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1268242393343635458) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-03T18:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Someone got me a syringe of weed for my birthday & I have no idea how to even use it - do I just mainline it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1268271762971787266) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-03T20:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@Will_Bunch Its like taking on the mob in organized labor. The problem isnt that they have unions its that cop unions are run like the mob. We need to view cop unions the same we did mafia run unions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1269286329562652672) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-06T15:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@jamieson @AFLCIO Its like taking on the mob in organized labor" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1269287202653188099) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-06T15:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Why blur out their faces" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1269405005825671170) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-06T23:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Without unions like @PGNewsGuild it would be tough to fight back against @PittsburghPG censorship of reporters trying to cover racial justice. Massive courage by @Ashley__Murray & @alexisjreports for risking their jobs & speak up" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1269411707262308352) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-06T23:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We are seeing the type of mass protests that we see after wars. People feel like they sacrificed during COVID & want to change things" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1269430330676707329) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-07T00:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@schwarz But wait didnt Elizabeth Warren say that it was possible that the interim government could depose Evo Morales & suspend democracy for just a little bit to they could have an election. Ill never forget Warrens Plan for Bolivia" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1269928897824600064) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-08T09:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Pittsburgh Pirates first basemen Josh Bell Stands up for X black reporters at Post-Gazette removed from protest coverage" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1269962172681064449) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-08T11:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Reminder folks: @PGNewsGuild contract has expired at @PittsburghPG and they can strike whenever they want. Josh Bells the Pittsburgh Pirates 1st baseman support them" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1269962566501105664) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-08T12:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Long shore workers shutting down the ports on the West Coast" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1270078575031566343) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-08T19:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "What about restricting the categories of collective bargaining for police unions Ofc dismantle the departments but why limit certain categories of collective bargaining so that folks can still bargain over wages & benefits etc" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1270358367354195968) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-09T14:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@akela_lacy Politico paid me $70000 for the year that I worked there & then another $70000 for a year not to work there after they violated my ADA rights. It sure was sweet collecting those checks from Politico for a year not doing shit" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1270786395267891200) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-10T18:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Everyone in Pittsburgh read this by @brentinmock right now" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1270795986118606850) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-10T19:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Theres a proud tradition in the labor movement of rank-and-fil union members take on the mafia. As @Will_Bunch we gotta take on these thugs & expel them from the labor movement" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1270813421571846150) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-10T20:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As numerous lawsuits have shown publicly elected officials such as @AFLCIO Pres @RichardTrumka are not allowed to block reporters from commenting on their twitter feeds as it violates Freedom of Press as defined under the 1st Amendment" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1270867797246201857) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-10T23:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "For more read @EFF on how publicly elected official blocking reporters is a violation of the 1st Amendment). @Richardtrumka is elected in a federally supervised union election & under federal law I believe violating my rights s as a labor reporter" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1270868921982353411) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-11T00:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As a dues-paying member of @WBNG32035 I have a right to know what @AFLCIO Prez @RichardTrumka is saying since I pay his salary. For a labor leader to block free press to defend cops is a violation of Freedom of the Press" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1270873472588267520) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-11T00:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If the @AFLCIO doesn't take action to prevent the censorship of me and other dissidents I will be forced to take action. This is quite simply censorship of opposing views" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1270874448019808260) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-11T00:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Since posting this other folks have approached me to tell me that @aflcio regularly does this to dissidents on its social media pages" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1270878243550302208) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-11T00:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Note the AFL CIO actions certainly violate the spirit of Freedom of the Press. The AFL CIo hates the discussion about cop unions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1270903890720980992) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-11T02:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ask yourself why these Jacobin cult followers accusing me of harassment havent spoken out about this Then ask yourself who helps sell their books Follow the money folks - Im proud to be the internal affairs cop of the labor movement" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1271175737635155969) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-11T20:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I'm logging off twitter after reading the news to enjoy vacation. Remember: cop union leaders are the kapos of the labor movement. We have to expel them and not allow their hate to be seen as legitimate unions. Solidarity folks" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1271419101643255808) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-12T12:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "MLB is threatening to cancel the season to achieve drastic labor changes that go well beyond loss of revenue. My look at how the Shock Doctrine is hurting everyone from broadcaster to MLB stars to minor leaguers seeking to unionize" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1272658594085974016) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-15T22:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@NicholsUprising on how @Booker4KY is changing the game in Kentucky" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1273202351122395137) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-17T10:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We must organize the unemployed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1273306311015489536) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-17T17:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In my early 30s I was really embarrassed about how broke & struggling to start @PaydayReport esp in dating situations. Now in my mid 30s & biz is good all I hear my friends complain about is how they hate their jobs & their bosses. Boss Whose that You guys have a boss" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1273429281188786176) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-18T01:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Rather than open the door to the de-unionization of public sector workers a much better strategy is a social movement strategy - @veenadubal on need to focus on police abolition rather than stripping collective bargaining rights" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1273575244981317635) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-18T11:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Hey Folks I am looking for a very very part time spot editor for when my editor is on vacation or sick. $XX an hour (only a couple hours a month) but lemme know if anyone w/ editing experience is interested - lemme know" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1273767742651486210) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-19T00:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""A lot of people ignore for instance the role of labor in the Civil Rights Movementor vice versa the critical role of younger radical African Americans in revitalizing the labor movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s says @robgreeneII" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1273947873932128257) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-19T11:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@robgreeneII Be sure to check out links to over XXX strikes across the US. @PaydayReport we have complied an unprecedented look at the biggest strike wave to hit the US since 1946" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1273948206724939786) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-19T11:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@UAW is shutting down assembly lines nationwide for X minutes and XX seconds today to honor George Floyd" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1273960134188904448) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-19T12:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Black Lives Matters considers a serious of non-traditional job actions a strike. Ive seen a lot of questions about our methodology but we are citing groups like Black Lives Seattle that are defining their actions to be strikes" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1275782207928401923) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-24T13:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As an Italian-American Id prefer another Clemente Statue - cant have too many" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1275924818102300672) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-24T22:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Stimulus Debit Cards Come With a Forced Arbitration Clause - good scoop by @ddayen" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1276593788350345216) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-26T19:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Betsy was a terror who operated like a cop seeking informants: "either give me gossip on a reporter or next I may go find gossip on you" Her record on racism shouldn't be erased she went after the most marginalized in newsrooms not "the media elite"" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1277970455786221571) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-06-30T14:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Why arent faceshields required for servers to wear restaurants There isnt much protection for food service workers at all" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1278435043174748160) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-01T21:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "At the very least it will make folks wanna stay home" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1278634543956754432) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-02T10:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "After months of very strict social distancing (I didnt even visit my parents in their backyards) I was really excited about people doing outdoor gatherings in Pittsburgh. Now with big outbreak a lot of that on hold. Loneliness is toughest part of pandemic for me" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1279114465359822849) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-03T18:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "On a personal level pandemic has been good for me. - Payday has seen a huge spike in donations - Ive lost XX pounds - I started biking again & getting in shape. The loneliness has been brutal though" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1279117154957307907) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-03T18:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The fireworks are triggering AF for me. I covered the drug war in Brasil where fireworks are used almost all day long to communicate in the drug trafficker controlled favelas When I hear the fireworks all night makes me feel like Im back in a war zone again" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1279232097404751873) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-04T01:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Worst deception of being autistic is hoping that if you think hard enough about something that youll figure out. Somethings just arent that easy to figure out" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1279250205397917696) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-04T03:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Imagine being a billionaire scared of Noam Chomsky" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1279627978721439744) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-05T04:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@lyzl For former war reporters the fireworks are quite jarring. Fireworks were used as a signaling device when I was covering the drug war in Brasil. Hearing so many brings me back to some of the scariest moments of my life" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1279636342356480001) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-05T04:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "On July 20th workers plan to strike in XX cities as part of #StrikeforBlackLives Since June 1st there have been more than XXX strike in the US inspired by Black Lives Matter. My long look at how Black & Brown workers are redefining the strike" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1280981702052061200) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-08T21:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I just finished a 3600 word story quoting XX workers. Anyone have suggestion on how I can get beer delivered Give it read - this has been my last X weeks" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281006732488171522) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-08T23:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is why I havent eat meat since quarantine and subsequently lost a ton of weight" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281030734094962689) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-09T01:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This piece is all about racism in how the labor movement. Please take a read - I worked really hard & interview a ton of a Black & Brown workers about their frustration with white labor leaders" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281054107692937220) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-09T02:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "No longer are union leaders calling strike votes now workers often non-union are simply walking out. My long look at how Black & Brown workers are redefining strikes. Many say that white labor leaders are failing to understand the BLM strikes" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281211693029359616) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-09T13:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "There have been over XXX strikes inspired by BLM since June 1st but yet the @AFLCIO is publicly downplaying the strike wave. Many Black & Brown workers told me this is another example of white labor leader failing to understand communities of color" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281223632509943811) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-09T13:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just a few weeks of not giving a fuck can wipe out weeks of progress" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281235032141635584) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-09T14:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Finally found the Talking Heads themed masks that I needed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281261393925345284) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-09T16:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "For years activists have fought to remove Nathan Bedford Forest statue from Tennessee Capitol w/ tons of activists being arrested. This is a huge victory" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281274962423304192) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-09T17:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@neidid A lot of people may say this is not a strike well you tell that to these workers now who are getting their grievances heard @marqlamar on non-traditional strike wave in non-union workplaces inspired by BLM Over XXX strikes since June 1st" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281335253479587848) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-09T21:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Traditional unions tend to view the limits of legitimate labor activity narrowly it must be disciplined and coordinated top-down says Black labor veteran Mike Duff. Over XXX BLM inspired non-traditional strikes in June but can labor build on it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281337061258211328) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-09T21:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im finally getting some sleep but read my 4000 word piece on BLM strike movement which has seen over XXX strikes since June 1st" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281415631502544896) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-10T02:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Studies show that reopening schools was the driver of second wave of COVID in Israel. Lets not reopen them here" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281568149842939910) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-10T12:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Louisville holding it down" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1281772653704077312) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-11T02:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Dont think this baseball season will happen" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1282024950661107713) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-11T18:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Yes Washington Post reporters are saying that Trump looks presidential for finally wearing a mask" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1282130443165470721) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-12T01:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fact: reading @NicholsUprising new book with Halal Food goes great. This is essential reading" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1282389143021125633) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-12T18:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Wow this whole section on how FDR brought Thomas Paine back into popularity during WW2 is amazing. We are fighting COVID now & suffering casualties higher than most months during WW2. Lets us not forget why we fight - brilliant @NicholsUprising" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1282539118623428609) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-13T04:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Kareem Abdu-Jabbar calls out the hateful outbursts against Jews by Ice Cube DeSean Jackson and others and explains how the muted response "perpetuates racism" & contributes to an overall "Apatholypse."" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1283502013729460233) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-15T20:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@PaydayReport @rweingarten Nearly XXX million teachers are considered "at-risk". @PaydayReport has also obtained a XX page legal memo being used by @AFTunion to educate its members on ADA FLMA & other federal laws to prevent being forced to work in unsafe conditions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1283514778795769858) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-15T21:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Omg the lights are on at PNC Park tonite for the first time - baseball is back (And yes this is the view from the Cliffside Park X blocks from my house see we are the Paris of Appalachia)" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1283568852421488641) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-16T01:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@jacremes AP house style is capital B now" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1283848199585832961) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-16T19:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Its sickening to see the vast majority of lefty labor journos fly around conferences do puff pieces on labor leaders & never cover corruption in their unions. Too many labor journos wanna be part of the labor establishment instead of covering it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1283867799400648704) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-16T20:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As we loss our civil rights leaders like John Lewis let us use each of their death to learn their lessons to keep fighting as organizers & to dream" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1284331936102723584) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-18T03:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "5 MINUTES TURN ON CNN. I worked as advisor and fixer on this documentary in Pittsburgh with W Kamau Bell XX people worked on this crew - it was so much fun Tune in" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1285030968718434305) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-20T01:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Basketball hoop set up as activist continue their occupation in Louisville" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1285075858928152577) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-20T04:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Brooks was one of the few Americans left who fought for Lula #RestinPower #ALutaContinua" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1285359047491887104) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-20T23:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "After rushing to an active shooter situation at Tree of Life Synagogue massacre at the request of @GuardianUS I received tons of threats. @GuardianUS refused as a freelancer to help pay for therapy unless I signed away every legal right including employee misclassification" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1285573931181715456) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-21T13:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Pittsburgh is correctly identified as Northern Appalachia" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1285745109233958912) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-22T01:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@DoloresHuerta @KarenBassTweets @KamalaHarris @PaydayReport "People that are out there protesting & marching people who are advocating for change these are the people that we don't want to sit out this election because we don't want a repeat of what happened to Hillary Clinton" - @DoloresHuerta on backing Bass" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1286112449146630144) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-23T01:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""I always think of the Bernie Bros and Bernie Sisters and Bass would bring them to the table and the campaign" says @DoloresHuerta who backed Hillary in 2016 & hopes not to repeat the mistakes of that campaign" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1286114068005257216) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-23T01:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@DoloresHuerta After XX LA Riots Bass a former physician's assistant turned founder of @CoCoSouthLA led an effort to get authorities to focus on shutting down predatory liquor stores instead of targeting low-level drug dealers" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1286118284056829957) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-23T01:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Shes a very humble person shes not a self-promoter. She would be very good at the Vice Presidency; she would be able to support what the President is doing rather try to keep the limelight. says @DoloresHuerta" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1286121864616726528) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-23T02:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In 3rd grade I lead a strike for more recesss time. People refused to go inside & teachers promised to make sure that we go outside after lunch quicker" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1286152688586174464) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-23T04:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Elon Musk bragging about helping w/ coup in Bolivia" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1287075723690283009) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-25T17:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Stumbled upon high school kids smoking a FAT ASS blunt in Frick Park. At first they thought I was a Narc as I yelled out you guys smoking a blunt Then I was like I did the same shit in high school - keep on keeping. Then they burst out unbelievably laughing" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1287150014389727235) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-25T22:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Definetly got drunk with my high school assistant principal at a block party in Regent Square - most yinzer shit ever" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1287439291115872258) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-26T17:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "At least XX casss in the Marlins clubhouse. As one baseball manager stated whatever team stays the healthiest likely wins. Its gonna be such a strange baseball season" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1287746768248213506) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-27T13:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@TimothyS @espn Those ESPN Korea broadcasts have been so instructional to me in terms of seeing what a functioning society is doing on a daily basis to battle against COVID. Korean baseball has been a symbol of hope cc @alexanderchee" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1287929094961856517) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-28T01:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Did @AOC personally call @EdMarkey & recommend the beat on this This is the funkiest beat Ive ever heard on a campaign ad" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1287977632542400512) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-28T05:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Karen Bass voted for cutting military budget while under VP consideration. Harris voted against a XX% cut time the military budget in the Senate" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1287980800533831680) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-28T05:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "People keep making corny jokes about how this metaphor but all I can think of is the workers that may have died in this derailment" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1288523354786402305) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-29T17:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Say what @ZackTanner In June you said it was clickbait when I said a strike could happen @PittsburghPG. Solidarity w/ @PGNewsGuild" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1288621889485770752) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-29T23:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Hearst Magazines going Union is a sea change moment. Now being non-union in media is an outlier" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1288634340713345026) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-30T00:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Earlier this month I intervened scores of Black & Brown labor leader who complained that the establishment labor movement was ignoring the growing non traditional strike movement. Labor should have struck over unemployment expiring" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1289004099577446401) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-31T01:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A coalition of segregationist Southern Democrats financial elites fearful of Wallaces populism and foreign-policy hawks itching for a confrontation w/ USSR the Soviet Union kicked Wallace off the ticket as VP in XX. On @nicholsuprising new book" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1289212105631993857) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-07-31T14:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Horrific Grijalva had been at a hearing with Gohmert. If Grijalva dies Gohmert should be charged with a crime for not wearing a mask" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1289719899439239168) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-02T00:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bernie raised 100k for Bush through his email list" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1290917058608324609) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-05T07:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bernie stood in support w/ Cori Bush when not even AOC did This is remarkable" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1290989177622929413) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-05T12:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Cali AFL-CIO Disassociates Police Unions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1291230007403085825) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-06T04:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Every XX seconds" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1291273890723962881) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-06T07:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Nothing radicalized me my parents simply raised me right. Good parenting matters" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1291930342740426752) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-08T02:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Pre-COVID era you could never hear stuff like this on hot mics" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1291950530147823616) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-08T04:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Such a rich metaphor" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1291955349969403905) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-08T04:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In activism people are meeting after work often with beer to drink. Once you use position of influence to have sex w/ much younger folks in the movement it creates a culture where anything goes. Read my longform on this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1292309874815246336) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-09T04:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@lhfang lies here - it was the COP & X others who had been harassing him for a while & physically attacked this kid in his driveway who warned them he had a knife. The kid was so badly injuried that he suffered concussion. A simple reading of article he links to states this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1292503673214513152) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-09T16:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "When I came forward to my oldest sister he claimed I had gotten drunk & tried to explore my sexuality. He claimed I was a homophobe like @ggreenwald is doing now to smear folks who came forward to the Daily Collegian. I told @danielmarans this story a decade ago Fuck Glenn" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1292588250712997890) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-09T22:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Come on @ryangrim you guys can do better. As a straight guy I was way too embarrassed to come forward about this. @danielmarans knows it true cuz I spoke about the trauma which is why I fought so hard against SEIU sexual assault cover ups. Fuck @ggreenwald for that bs" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1292590638752501761) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-09T22:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Kim Kelly's attack on gun control as anti-working class is so GROSS Who needs more than XX rounds in a clip Remember Deer Hunter "One Shot One Kill" GUN CULTURE = WHITE SUPREMACY - stop tokenizing poor white folks to argue against gun control" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1292874446936604672) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-10T17:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@veenadubal you could be the Henry Wallace that America needs today. cc @NicholsUprising" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1292969093688111104) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-10T23:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@lhfang Just compared sexual misconduct of Alex Morse to interracial marriage wtf" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1293029695978602496) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-11T03:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I cant believe its been X years today since I was fired at Politico - it seems like it was just yesterday. Funny how some days of your life your remember vividly forever others you forget" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1293565885110771712) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-12T15:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We as Black people make concessions already for people to be different says .@MorenikeGO You can be loud or not you can be expressive or not describing how many autistic people are considered too intense for most white people" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1293692110986772480) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-12T23:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is most vulnerable longest thing Ive ever written in my life. On the role that Black role mentors had as an autistic child attending the last HS in Pa under federal integration order. And the Black union rep Bruce Jett who saved my ass" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1294321262643351556) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-14T17:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im straight drinking on the patio the Old Schenely High School which has been since converted into luxury apartments. What Its not trespassing if the luxury condo w/ a sweet front patio used to be a high school" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1294827318926614529) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-16T02:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Dude knows how to flex" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1294838933868679168) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-16T03:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Awesome thread" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1295179465950203904) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-17T02:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Kasich Once Tossed a Roots CD Out His Car Window cuz thats how white he is" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1295544320582463489) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-18T02:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Holy fuck all the chopped firewood - Bernie stocking up for winter" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1295550498129481728) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-18T02:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "My kind of union" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1296824516702855174) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-21T15:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "HOLY FUCK WE JUST GOT $XXX IN THE DOOR" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1296985682913697793) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-22T01:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I meet with this group of protestors just X days ago" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1298119000832999425) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-25T04:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "That was a gun shot omg that was a Fucking gun shot a protestor shouts in this video as a group of BLM protestors were shot outside of Johnstown Pa on their way to DC" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1298122446013435905) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-25T04:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The group of protestors that were shot spoke at this rally in Wilkinsburg just two days ago. So surreal" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1298123549056684032) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-25T05:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Clemente would have been the 1st marching out on the picket line tonite Curt Flood had no closer ally against the blacklist than Clemente when so many remained silent. The year that Flood lost his Supreme Court case died - I cry when I think of how hard that must been" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1298798238942875651) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-27T01:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is why we need to stop making movies that glorify Hoffa" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1299063259547533312) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-27T19:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "GoGo music is the music of resistance. Black folks been using GoGo to resist in DC for decades" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1299154000584101888) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-28T01:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Watching ESPN is like XXX% pro-BLM wildcat strikes all day. @heydb started crying in air as she talked about how proud the players strike made her" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1299179365570314240) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-28T02:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "30 teams across NBA MLB & NHL did not play games out of respect for BLM" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1299180468462551040) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-28T03:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In last half hour Ive seen at least X people crying on ESPN while discussing the players' strike. ESPN has become is entirely pro-BLM. Athletes in the US made a serious stand eclipsing Trump's speech" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1299187079499448326) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-28T03:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The feel good nature of ESPN tonite is what news could be everyday if they covered organizing 24/7" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1299192155421003782) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-28T03:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Dude fall asleep with Miles Davis Sketches of Spain playing on a loop. Woke up this morning with if still playing and just feel triumphant" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1300077113119309830) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-08-30T14:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ed Markey has suddenly become a power player w/ a national audience in Dem politics & Im loving it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1301023557196148736) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-02T05:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "He worked full time for a State Farm agency.while working at Trader Joes" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1301039231406665730) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-02T06:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@PaydayReport Strike Tracker has now recorded more than 1000 strikes since March 1st in the largest strike wave in decades" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1301939501040914433) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-04T17:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Pittsburgh staying loose" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1302398220518264832) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-06T00:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@zdroberts video shows that he was hit repeatedly at least X times by pepper pellets fired by Rochester Police. Video posted online shows Rochester Police deliberately targeting Roberts & the press Donate to get Zach work in Pittsburgh this week" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1302586274361028608) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-06T12:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "When it comes to being beaten because of the color of my skin it happened to me quite a few times here in Pittsburgh" says Roberto Clemente Jr of his childhood in the 80s" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1303776461778817024) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-09T19:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As a kid in Pittsburgh we were taught that Clemente was a great humanitarian but we were taught about how his friendship w/ Martin Luther King who he hosted on his farm in Puerto Rico My report from Pittsburgh on Clemente Day in Pittsburgh" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1303778202230415361) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-09T19:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Legendary Buccos pitcher Grant Jackson talks about getting shot with BB gun by racist fans while pitching in Little Rock in the minors in 1965. Jackson later threatened to quit baseball if he had to play in Little Rock again so the Phillies called him up to the majors" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1303792239404093441) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-09T20:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Only $13494 to infect 1300 meatpackers w/ COVID including X who died" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1304134649795547137) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-10T19:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Rest in power Toots" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1304774662677815296) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-12T13:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im only XX - this is what XX years as a labor reporter will do to your hair. I look like an old man haha" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1305664203110440965) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-15T00:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1305913842426351618) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-15T16:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fuck I miss my curly hair - this is from the day I graduated college" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1306091870163001346) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-16T04:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Big scoop from @rrpre on how the sudden boom in trucking rates has made Amazon pay far too low as the company scrambles to find more truck drivers ahead of holidays season" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1306594751936749583) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-17T14:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "LShana Tova from the Burgh" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1307095606054342656) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-18T23:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Time for mass civil disobedience and Capitol Occuaptions if Trumps tries to force through a Supreme Court nominee" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1307105235605872643) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-18T23:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The most yinzer shit of all times - throwing bread to the Ducks at Duck Hollow" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1307491248706654209) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-20T01:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In her XX years on the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg had ONE () Black law clerk" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1307703307012636672) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-20T15:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Strangely the AFL CIO has a banner up celebrating my work in their lobby but yet they blocked me on twitter when I called out their support for cop unions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1307710763260411904) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-20T15:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@michaelafuoco routinely used cocaine alcohol & his power as a journalism professor at Pitt & Point Park to lure students into long-term regular sexual relationships" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1309253970662232065) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-24T22:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""He thought he was impressing people by offering drugs. He'd try to get you to go with him somewhere" said one former Point Park student of @michaelafuoco Women journalists are speaking out on whats been an "open secret" in Pittsburgh for decades" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1309255703580860417) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-24T22:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Here is @newsguild prez @gaufre paling around w/ known sexual predator @michaelafuoco who he has refused to remove. Then running to go get the cops for asking about Fuocos sexual misconduct well known sexual misconduct" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1309570743500525572) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-25T19:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just got roughed up physically by a local NewsGuild officer on tape for asking about sexual misconduct in the union" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1309572769483575305) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-25T19:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just saw this one online" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1310032216337022983) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-27T01:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@benyt @michaelafuoco @PaydayReport incredible work by @clarissaleon editting fact checking interviewing on this story which makes me so proud of @PaydayReport So many Pittsburgh outlets ignored this story but Payday wouldn't" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1310219932249063424) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-27T14:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If you engage in sexual misconduct in the labor movement especially in my hometown @PaydayReport will expose you. God it feels good to take out a sexual predator like Fuoco" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1310264034026033152) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-27T17:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just typed the phrase "former President of Pittsburgh NewsGuild" - damn that felt good. Worked on this story for X years & fuck it feels good to take the bastard out of the ballgame" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1310569983844519936) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-28T13:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Big thanks to @CJR for citing @PaydayReport work" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1310638934402138113) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-28T17:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Trump is defining the debate right now - he may not be making sense but hes looking agreesive & in game. Hes pushing Biden around" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1311112032989650947) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-30T01:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Trump isnt losing his base with this performance - he looks in control which is what his base likes" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1311115728645484544) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-30T01:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "YES MY EDIBLES ARE FINALLY HITTING" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1311119697233022987) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-30T01:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Imprrsssd by this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1311126906079768576) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-30T02:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Mailman selling ballots in West Virginia" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1311132180215717888) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-30T02:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@lsd_for_all @BootsRiley Boots my tracking showed XXX strike between April & June then over XXX strikes since June 1st when George Floyds protests kicked off" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1311391076717035522) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-30T19:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "You can read individual links about the more thab 1000 strikes since the start of March here" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1311391951611138051) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-09-30T19:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This guys is hysterical" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1311467861693665281) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-01T00:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Damn straight" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1311671232517951490) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-01T14:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Facebook reminded me that it was X years ago today that @MMFlint came to my house for a kegger in my backyard at my old place in Mt P as part of his book tour. What an awesome night to host one of my childhood heros in my home" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1312478339664281601) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-03T19:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As a culture we need to be more inclusive of single people. Theres a strong element of ableism in dating - some people have abilities that make it easier to attract partners then others. We really gotta be concise if not shaming or excluding folks for wanting to be single" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1313567470616276994) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-06T19:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Trump has two Black press aides & they both got COVID Damn" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1313657998733123585) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-07T01:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "11 of XX union organizers quoted in @hamiltonnolan are men. Majority of labor movement is now female. Labor reporting like this ignores that labors biggest gains are in heavily female dominated sectors - education & healthcare" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1313870617955971072) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-07T15:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As of 2020 baseball players in the lowest levels of the minor leagues make a min of $XXX a week which is slated to be raised to $XXX in 2021. Players in AAA the highest level of minor leagues make only $XXX a week slated to increase to $XXX in 2021" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1313918724727021568) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-07T19:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "There is a real growing recognition among players right now that the only way things will change is if they do stand together said @broshuis" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1313920211360325633) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-07T19:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Didnt expect "Is Tupac really alive" to become a subject of contention in the 2020 election but I am totally here for it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1313923411341578240) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-07T19:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I dont think Ive ever heard Mike Pence speak before this - man hes creepy" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1314011810077585408) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-08T01:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A mosquito just landed on Pences head & its the perfect metaphor for America" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1314027288531525634) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-08T02:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@FlyingWithSara hints at calling for a strike if COVID relief isnt approved" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1314272776375721988) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-08T18:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I remember picketing outside of Bakery Square when it was still a Nabisco plant now its a Google hub but theyre still union busting there. The more things change in the Burgh the more things still stay the same in the Burgh" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1314562374217740290) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-09T13:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "When I look at men in their mid 30s like me with full heads of hair I get so jealous. Do yinz even realize how easiy you have it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1316176903741546497) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-14T00:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "JP saw a Trump sign on his walk this afternoon & got pretty upset" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1317206094196936707) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-16T20:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The toxic fights of DSA are the perfect breeding ground for the union bureaucrats of tomorrow" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1317522372048703488) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-17T17:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I hate when readers criticize us for fundraising too much. How are we suppose to pay people if we dont fundraise Its annoying but hey millionaires arent gonna fund labor reporting" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1318239308835360768) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-19T17:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""My favorite place to tell people to go is the *Vote Spa*" says @LivFor13 playing on Today is the last day to register to vote in PA - get into the Vote Spa Today" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1318259155279425543) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-19T18:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Wow early results from our reader survey show @PaydayReport audience is really growing We started with XXX on our subscriber list. Now we have 3000. Take our survey and help us improve & continue to grow" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1318338553638682624) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-19T23:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is why im against paywalls" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1319328625997598734) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-22T17:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Western Mass AFL-CIO passes resolution calling for General Strike if Trump steals elections. 2nd local AFL-CIO in US to do so" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1319374196749762563) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-22T20:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Imagine if Biden does a huge jobs program and Bernie is Secretary of Labor YUGEEEE" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1319413184776863751) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-22T22:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bernie Sanders will be in Pittsburgh on Saturday for a car rally at the Carrie Furnace in Rankin per sources" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1319438139371421699) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-23T00:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Incredibly moving video on the first Curt Flood award for Andre Dawson who fought against collusion to win the MVP in XX as the second lowest paid player on the Cubs" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1319490131267604486) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-23T04:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Socially distant selfie w/ @AriRabinHavt & @BernieSanders Dont worry nobody is within XX feet of Bernie - dont sweat folks" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1320095676768964610) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-24T20:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "That was one of the best baseball games that I ever watched" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1320221055399624704) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-25T04:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Only $X to go to reach $XXX raised" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1320489381090775052) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-25T22:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is some amazing yinzer shit" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1320500822795583495) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-25T23:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Today is the 2nd anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre. Its a very emotional day For the past few months @PaydayReport worked on ambitious & expensive project: a XX minute documentary on the unlearned lessons of the massacre. We will be dropping it later today" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1321123585906348032) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-27T16:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Woke up crying today - the 27th of October is tough - the anniversary of Tree of Life. Ill never forget horror of watching Swat teams retake the synagogue & family members as they screamed upon hearing the news of the death of a loved one. May their memories be a blessing" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1321133107119067139) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-27T16:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Hour long line to early vote here in Pittsburgh" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1321144574325231623) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-27T17:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "After X hours of waiting on line in Pittsburgh I finally got up to the election bore where it looks like I will have to wait some more" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1321161649223598084) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-27T18:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "On the 2nd anniversary of the Tree of Life Massacre I voted today to fightback against fascism. May the memories of the XX martyrs always be a blessing in the fight ahead for equality & justice" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1321167028414255104) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-27T19:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I poured my heart into making this documentary about the 2nd anniversary of Tree of Life. I was one of the 1st reporters on the scene & it horrified me . I hope everyone watches this short docu on what we didnt Learn afterward" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1321272906291286017) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-28T02:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "He should have got his ass kicked on site & then walked around - @jasiri_x on the @PittsburghPG hiring of an executive editor who commissioned an op-Ed entitled Building Matter Too. Our new docu explore media inequality in wake of Tree of Life" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1321595864335458304) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-28T23:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I think it's gonna happen again and I don't think Pittsburgh is prepared for it @jakebackpack on how the underlying forces behind Tree of Life where never addressed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1321597036865724419) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-28T23:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I ugly cried on camera for the 1st ever as a man as I described sitting w/ a family as they discovered a loved on had been killed in my childhood pizza place Aiellos Please watch and share this documentary" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1321598827418312705) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-28T23:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Our documentary Unlearned Lessons of the Tree of Life Massacre is our most important project to date. As a Jew who was there that morning & watched a childhood bus stop surrounded by swat team as the synagogue was retaken please watch & share" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1321600100574134273) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-28T23:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im really glad Greenwald left the intercept cuz he was hurting a lot of the really good reporters that they have there" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1321963917854363649) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-29T23:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "1 year ago partying w/ @FOIANate @EvilOmarVizquel @QuietFlostheDan to celebrate the Nats in the World Series Miss those guys - 1st season weve havent gone to a baseball together" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1322377124704079872) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-10-31T03:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Really excited for @PaydayReport to team up w/ German newspaper @ndaktuell to cover election results in Western Pa. We may be a small yinzer labor publication but we have a big impact all over the world. Donate today" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1323779670945517568) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-04T00:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "33-year old @emily4pa20 was elected to the PA State House tonite. In her primary she defeated an incumbent Democrat making his support for anti-immigrant E-Verify a central issue in the campaign" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1323795598290477057) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-04T01:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bernie overwhelming won Latino voters with whom Biden is underperforming" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1323825435118084098) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-04T03:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The labor movement fails to build on the energy of Black Lives Matter &m then their members vote for a racist. Wonder why that happens" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1324003033039200257) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-04T14:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We could have done this in the US" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1324044884085538821) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-04T17:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Unions representing over 600000 members have already called for a General Strike if Trump tries to steal the election. @Richardtrumka won't support those calls and the AFL-CIO has described General Strike as a "slogan not a strategy"" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1324047449929908224) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-04T17:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Do people feel its safe to fly given the protections being taken" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1324451065207656448) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-05T20:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "What Toni Morrison book should I read first Any recs" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1324504920603664385) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-06T00:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Lindsey Graham is a fascist" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1324547714454085634) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-06T03:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If any editors need a freelancer in Pittsburgh Im here" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1324770739854233601) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-06T17:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Never been so proud of my home state as today" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1325115879282143238) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-07T16:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We got a chance to organize. Its gonna be a fight against Biden but we already beat Trump & theres no stop us now for demanding more" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1325125296127930370) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-07T17:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@SummerForPA kicking off the victory celebration & rally in Pittsburgh. Movements are made in the streets of Pittsburgh - @SummerForPA to a thunder of celebratory applause" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1325156054955651077) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-07T19:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Cars honking & cheering with Biden signs outside of Tree of Life Massacre site. It was voters right here in Pittsburgh who took out the bastard that killed them. Im crying so hard" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1325174536309010432) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-07T20:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Went to Tree of Life Massacre site to pay my respects to the martyrs - they sacrificed their lives for this moment. May their memory be a blessing in the fight ahead" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1325175143023308801) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-07T20:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The neighborhood where I grew up in Pittsburgh partying & celebrating PA putting Biden over the top Every neighborhood in Pittsburgh is like this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1325192661955993600) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-07T21:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""We had a victory because of the work that you all have been putting in not just during this election but the work that we have been putting in since 2016 and 1965 and 1816 & 1620 because thats how long we have been fighting" - @SummerForPA My latest" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1325223845993865222) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-07T23:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "2 blocks from Tree of Life they held a vigil here the night of the massacre. So nice to see streets of Squirrel Hill filled with joy tonite" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1325244348750041094) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-08T01:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Greetings from Mr Rogers church in Pittsburgh where the dance party is raging in the streets" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1325260316863832064) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-08T02:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ultra Orthodox Jews joined the dance party near Tree of Life to celebrate Trumps defeat shortly after sunset" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1325291916062285828) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-08T04:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Massive spike in covid in Pittsburgh - just massive" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1325836780411695114) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-09T16:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Biden taps Uber advisor for his labor transition team. This & more in todays @PaydayReport" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1326335096161439745) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-11T01:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Disgusting - never ceases to amaze me how some people sell out" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1326509088713437188) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-11T12:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Kroger recruiting strike breakers in West Virginia" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1326593573924507657) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-11T18:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Never quite seen a labor vdeo like this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1326786232773439488) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-12T07:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Union bureaucrats" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1327092772269154304) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-13T03:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The owners of Four Seasons Total Landscaping appear to be lefties who were trolling Trump. They now are even sponsoring a charity run from their Four Seasons to the actual Four Seasons Hotel in Center City. Talk about American Heros" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1327311901009846273) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-13T18:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Am I wrong to think Prince Charles was a Dick based on his portrayal in the Crown" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1328541573672558592) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-17T03:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "NEW: 28-year old Miss. native @WimbleyJourno has been elected President of @PGHGuild. Her election comes as X Black reporters were removed from Black Lives Matter coverage at Post-Gazette. An interview she did in 2016 on how she got into journalism" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1328883008250777600) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-18T02:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In a state where teachers arent legally allowed to collectively bargain" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1328923044409200641) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-18T04:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Damn Snoop Dogg as Satchel Paige biopic would be the shit" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1329295072974827522) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-19T05:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just confronted @ZackTanner for punching me in the ribs for exposing Fuoco as a sexual predator & sending me violent threats. @ZackTanner clearly lies about being contacted by @uspresstracker & punching me which was caught on tape linked below. Time to clean up @PGHGuild" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1330200710508646403) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-21T17:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "But why does Fox News pick Andrew Yang Secretary of transportation" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1330738522458902529) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-23T05:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "My reporting that exposed Michael Fuoco prez of @PGHGuild as a sexual predator lead @ZackTanner to punching me in the ribs Now we traced the violent threats that I received to Tanner a protege of Fuoco who likely succeeded him before the expose" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1330984073565769729) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-23T21:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I've filed criminal charges for assault & harassment against @ZackTanner and have asked the @newsguild to investigate. However for X months the @newsguild & its president @gaufre have ignored my requests" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1330984074870190087) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-23T21:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The silence from Pittsburgh press core on violent threats & previous assault by @PGHGuild officer @ZackTanner is sickening. If @PittsburghPG had been roughed up & threatened violently. However since we exposed @PGHGuild prez for sexual misconduct just silence" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1330997868161863680) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-23T22:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "With news that Bezos LITERALLY hired Pinkertons to spy on Amazon workers unionizing check out this video @zdroberts & I made on the bloody history of the Pinkertons" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1331339381270073346) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-24T20:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "When I got roughed up & sucker punched in my ribs by @ZackTanner so many reporters told me to shut up & not "make myself the story". @zdroberts encouraged me to go after the guy - attacks on the freedom of press cannot go unchallenged" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1331340734939750402) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-24T20:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This morning my girlfriend an Eastern Tennessee native excitedly texted me "Oh I just started this movie about Appalachia - it's called "Hillbilly Elegy" She had spent all of her life not knowing JD Vance & I had to break it to her" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1332096442509438976) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-26T22:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Misuse how do you misuse the money that someone is owed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1333275467776921601) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-11-30T05:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Its sickering to see so many other fellow Pittsburgh taunting Raven's player for wanting to refuse to work under unsafe conditions. Solidarity from the Burgh w/ the Ravens wildcat strike" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1333579526098530305) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-01T01:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@FlyingWithSara & other union leaders coming out against Rahn as Sec of Transportation is a real body blow to his chances of getting the nomination" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1333908155420577792) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-01T22:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Big win for the left" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1334011216927264770) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-02T05:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Were so close to the finish line of COVID & yet so many people are doing needless things. Its like dying in the last days of a war" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1335300748897378305) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-05T19:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Obscure World War Two movies go" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1335301627260047365) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-05T19:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "FYI @grimkim promoted an article that said Black Lives Matters non-traditional strikes weren't "real strikes". I didn't get into journalism to make friends I got into journalism to tell the truth & some folks when called on their racism don't like it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1335799777414483969) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-07T04:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Shame on both Sarah Jones & Kim Kelly for covering for @gaufre on this. I really fear that as @newsguild power grows that the race to control union institutions has lead some on the left to do ugly stuff like cover up Fuoco" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1335801563051397120) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-07T04:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Thanks to everyone who reached out. Its sickening how union bureaucrats & their allies circle the wagon & use a perverted sense of solidarity to go after union dissidents for asking their union to do better" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1336420067601473543) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-08T21:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As a Jew who was at Tree of Life the morning of the massacre It outraged me when I read Kim Kelly saying gun control is anti-working class. If youre a journalist & write crap like this you should be prepared to accept criticism like I gave" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1336488797631082496) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-09T01:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I saw my Rabbi today who suggested that I change the name @PaydayReport to The Abrasive Gadfly Happy Hanukkah to everyone - Thanks for all of your support for The Abrasive Gadfly" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1337133356442652675) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-10T20:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Unionize State Legislatures" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1337980500124766212) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-13T04:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Finally found a menorah that represent my religious beliefs" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1338285466362277888) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-14T00:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Where is Kim Kelly calling for an investigation into @newsguild sexual misconduct cover-up Shes a media union leader - why is she attacking me but not the leadership of @newsguild These folks are competing for power in digital media union leadership - whats going on" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1338975188835315720) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-15T22:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "More details in @RyanDeto long expose that confirms @PaydayReport expose on how Fuoco used his position of power as @pghguild prez and journalism professor as well as cocaine prey on young female journalists" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1339566279104065536) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-17T13:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I hate this mentality that WE NEED A LABOR LEADER of a certain caliber to lead us. We need an empowered rank-n-file to lead a movement not big names" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1341191644566188034) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-22T01:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Here's the ONE BIG Strike tracking map to track all the strikes all over the world. We gotta build it folks - I believe we can with crowdfunding & crowdsourcing" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1341863424104521732) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-23T21:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This movie should be required viewing for every American at least once a year" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1342317999244664832) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-25T03:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Sad to get a video text of my parents of what is probably Mickey our XX year old golden who just diagnosed with cancer last Christmas. He looks so happy" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1342675190006820864) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-26T03:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Good movie recs anyone" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1343352040542638080) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-28T00:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im more proud of my two negative COVID tests Ive taken than any test Ive ever taken" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1343728721728049153) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2020-12-29T01:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Surreal this years marks my 14th year as a labor reporter" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1344832651501441025) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-01T02:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Happy new year - love solidarity & renewal as we build on the worker power this year to bring us to new heights of a creativity as a movement in 2021" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1344879539764264962) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-01T05:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Big hugs everyone - love you all - were gonna fight to rebuild in 2021 & its gonna be exciting" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1344887956700618752) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-01T06:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Good movies recs particularly political & social dramas" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1345569135841959936) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-03T03:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bob Corker literally undermined a union election by warning Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga that if they unionized that their plant would close" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1346142006943371264) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-04T17:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just heard CNN say that Jon Ossoff refers to himself as a "MEDIA EXECUTIVE" Just saying I am also a "MEDIA EXECUTIVE" of @PaydayReport & available to run for Senate in PA in 2022. Just FYI" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1346692012389658624) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-06T05:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Shot - Election Loss Chaser - @KingJames buys your team" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1346692886558081024) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-06T05:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Its XXX AM & I can't quite turn off CNN even though it looks like Dems will win.this shit is addictive" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1346703065806753793) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-06T06:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Election night is the ultimate drug you can't quit. The tension the excitement the rush of anticipation - few drugs better than election night" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1346707076320546818) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-06T06:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Rick Saccone who was defeated by Conor Lamb by only a few hundred votes was encouraging storming of the Capitol" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1346937787858055170) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-06T21:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Vermont AFL-CIO says they will engage in General Strike if Trump doesn't respect balance of power" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1347033307922497537) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-07T04:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Important to discuss 25th amendment to get the ball rolling on what to do if Trump wont leave the office on Inauguration Day" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1347040050274566146) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-07T04:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Having trouble sleeping tonite & thank god I have this to keep me company" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1347093716008394752) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-07T08:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Woah watch it all began all these folks began attacking cops w/o riot gear" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1347164455126396929) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-07T12:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Stats show the working class voted AGAINST Trump - can we please stop portraying these people as working class" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1347549308569182209) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-08T14:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "AFL-CIO calls on Trump to resign or be removed from office" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1347580496021217281) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-08T16:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Congratulations to everyone for surviving both the coup & the 1st week back from winter break" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1347617656879411200) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-08T18:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Love watching this fucker do the prep walk" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1347636482769629186) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-08T20:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A retired Air Force Lt Col who spent years bombing Afghanistan helped lead the Capitol riot" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1347780824834461696) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-09T05:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Flight attendants union warned that if Trump rioters werent banned from flying that things like this would happen" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1347800478042742785) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-09T07:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Florida Man" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1347922440484237312) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-09T15:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@nwbtcw This was excellent if youre looking for a labor film" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1348021844591443976) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-09T21:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is the first time Ive heard audio from the balcony where members of Congress were trapped & wow the tension" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1348028276820889603) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-09T22:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Imagine how the failed coup is gonna play in a Ken Burns documentary" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1348089902714531841) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-10T02:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Thought of @lhfang turn to the right when I read @benyt on a former BuzzFeed employee going to the right for clicks. Heres Lee denouncing efforts to identify the Capitol rioters - sad for see him turn into a troll at this point" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1348496553724567553) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-11T05:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A friend offered me free Steelers tickets a few years ago & I declined Having taken some really ugly hits & concussions playing as a kid I simply find it triggering to watch football" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1348502785558532096) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-11T05:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The best way to deplatform Glenn Greenwald is just to deplatfrom him. No need to respond to his every tweet" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1349196454192099328) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-13T03:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "James Clyburn says "somebody on the inside" of Capitol was "complicit" in letting rioters inside the building" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1349212006512009219) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-13T04:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Used car salesman gonna used car salesman" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1349434324521807872) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-13T19:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "After unions representing over 600k vowed to strike to remove Trump from office Trumka threatened legal action against unions that engaged in General Strike" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1349453320721756161) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-13T20:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just now realizing that w. control of both House there is no reason for Dems not to bring $15-an-hour for a vote in both Houses. Dare GOP to fillibuster a minimum wage increase in the Senate" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1349478015818989569) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-13T22:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Really hope James Harden doesnt fall into the trap of writing for Jacobin" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1349504831837401088) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-13T23:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Can we just stop saying union siblings and just say comrades Brothers and Sisters had a very different feeling than Union Siblings which sounds awkward Can we just say comrades instead Its gender neutral & way more powerful to say" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1349752840869339147) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-14T16:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Check out the deer chilling in the Hill District less than a mile from Downtown Pittsburgh This is why they call us the Paris of Appalachia" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1350185635185905671) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-15T20:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "1400 grocery workers are on strike in the Bronx" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1351378019408076801) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-19T03:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "That was last sunset of the Trump Era - its a whole new day tomorrow" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1351668681856704513) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-19T23:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Gotta love Bernies mittens" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1351914987091075072) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-20T15:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I've heard ABC now discuss Amanda Gorman more than Biden so far. Hoping this is Biden's America where he uses his platform to give the marginalized a platform" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1351949904265043970) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-20T17:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Anyone check in on Glenn Greenwald today Is he doing okay" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1351955639296208898) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-20T18:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "UNPRECEDENTED - NLRB General Counsel is refusing to leave office after being ordered so by Biden" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352044399824408582) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-21T00:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "1400 striking grocery workers in the Bronx demanding only a $1-an-hour raise" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352083415059853312) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-21T02:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Damn the Golden Girls but socialist I like it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352095239767515136) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-21T03:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "God damn right @railroadworkers are serious when it comes to organizing in solidarity" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352095545012203524) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-21T03:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""We are a union town. We are a dignified town" - @AOC on the core of what unions are about: respect" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352097230640054272) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-21T03:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Biden just called for XXX day moratorium on deportations. This is something that Obama NEVER did & it changes lives in a big way" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352101783020179456) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-21T03:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Much more pressure needs to be applied but Obama never stopped deportations. NEVER" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352102278438785024) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-21T03:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Following Arrests @AOC Rallies 1400 Striking Grocery Workers As Railroaders Refuse to Deliver Produce in Solidarity Our look at the strike at Hunts Point Market which provides XX% of the wholesale produce in NYC" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352259871668895748) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-21T14:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Workers are on strike at Hunts Point Market which provides XX% of the produce for NYC. Police have already arrested several picketers and now railroaders are refusing to cross picket line" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352277292714762246) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-21T15:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Labor Sec Marty Walsh former head of Boston Building Trades held a conference call w. unions where he promised to walk picket lines & get heavily involved in contract fights. Folks feel Walsh the son of a union leader speaks labor's language & gets it in his bones" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352430858263785473) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-22T01:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A Scranton native Biden is the only recent Democratic President who grew up in strong union communities. Obama was never exposed & past few Dem presidents came from South where unions are weak. Lets see if it really leads to a difference for unions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352433560200892422) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-22T01:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@NaomiAKlein analysis of why Bernies mittens resonated so deeply w/ so many is brilliant" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352594778429521921) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-22T12:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Close schools until every teacher can be vaccinated" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352740493579399168) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-22T22:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "May Hank Aarons memory always be a blessing" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352759915257999368) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-22T23:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Haha Janet Jackson got in on it - I love this meme" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1352764974029012992) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-22T23:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "At least X poultry workers dead X hospitalized in Georgia after liquid nitrogen leak at plant" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1354888237949595650) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-28T20:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Damnit whose the schmuck who let this putz know about our space lasers" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1354928825482797056) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-01-28T23:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "1979 World Series-winning pitcher Grant Jackson died of COVID today. In Sept he told @zdroberts & I about the racism he faced as a Black pitcher in the minor leagues in the South in the 60s including being shot w/ a BB gun by white spectators in Little Rock in 65" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1356853381923545088) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-03T06:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Google Workers is considering leaving @CWAUnion after @CODE_CWA staffers fabricated a quote from a union leader in a press release" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1357113280666480640) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-03T23:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Update: Anne Feeney has died at the age of XX from COVID" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1357171637783773187) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-04T03:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Anne Feeney's daughter Amy Berlin says that until the very end that Feeney was surrounded by her children and friends singing old labor folks. Anne went down fighting & signing to the end - Rest in Power Sister Anne" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1357174794693857282) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-04T03:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Anne looks soooo pretty in the woods They ought rename it Anne Fenney Park. Frick was a butcher who killed X strikers at Homestead. Anne represented what it meant to be a yinzer in the best sense - we should rename it Anne Fenney Park" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1358135435638288384) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-06T19:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fuck yeah there we go - a big $XXX donation" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1358153623528734722) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-06T20:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Anne Feeney to be buried next to Mother Jones in Mount Olive Illinois" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1358876925876441093) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-08T20:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Talk about a headline by @ddayen" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1361041817551126528) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-14T19:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Happy 68th Birthday to @ueunion Director of Organization Gene Elk. My Dad has spent for XX years in the @ueunion & im proud to fight in the tradition family which has been active in X generations. Not just my Dad but my best friend and I love him so much" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1361176654014525440) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-15T04:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As a young pup he was so sweet - hell be missed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1361423650532909068) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-15T21:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Never forget watching these retired coal miners get arrested protesting plan to cut pension in Peabody Coal bankruptcy circa 2013" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1361668050714587137) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-16T13:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Beautiful obituary from my Mom on the incredible work of Mickey as a working service dog who worked in rehab centers picket lines & started a reading to kids program at a local library. He spread love & solidarity everywhere" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1361762117251129344) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-16T19:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "10 years ago today Wisconsin Capitol Occupation #wiunion" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1362058153865728004) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-17T15:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "What a great tribute to the 1959-1962 El Paso Meatpackers Strike that was defeated included in The Solidarity Forever Labor History Calendar which has been published by the Hungarian Literature Fund since 1985" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1362063147377516552) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-17T15:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "May her memory always be a blessing to folks who dare to speak up" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1363688087897993219) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-22T03:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""Union leaders have confirmed that at least XX members have been let go since the strike first brought attention to the controversial labor dispute between Local XXX and the Hunts Point Produce Market"" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1364687266556313609) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-24T21:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Molson is bringing scabs to keep making beer while they lockout more than XXX union members in an attempt to bust the Canadian Union of Brewery and General Workers Local XXX in Toronto" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1365030365182775300) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-25T20:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Smart @BusinessInsider one of the last few non-union shops raised it min salary to $60k. Even non-union shops benefit from unions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1365124430926651393) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-26T02:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""There is a heavy-duty celebrity culture at work here on the left as well as the right." - David Bacon being frank on left press culture in @FrankNewsUS cc @TimothyS - spoken like a true labor reporter - gotta love David" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1365420400704950275) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-26T21:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The most bad ass shit I have ever seen" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1366150623692005378) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-02-28T22:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is huge" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1366221972003291141) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-01T03:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Amazon has targeted @MorePerfectUS & @PaydayReport has been allowing Amazon to flag left reporters as suspicious. Last night @alexanderchee reported a similar flag after we forwarded him a link to @FrankNewsUS @FrankNewsUS is real news - too real" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1367497759071338515) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-04T15:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Hey @campbellnyt Did u see @greenhousenyt latest on union busting in Alabama I know sometimes Amazon Web Services which runs Twitter takes down @greenhousenyt. Lmk if u need me to drop off a print copy later - its 💯" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1367855733908385799) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-05T15:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Got the vaccine & now I can fly down to Birmingham to cover the union vote at Amazon. Big thanks to @WeMakeKDKA union activist JamesSantelli for helping me get it - solidarity. Donate to help @PaydayReport stay on the ground in Alabama" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1368263343883030533) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-06T18:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Workers at Amazon are saying Joe Bidens denouncement is a game changer. In captive audience anti-union meetings workers are pushing back by saying that Joe Biden said such meetings were bullshit" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1368381038112686081) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-07T02:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@rmc031 The Amazon union vote is gonna be even wilder - workers started standing up in captive audience meetings & saying Biden said this whole meeting was bullshit - thats whats happening" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1368398462291697670) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-07T03:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just dropped @FrankNewsUS & @PaydayReport interview w/ Nissan union leader Morris Mock on how the union is continuing to fight & build power following their loss X years ago" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1368946988746743817) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-08T15:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ive spent the last decade covered the last X major union defeats (Volkswagen in 2013 Nissan in 2017 Boeing in 2017 & Volkswagen again in 2019). Amazon organizers have learned the lessons of defeats & building momentum in major Black female workforce - I think they can win" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1368988468710375427) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-08T18:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If Obama goes to Alabama & campaigns for Amazon workers there is no doubt these workers can win the union. Look what an old white guy like Biden did filming one video imagine Obama finally out on the picket lines" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1368989638925385728) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-08T18:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Biden essentially inoculated workers against the lies that union busters at Amazon by saying no supervisor should ask a worker about their union preference. A game changer that will create momentum to pass Pro Act and outlaw the practice. BLM is connecting to voting rights" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1368991905174978560) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-08T18:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The struggle to unionize at Amazon in Birmingham in the historic heart of the civil rights movements is THE Civil rights struggle of our time. BLM is sending down tons of organizers - we could actually win this one Its an all hands on deck moment for BLM & labor" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1368994624241565696) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-08T18:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The Royal Family is even getting involved in the union effort. Can't hold back this kind of energy" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1369092651593703424) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-09T01:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As @greenhousenyt reported both of these workers challenged management in anti-union captive audience meetings where then told to stand out in the hallway like there were kids in trouble in middle school. This campaign is ugly & workers are fighting back" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1369113550774558722) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-09T02:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Similar to how the vaccine is inoculating workers against COVID Biden's vocal support for union drive is inoculating workers against anti-union tactics of management. My analysis based on interviews w/ workers in Alabama #RollTide" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1369117796093857794) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-09T02:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Operation Dixie failed because it failed to engage on racial justice. Now at Amazon in Alabama workers & local BLM supporters & folks like @RepTerriSewell are changing that Could this be a new start for labor movement in the South Read @FrankNewsUS" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1370117769161760768) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-11T21:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Wow @Will_Bunch hanging out w/ Sam Walton in 1983 in Bessemer Alabama is one hell of a lede to why the Amazon fight is the Selma moment of our times" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1370405756848250885) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-12T16:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "When someone accuses you as a Jew of exploiting Tree of Life to argue for gun control you are no longer part of the left. Why do white folks cling to guns so much Lets abolish all guns - society would be so much better" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1371864188373581829) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-16T16:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I really had a blast going on w/ @BenjaminPDixon to talk psychology of union-busting at Amazon. (starts around XX minute mark) but watch the show" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1371968613603807235) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-16T23:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Striking Pharmacy Workers win a new contract" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1372653464128524299) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-18T20:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Pittsburgh Bus drivers union leader Karina Howard of @ATUComm works the picket line in solidarity w/ Alabama Amazon workers outside of a Whole Foods (owned by Amazon) in East Liberty. The energy is electric - give a listen" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1373348887419891715) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-20T19:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "When that fucking warehouse opens in Lawrenceville we should be handing out flyers everything is possible now he says. Yinzers are stoked about the union drive in Bessemer Alabama" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1373701752386695174) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-21T18:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As @clarissaleon & others can attest @PaydayReport HQ has a large crowd of deer hanging outside of our office regularly look at this pack outside of Payday HQ less than a mile from downtown. You know what they say Pittsburgh is the Paris of Appalachia @JamesSantelli" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1373958471406718978) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-22T11:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "My first in-person baseball game since the pandemic My Alma mater Bucknell taking on #14 Pitt just X blocks from my house" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1374833978469986304) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-24T21:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We just got $XX in the door from a priest from Maryland. Folks lets keep the momentum going" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1374922026536873993) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-25T03:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "TOMORROW is the first time I fly in over a year as a labor reporter. Stoked to be vaccinated & back out in the field covering the closing days of the Amazon union camapign. Im so stoked" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1375153522329669632) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-25T18:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "While this may be @all_scout first labor reporting assignment his car definitely has the broke labor reporter look going on" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1375898804097015809) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-27T19:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Its not looking like Amazon workers union effort in Alabama will be defeated. We've talked to a ton of anti-union workers here in Alabama & many union organizers fear that RWDSU will lose this election" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1376566006856945667) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-29T16:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@ThatPicard @jamiekmccallum @RWDSU Umm we spoke to lots of yes folks for the past few weeks. Our job is to interview workers & report the facts not invent them" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1376686193077813250) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-30T00:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In labor movement we often villify anti-union workers as "scabs". But listen to these folks they are really people who know little about unions & they are confused. Appreciated the X anti-union workers speaking to me" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1376689719480832023) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-30T00:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@jamiekmccallum @RWDSU There is a full thread with an article - its not job to do PR - its my job to tell the truth" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1376694401855057920) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-30T00:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Were facing criticism for interviewing anti-union workers but you have to understand these folks if unions are gonna win in the future" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1376939642608582658) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-30T16:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Union bureaucrat types are upset with me for interviewing these anti-union workers that we meet randomly in the parking lot. Im a labor reporter - my job is to tell the truth about labor movement not act as a PR person for union bureacrats" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1376941618041872385) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-03-30T16:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@all_scout out on the picket line as 1100 coal miners strike in Northern Alabama at Warrior Met Coal" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1378136316261638145) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-03T00:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The scene on the picket line just less than an hour up the road from Amazon was simply electric Check out my dispatch from the hills of Northern Alabama" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1379205133834289154) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-05T22:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As we have waited a week for the votes to be counted at Amazon in Alabama a massive multiracial coal miners strike of 1100 broke out. Read out story from the picket line in Brookwood Alabama" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1379214007345762305) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-05T23:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im headed to bed but throw us a few bucks so we can keep on reporting" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1379299316532183041) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-06T05:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "3215 ballots cast in Amazon union election - now that ballot challenges are over counting expected to begin this afternoon or tomorrow" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380154874596311041) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-08T13:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "There are X Types of Union PR flacks 1.) Top-down message control freaks 2.) Good Union Pr people who are like "talk to whoever - do u need some background material" This is labor movement not marketing - just let workers talk" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380209090404741120) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-08T17:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "174 (yes union votes) to XXX (no union votes) at Amazon in Alabama out of 3215 ballots cast. This does not look good for the union" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380263109919653890) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-08T20:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We need to teach about unions in High School Civics classes. So many of the people that I spoke with knew nothing about unions. We gotta educate people at a young age about unions" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380264553913724932) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-08T21:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Barely a dozen Amazon workers showed up to the Bernie & Killer Mike rally last week. I got the distinct feeling that folks were running for hills. After union losses like this there is a retalation" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380275200550395908) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-08T21:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If you wanna understand the psychology of union busting I suggest this @FrankNewsUS & @PaydayReport interview w/ Morris Mock" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380296428422098945) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-08T23:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If Biden lets Amazon get away with this it will encourage other companies to play dirty. Amazon broke law & should lose their federal contracts" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380322948846923778) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-09T00:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "So many people watched their 1st major union drive at Amazon. A whole new generation of activists are getting their 1st battle scars from a losing labor fight - don't forget them they will help you in the future" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380537940250656774) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-09T15:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I've covered X major losing union elections in the South on the ground in last decade. From each one I have learned so much. We are gonna have to question a lot & improve our organizing models to beat this type of employer opposition" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380538200121282562) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-09T15:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@RWDSU Organizers say that a national movement was built at Amazon and its truly a movement not a union that workers will want to join. My look at what's needed to win a multi-year battle" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380570758167035906) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-09T17:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@PaydayReport called it accurately as a defeat before the union campaign ended & we got a ton of crap. Union PR people can be control freaks & this PR campaign was very tightly managed - same two spokespeople each time" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380581985194754060) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-09T18:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "So many Amazon workers told me that they didn't know if a union could really help them. They knew little about unions instead of building a strong organizing committee w/ a record of workplace action @rwdsu rushed the election. My look from Alabama" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380589540721762310) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-09T18:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Amazon taking a page from the movie "Office Space" literally made workers anti-union flair on their laynards. I am being SERIOUS" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380599113734103042) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-09T19:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@veenadubal Its inspired quite a bit of organizing elsewhere already" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380627046569816064) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-09T21:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ive covered the last X major union defeats in the South and I go down to cover each one hoping they will win - only to write post-mortem. One of these days Im gonna get to write a victory party story & oh man thats gonna be sweet" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380658296210722817) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-09T23:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Hope Amazon union defeat is Selma moment for labor rights" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380666113701384192) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-09T23:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ableism is a key ingredient in anti-unionism. Amazon workers who felt physically they could do the job saw the union folks as lazy. We need to incorporate anti-ableist organizing in every part of trade unionism" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1380706587019464713) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-10T02:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Got my 2nd dose of Moderna & celebrating at my first baseball game since the pandemic - so happy to be back in PNC - I missed this place tremendously" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1381040557011664897) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-11T00:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Labor intellectuals often masquerade as reformers are just union technocrats who believe if you follow best practices or put people like them in charge union will win. Labor intellectuals dont make this movement - rank-n-file workers do & they need to center your stories" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1381648447875473421) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-12T16:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If you havent read our story based on interviews w/ anti-union workers on how Amazon combined promises of improvement w/ subtle threats please take a chance. Labor has a lot to learn from the defeat at Amazon in Alabama" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1381692917320986626) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-12T19:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Biggest problem of left labor beat is that too many labor journo types try to be allies instead of just telling the truth about the labor movement" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1381749156688060417) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-12T23:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Donate to help us continue to cover the story at Warrior Met Coal in Northern Alabama" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1382149651256774656) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-14T01:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "WOW @neilbarofsky has been recommended by Detroit US Attorney to oversee as a federal monitor in corruption in the UAW. I am really looking forward to covering this cc @ddayen" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1382433504823283722) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-14T20:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "ATU bus drivers union wont transport BLM protestors arrested in Minnesota" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1382566782662291456) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-15T05:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ""The brave men and women of the Minnesota National Guard are our neighbors. Theyre teachers health care workers and business owners who live in communities across our state. This is unacceptable." - @GovTimWalz said denouncing union activists" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1383165975332323333) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-16T21:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Hearing about union activists upset over National Guard using a union hall running off the Guard makes me proud to be in the labor movement" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1383170650135756800) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-16T21:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "No cooler vibe than getting a XX minute bus ride to your house alone - thanks @PGHtransit" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1383276795697401867) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-17T04:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@jbrous41 When it comes to union busting Amazon attempted to be culturally competent & it worked as our reporting showed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1383487241045954563) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-17T18:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "On the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1384615544565866500) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-20T21:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "My inbox is full of union press released praising the verdict BLM protests following George Floyds death changed the way that many unions engaged on racial justice" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1384624907020087303) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-20T21:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A good friends wife died suddenly & I have never seen such grief. Any suggestions on helping my friend through this period" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1385661353516470275) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-23T18:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A lot to unpack here" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1386870376303583232) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-27T02:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@NicholsUprising is ESSENTIAL Reading on how and why a Minnesotan like Mondale fought for X decades to implement the Fair Housing Act" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1387422869337038849) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-04-28T15:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "beautiful @campbellnyt on how Tree of Life Synagogue is re-opening while building a memorial to the massacre. The designer is child of Holocaust survivors who came to US w/ help of @HIASrefugees the group over whose support the synagogue was targeted" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1389663005110059011) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-04T19:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Love the shirt" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1389800528843087872) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-05T04:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Introducing a film crew from Italian National TV to Primantis sandwiches - they are blown away" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1390067198056673281) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-05T22:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Anti-union employees like high turnover because it creates a CrossFit like team culture where the people left are willing to any psychically grueling task for the company. High turnover is by design" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1392126985556664324) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-11T14:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Some Personal News: I recently was informed that I will be featured at length in an hour long docu on Italian National TV where I will be DUBBED ENTIRELY IN ITALIAN A XX Im stoked to finally break into Spaghetti Western labor journalism circuit back in the old country" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1392130484034056194) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-11T14:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Racist Violence is racist violence and Israel is the clear perpetrator of the violence" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1392928376273448975) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-13T19:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A crime against humanity - the vintage 1960s Os hot dog shop sign has been removed by new gentrifying owners" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1392993941226655748) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-14T00:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@GaineyForMayor defeated incumbent Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto to become Pittsburgh's 1st Black Mayor" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1394844549512634369) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-19T02:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@ueunion was one of only X unions who backed @GaineyForMayor in his successful to bid be Pittsburghs 1st Black Mayor" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1394852258857246722) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-19T03:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Best dance party I have ever seen at a Pittsburgh political party Its a new era in Pittsburgh" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1394886458750742531) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-19T05:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "What it means is that were moving to offense from defense but the work were doing isnt gonna change - @GadsdenWesley of @OnePennsylvania A fun dispatch from the dance party @GaineyForMayor Victory Party for Pittsburgh's 1st Black Mayor" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1395467223276396550) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-20T19:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@JamesSantelli toasting a new bride in downtown Pittsburgh at the Warren" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1396333822850052098) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-23T05:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Im looking for story ideas Anyone have any good ones" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1397661162439913475) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-26T21:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Connecticut Service Plaza workers are going on strike all along I-95" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1397930356750249993) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-27T14:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@lennyflatley @KenSilverstein1 I heard Bernie took the towels too - just straight took them w/ him which I thought was awesome. Makes me wonder why my old Politico pod buddy Doverre buried the lede Bernie stole towels from hotel & didnt give a fuck - thats socialism in action" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1398116336157474821) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-05-28T03:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In a letter obtained by @PaydayReport @newsguild prez @gaufre told @WBNG32035 prez @fatimathefatima whose local represents the staff of several major unions that he did not want SEIU's staff union to affiliate because he didn't want to take on SEIU" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1400148848203517953) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-02T17:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@gaufre decision to shy away from sexual misconduct fight in representing SEIU staff union was appealed by @WBNG32035 to @newsguild international executive council which overruled @gaufre Its part of a growing trend of discontent w/ @gaufre leadership" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1400150298165923842) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-02T18:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Really Is coupon fraud a real thing" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1400223980867538944) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-02T22:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Had a blast hosting BBQ today - thanks to everyone who turned out" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1401713444798279682) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-07T01:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just saw this woman on tinder whose lede was I run a semi-legal Pierogi business" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1402329717231992840) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-08T18:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "They should be banned from MLB" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1404278035658985472) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-14T03:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@schwarz @v_zilber Who among us doesnt have that buddy that you got baseball games who bombed Cambodia illegally We all have friends like this - come on Jon" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1404927783147606017) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-15T22:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Problem of labor influencer journalism is that its told from a position of privilege - from the view of union staffers not workers" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1405321708089839618) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-17T00:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fireworks over PNC Park seen from the cliffs by my house" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1406083047817154560) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-19T02:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A Black socialist woman is about to become Buffalos new Mayor" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1407533737672388619) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-23T02:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "This is suburbs of DC" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1407536769160073216) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-23T03:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Federal records show that @nyguild has spent excessively on lawyers & high staff salaries over $150K In 2020 @nyguild doubled outside legal costs to over $600K for a 4000 person local" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1407718798245957646) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-23T15:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Blackstreet performing No Diggity at the free Western Pa Black music festival which has been wonderful this year" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1409266145358712834) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-27T21:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "At one point @newsguild prez @gaufre even called my father's boss @uenion prez Carl Rosen & told him (falsely) that I was suicidal. On why we are going to court against @newsguild leadership who won't come clean about sexual misconduct" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1409939701834809345) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-06-29T18:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I remember meeting the "legendary" @KenSilverstein1 as an awestruck 23-year old budding labor reporter so incredibly flattering to have Ken praise my work on his show. Give it a listen - its only XX minutes" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1410738027287048195) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-07-01T23:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ran into a real OG Oliver Onion w/ @JamesSantelli" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1411444313259745280) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-07-03T21:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Damn I cant believe that we got scooped on that" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1412597909380648964) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-07-07T02:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Few things upset me more than people who misspell it Pittsburg. Come on we are a major American city - spell our name correctly" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1412861748273635337) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-07-07T19:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "22 nursing unions across the globe call for the Olympics to be canceled due to COVID-19 risk" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1414647357254287361) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-07-12T18:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Many minor league players are facing homelessness this year as players making $500-a-week struggle to afford apartments Now @MiLBAdvocates is organizing players & fans to fight back & winning victories" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1418307206357950464) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-07-22T20:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Growing solidarity from fans shaming low wage minor league baseball teams is helping new organizing efforts like @MiLBAdvocates" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1418378416156549122) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-07-23T01:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "never forget - Joe Torre was very critical of Curt Flood & not supportive as a teammate" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1420223200479285251) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-07-28T03:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The Scabs are going back home to their kids who hate them #zing" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1420253056785133572) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-07-28T05:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I take a stomach medicine but due to drowsiness and fatigue issues has stopped. Hopefully Ill be fine in a week or so - staycation next two weeks & tbh just gonna sleep" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1422361086502871041) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-03T00:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "These stomach issues have made me to too sick & dizzy to be able to even really focus to watch TV. All I want to do now is lay in bed and listen to jazz. Any good jazz album recs" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1422980696189120514) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-04T18:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Sources say that Trumka died of a sudden heart attack at age XX. Like many labor leaders he gave his life to the labor movement & died at its post" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1423327444333957120) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-05T16:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Trumka's close relationship w/ Warren stemmed from General Counsel Damon Silvers who served as her deputy on the Congressional Oversight Panel of TARP. Trumka was her biggest advocate in Obama's ear to appoint her & AFL-CIO pushed them hard" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1423342223077384194) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-05T17:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just discovering this photo of Trumka WITHOUT a mustache" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1423692956247154690) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-06T17:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fact that white liberals still think Fetterman is viable after refusing to apologize for pulling a gun on an unarmed Black guy which angered so many Black activists in Pittsburgh shows how segregated our politics is" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1423701631942733824) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-06T17:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Talked to a SF construction worker who said he bought in Bernal Heights for $43k in 1978 on his apprenticeship salary in his 1st year in the building trades" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1423854555775832065) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-07T03:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As an autistic baseball junkie I am outraged by Omar Vizquel sexually assaulting a 23-year autistic bat boy. I've had guys pull this same kind of locker room sexual assault on me & it happens often MLB should ban Vizquel from ballparks for life" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1424155022196150275) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-07T23:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Watched a French resistance movie where they bought cauliflower on the black market. Imagine risking your life to buy cauliflower" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1424499375666040834) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-08T22:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In Lincoln Nebraska Family Dollar workers walkout-en-masse & quit. It comes less than a month after a sign of Burger King workers quitting in Lincoln went viral" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1424909718112329728) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-10T01:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@RyanDeto @PGHCityPaper Woah only $60-a-week for interns working XX hours a week so $4-an-hour How can @PGHCityPaper claim to be a voice of workers here in Pittsburgh and pay folks $4-an-hour" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1424924824883892225) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-10T02:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Its ILLEGAL for a for profit corporation like @PGHCityPaper to pay its intern $X an hour. At least McDonalds pays their folks $7.25-an-hour. @trashyleesuh & @RyanDeto are both management & got a lot of explaining to do" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1425196536246542347) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-10T20:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "At only $60-a-week @PGHCityPaper interns would be able to afford the bus or lunch at work. This is exactly why @trashyleesuh has run @PGHCityPaper into the ground w/ high turnover cuz they dont value their workers cuz they can always find cheap interns for $4-an-hour" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1425216294274703364) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-10T22:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "If @trashyleesuh doesn't pay all interns $XXXX an hour @PGHCityPaper in compliance w/ federal labor law we will contact DOL. @PGHCityPaper is a for-profit business& cant misclassify "reporters" as "interns" to avoid federal min wage. This is wrong" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1425269366296358915) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-11T01:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Just noticed on @Instacart that you can use EBT now to get groceries from @AldiUSA How much of federal EBT money is going to @Instacart each year Biden oughta say no EBT money unless Instacart follows federal labor law" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1425272714647023619) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-11T01:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I wont be flying these airlines" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1425318709086801927) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-11T04:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "For years folks like Brett Norman talked union at POLITICO when it was popular. Brett had my back when I have fired there X years ago. Damn good guy. May his memory be a blessing" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1425843833221300231) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-12T15:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Its the 6th anniversary of my firing from Politico for union organizing. Can u throw in a few bucks And help us take some time off" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1425920500006629377) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-12T20:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "6 years today I was fired union organizing at Politico & people told me that Id never work in journalism again. Crowdfunding gave me the autonomy & freedom as a labor reporter that I never had in corporate media" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1425921141382713350) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-12T20:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@LZatYT @BenjaminPDixon We already are seeing mass health care walk offs" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1426296412665487361) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-13T21:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Crossing the Clemente Bridge afetar a ballgame to blaring music. Best vibe of any ballpark in the US: PNC Park" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1426732140239142920) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-15T02:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As the grandson of an Italian immigrant who helped raise me the vibe at Pittsburghs Little Days makes me so nostalgic for the old dagos" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1429234262910308353) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-22T00:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Why not hold a portion of the Paralympics alongside the Olympics - disabled folks could use the viability" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1429965705978462211) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-24T00:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I watched "Platoon 317" written & directed by a French war reporter that was present at Dien Bien Phu. Still can't get my mind off that movie - best war movie ever made imho" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1432189435878248448) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-30T03:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We dont even provide air conditioning for our employees in the summer" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1432397882091622400) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-30T17:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@PaydayReport Our grantors were very happy with our work and were even willing to recommend us for future funding. Major publications in the U.S. like NPR & foreign publications like The Economist & Sydney Morning Herald have cited Payday Reports strike numbers" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1432795471685226503) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-08-31T20:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Wendys workers walkout in Kalamazoo walkout" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1433261014695489537) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-02T02:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "In August @newsguild canceled the release of a promised report on sexual misconduct in its leadership. The report was written by a Cop Union PR specialist. Several survivors who contacted union say that they weren't interviewed" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1433516402749710336) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-02T19:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "All these unions that are like these vaccines are a subject of mandatory bargaining Im like fuck that - how about your go canvass your members & get them vaccinated - youd build more power that way than whatever manipulative power you can build refusing to vaccinate" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1433898058681552896) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-03T21:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I just saw a womans tinder profile that was just her eating Swedish meatballs alone at IKEA" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1437103357915803654) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-12T17:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Alabama union effort bearing fruit in Amazons attempt to raise wages to $18-an-hour to fight of future union attempts" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1437731967429189638) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-14T10:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Today MLB celebrates Clemente Day. When Curt Flood sought union support in 1969 his team union rep told him to drop it. Others said it looked too racial. Even Reggie Jackson mocked him. Clemente arranged a meeting in San Juan & got the union on board" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1438138955296382983) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-15T13:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "And lets be clear when Jacobin is making $X million a year they need to pay their writers more than $XXX a story" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1438182833999253508) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-15T16:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "in 1969 players union was in middle of contract bargaining some players didn't want take up Curt Flood's case esp given racial issues. Clemente set up a meeting in San Juan & turned the tide for Flood #clementeday" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1438238352650682368) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-15T20:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Its Clemente Day & scores of Puerto Ricans have made their homage to Pittsburgh to pay their respects to Roberto Clemente" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1438264919208730628) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-15T22:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Its Clemente Day & scores of Puerto Ricans have made their homage to Pittsburgh to pay their respects to Roberto Clemente" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1438267557723746306) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-15T22:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "A new beer has been launched to pay tribute to Garment workers organizing in LA" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1438928878366494726) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-17T18:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Guy takes off his boots & throws them at a guy running on top of a train" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1439058066889220097) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-18T02:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@SayyidFB @kenklippenstein Whenever men tells an ableist joke like that about someone's physical appearance they are overcompensating for a lack of something else. have fun w/ your insecurities" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1441490301969784838) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-24T19:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Someone just drove by & shouted Mike Elk as I was walking into Squirrel Hill. Was it you" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1442288034477654024) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-27T00:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "38% of restaurant workers say they have faced more wage theft in 2021 than in 2020. Wage theft has been driving many retail worker walkouts. More in today's @PaydayReport newsletter" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1442605160442834945) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-27T21:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Workers across the US are striking in record numbers at retail outlets - just simply walking out. We need your help to do this story" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1442682498413125633) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-28T02:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Teamsters bus drivers are back on strike in Reno over unfair scheduling. They struck for XX days to win healthcare changes - now they are striking again" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1442946940749041665) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-28T20:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Who cares what Elon Musk thinks" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1442989301294370818) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-28T23:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Retail worker walkouts are happening everyday and we need your help to cover them. We are at the end of the month & could really use your helping hand" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1443361833834930176) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-29T23:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Sneak Peek: Boots Riley and I had so much fun talking yesterday. Cant wait to release the whole interview" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1443650169690546179) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-09-30T18:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Boots Riley signed up as a recurring donor to @PaydayReport and so should you. No better time to sign up than at this time of the month" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1445085009237381125) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-04T17:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "98% of workers authorized a strike today A strike could happen any day & inspire so many others" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1445178796538273793) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-05T00:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Organizers seek to rename Lee County Florida after Bruce Lee" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1445490829699661839) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-05T20:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "May his memory always be a blesssingg" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1445819923268177927) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-06T18:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "I was writing about IATSE strike then starting thinking about the West Virginia teacher's strike X years ago. Much like West Virginia an IATSE strike would be like lighter fluid for the strike wave that has seen 1580 strikes since March 2020" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1445852997703983113) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-06T20:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "TFW you are XX at a dance party of much younger people someone spills a beer on the dance floor & youre like I need to immediately tell someone to clean it up - someone could fall" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1447037507753938945) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-10T03:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "At the age of XX my parents just informed me that they are finally dropping me from the family cellphone plan as they switch to a senior citizen plan" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1447992869671874563) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-12T18:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "You love to see it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1448010544678592514) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-12T19:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "You know you are on the West Coast when" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1449215954093678593) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-16T03:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "On Friday Payday documented its 1600th strike since the pandemic began. Help us to keep counting them & traveling to document the worker uprising" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1449492700764389376) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-16T21:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Bernie texting support for striking John Deere workers" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1450233924307722244) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-18T22:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "@jamieson I dont agree Dave. Weve tracked over 1600 strikes since the beginning of the pandemic. Whats happening in retail worker walkouts is historic" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1450904904910794754) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-20T19:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@IATSE is struggling to sell its proposed tentative agreement to its members who are threatening to walkout anyways. My latest from LA #IASolidarity" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1450956331427401735) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-20T22:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "- Netflix Workers Walkout 3300 Pitt Faculty Unionize @SummerForPA Enters Congressional Race & more in this newsletter" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1450963705340911619) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-20T23:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@BenjaminPDixon talk how Black retail workers who are walking out en masse daily have been erased from #Strikotober narrative" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1451278575617777666) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-21T20:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Workers Are Furious. Their Unions Are Scrambling to Catch Up" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1453101247129661441) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-26T20:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre in which XX of our fellow Jews were murdered due to their support of immigrants rights. May their memories always be a blessing in the fight for racial justice" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1453444648647733258) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-27T19:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "May their memories always be a blessing #TreeofLife" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1453465588483952640) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-27T20:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Politico unionized We got the job done finally" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1454106841764532226) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-29T15:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "The logo of the union at Politico - you love to see it" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1454710402030481412) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-10-31T07:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "S much of the mental health issues in my life would be avoidable if I could just make a sustainable living as a labor reporter. The constant fundraising & precarity creates constant anxiety of all the plates coming crash down into ruin" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1455562413584097283) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-02T15:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "We just got $XXX into our West Virginia strike fund. Chip in & help us cover this crucial strike" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1455723108585836550) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-03T02:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Donate to help us continue to cover this crucial strike" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1456032775711203343) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-03T22:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements ".@NicholsUprising on why Murphys election is so important" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1456070427290259459) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-04T01:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Love the tint on Pittsburgh busses at night that makes it feel like youre in a club" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1457142850659958790) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-07T00:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Fetterman to appear on picket line w/ Scranton teachers tomorrow" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1457866375196721152) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-09T00:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "As @MarkAmesExiled once told me Payback is a dish best served cold" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1457872406362660866) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-09T00:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "WRONG of VICE's @timmarchman to infer @benyt on sexual conduct coverup in @newsguild is motivated by anti-union animosity when it follows up on my own reporting. Our reporting on sexual misconduct in @newsguild has repeatedly been labeled as anti-union & that's just wrong" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1458147670980235276) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-09T19:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "How it started vs. How's it going" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1458212161977819143) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-09T23:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Iowa Farmers Union board releases a statement backing John Deere workers in their strike" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1458480524771614721) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-10T17:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "What are some good overlooked foreign war fllms" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1460789202904309765) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-17T01:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "UPMC traps its own workers in medical debt w/ predatory rates. This woman has been fighting & trying to unionize there for XX years #upmcstrike" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1461428375675879427) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-18T20:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Tudors Biscuit is a larger chain of diners in WV and Eastern KY - this is YUGE" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1461476667977871363) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-18T23:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Jp Wright sent me this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1462827803569790980) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-11-22T16:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Striking steelworkers have been on strike for almost X months at Warren Buffets Special Metals. Now they have started projecting images calling out the company below Special Metals Christmas decorations" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1466108237548343305) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-12-01T18:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "BREAKING: Major League Baseball has officially locked out its players union. It's the first work stoppage in baseball since 1995. More details here" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1466272147408658432) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-12-02T05:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "With MLB locking out its players union it can no longer use images of current players. Instead old images of Clemente & Jim Bunning appear on their website. Both founded the player's union & would be pissed to see their photos used like this" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1466284666781118470) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-12-02T05:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Ugly to see so many union folks argue against human rights for baseball players because they make a lot of money. Post-pandemic baseball players should be able to live and work whereever they wanted" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1466800477983682563) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-12-03T16:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Leftly labor twitter has been really silent on the Baseball lockout & I worry its out of this elitist anti-sports mentality. Sports are great fun & huge cultural symbols that inspire people - winning this baseball battle will inspire other workers to fight back" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1466802430767677440) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-12-03T16:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements "Back on the road w/ @heyjohnrussell to cover the Strayer strike in Erie" [X Link](https://x.com/MikeElk/status/1468271227819208704) [@MikeElk](/creator/x/MikeElk) 2021-12-07T17:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
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Social topic influence has been 2.16%, drivers #1235, money 1.15%, mlb #3059, volkswagen #538, twitter 0.94%, all the 0.79%, over the 0.72%, fired #170, bernie sanders #209
Top assets mentioned Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Allegheny Technologies (ATI)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"Solidarity w/ @feliciasonmez who was suspended for tweeting about Kobe Bryant sexual assault allegations"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-01-27T20:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@guardian @SEIU @KathViner Since killing this story under legal threats @guardian hasn't given me any news assignments after giving XX stories as a freelancer in 2018. I called out their cowardice - that doesn't always sit well w/ folks"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-01-28T00:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I wrote back and told the producer "Out of respect for the XX Jews killed in my neighborhood at Tree of Life I won't be cooperating with Fox News. I believe in deplatforming hate. ""
X Link @MikeElk 2020-01-28T15:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@SEIU also asked me to preserve all communications as relevant evidence as part of its ongoing defamation lawsuit against SEIU whistleblower Njoki Woods. A lawsuit which many consider retaliatory as evidence backs up her allegations"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-01-30T01:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As a freelance journalist I will be forced to take weeks off of my freelance assignments and lose thousands of dollars as I pour throw documents interview transcripts and work with lawyers to prepare for my legal defense. Donate to our defense here"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-01-30T02:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@_ericblanc Wow thats a great metaphor"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-01-30T04:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"My Lyft driver just asked me if it was okay to pay Ben Shapiro. My answer an absolute no"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-06T02:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Folks about that forthcoming @PaydayReport endorsement of Bloomberg.:.(jk)"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-07T20:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@SummerForPA @ueunion @SEIUPA "Sustained attempts to center and build power in communities like mine have been difficult. If there was no tension with those who are currently comfortable in power then I'd be concerned that we weren't moving in the right direction." - @SummerForPA"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-11T22:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Whether or not you knew it or not we were having a great time together is the ultimate response after a bad tinder date"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-12T01:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The Culinary Union owns a massive health care insurance plan & hence are against Medicare-for-All. This is no different than union leaders opposing the Green New Deal"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-12T05:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Done. Do It"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-13T00:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@RyanLizza was fired from @NewYorker after a woman accused him of sexual misconduct. Yet here is saying Bernie Bros cost Bernie the endorsement of a corrupt union more on the sex pest @RyanLizza"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-13T00:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Who wants to get some viral donation energy going Just a few donations could mean a big push"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-15T23:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"So Allegheny County Labor Council Prez denounced local Democratic Party endorsement of a trump supporter but doesnt say anything about their refusal to endorse @SummerForPA the 1st black woman elected to the State House cuz she opposes fracking #smh"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-17T19:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Chefs Kiss"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-17T22:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Nationalize Baseball & install @fshakir as commissioner"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-18T00:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@zdroberts and I are only $XXX short of our goal for covering the South Carolina primary. Bernie is poised to win in SC and send a bolt of energy throughout #OrganizeTheSouth. Donate so we can cover it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-18T00:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@zdroberts who was beaten by police during Occupy Wall Street with a powerful ad against Bloomberg"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-18T05:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Wow 148k views on @zdroberts ad about how Bloomberg had cops target journalists for beating during Occupy Wall Street"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-18T21:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Never ceases to amaze me how the communities of color which have provided Bernie w/ his largest base of support are completely erased by white liberal critics. Project much anyone"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-18T21:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Elizabeth Warren my not win the primary but she won against sexual misconduct in the workplace tonite"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-20T02:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Elizabeth Warren is the MVP of tonite Win or lose she threw down on principle tonite"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-20T03:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Holy shit this is wild"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-22T15:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I really hope @davidsirota writes a book after this race cuz its gonna blow anything Sorsensen or Arthur Schleisinger wrote about JFK's campaign. @davidsirota has redefined what it means to be a muckracking journalist in this era of deep inequality but yet rising hope"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-24T02:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Trump denied my press credentials for his Charleston rally"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-26T15:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Donald Trump certainly doesnt want me in South Carolina but do you Donate to help us tell this story"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-26T20:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"All the more reason flight attendants need to be unionized"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-26T20:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Time to unionize"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-26T22:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Dick Van Dyke hasnt campaigned actively for a candidate since Eugene McCarthy in 1968 now hes opening rallies with Public Enemy and Sarah Silverman"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-27T02:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@amyklobuchar @mariyastrauss Help us continue to cover the primaries in the South. Donate today"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-27T17:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Donate so we can upgrade the website"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-02-28T02:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bernie isnt done in the South yet - were here in North Carolina where Bernie is poised for victory"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-01T01:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"WalMart worker Just Asia on why so many immigration issues relate to her"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-01T18:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@AriannaGenis @ConMijente @ChuckRocha @neidid @Rafael_Navar @CWAUnion Juan Miranda on how @ConMijente is building power in new but familiar ways"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-02T22:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@AriannaGenis @ConMijente @ChuckRocha @neidid @Rafael_Navar @CWAUnion "Its very easy to be exclusive unfortunately" says Cris Batista who says that as a queer black Dominican she feels like @ConMijente is a oolitical home. Must watch interview on the inclusive nature of @ConMijente that build power not just in politics but in culture"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-03T20:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@AriannaGenis @ConMijente @ChuckRocha @neidid @Rafael_Navar @CWAUnion "Spanish as a romance language is binary in terms of female and male pronouns and the members of @ConMijente & the members of language justice movement have been really good about including a gender neutral language into that space" says Cris Batista"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-03T20:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bernie is gonna have to take on Biden in the Rust Belt on trade not only will he beat Biden that way but he will beat Trump by focusing so heavily on trade to beat Biden in the Rust Belt"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-04T00:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bernie is doing a lot better in the South than in 2016 - this is seriously achievement for #OrganizeTheSouth"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-04T02:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Good to see Bernie hit Biden hard on trade and Social Security - thats how he wins the Rust Belt"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-04T03:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Warrens career is over - this is a permanent black mark"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-04T03:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The Latino energy for Bernie is gonna shift the media narrative a ton"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-04T04:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"My look at how young Latino labor leaders transformed the Sanders campaign. This is about more than jusr policy but Bernie doing deep organizing in the Latino community"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-04T04:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As someone who lives in the Rust Belt quite frankly Joe Biden is gonna have a rough time there. Trauma of mill closings is so raw for many of us & Bidens record is toxic on trade"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-04T07:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Everybody please chill out. Despair only hurts your efforts to organize. You have to stay positive upbeat and full of positive energy cuz youre gonna need it to beat the democratic establishment"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-04T08:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Given that Pittsburgh often has the worst air in the country & high asthma rates - Im really worried about how deadly Coronavirus could be there"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-04T19:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Lots of behind-the-scenes talks going on to get Warren to endorse Bernie. God we need that as a progressive left"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-05T00:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bernie praising Warren on Maddow and says hed like her in his administration. Sounds like they made a peace"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-05T02:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fuck the Lower Hill a historically African-American neighborhood is gonna be overwhelmed by a massive 3-in-1 concert venue that will cater mainly to white people"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-05T20:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If Bernie was repeatedly failing to remember the naming of Barack Obama MSNBC would be running this on a 24/7 loop"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-05T21:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I get off the airplane and immediately me and X other men rushed into the bathroom to wash our hands ASAP. Welcome to life in the age of the coronavirus"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-06T03:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The trumka quotes hitting Biden are buried in the end of this press release"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-06T18:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Catch it trash it kill it and unionize it - the @AFLCIO plan to fight coronavirus"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-06T18:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Congrats @stevesilberman - Neurotribes is a landmark book in terms of understanding neurodiversity"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-06T18:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is big right before Illinois primary"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-08T18:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"KEEP.HOPE.ALIVE. I believe that we can win"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-08T19:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Danny Glover has spent more than decade in Mississippi helping Nissan workers to unionize. My look at his involvement"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-09T00:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Jesse Jackson endorsing Bernie I feel like may be a turning point. Bernie may not win but like Jackson in XX - this primary should go all the way the convention and build multiracial coalitions that will last for decades to come"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-09T01:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""The senators sweeping critique of coverage has more merit than we in the media like to admit" - @benyt wow I'm really excited for @benyt reign in David Carr's old spot - Ben knows how workers are ignored in the media & how to fix it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-09T03:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is so beautiful - what Jesse did today was a statement on movement building"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-09T04:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This excludes the majority of McDonalds workers which are employed in franchises"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-10T21:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Biden is far worse than Kerry. Kerry at least had the whole Vietnam Veteran turned protester nostalgia going for him w/ some left leaning types. What does Uncle Joe have to fire up Bernie supporters"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-10T22:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Scott Walker had hundreds of union members for protesting legally at the Wisconsin State Capitol in 2011 #wiunion"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-10T22:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"There is a non-ableist way to talk about Bidens cognitive decline & threat it poses. The way to do it is with empathy experts & compassion. What Jacobin is doing is once again ableist"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-10T22:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I think Bernie has got to stay in this primary for as long as possible. There is no way Biden can win the violent outburst he had today - this will keep happening more & more"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-11T01:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""The narrative of Joe Bidens comeback was an irresistible story to the media one that often eclipsed the coronavirus never mind discussion of health care or poverty' - @benyt"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-11T02:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We gained so much power so much sense of identity as a group and organizing skills. Lets keep fighting for our ideals throughout the primary. Our march is a long one but ultimately a victory march"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-11T03:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""Substantial numbers of voters who have been convinced by Sanders on the issues have not been convinced to vote for Sanders" - smart @NicholsUprising on how polling shows Bernie won the idea war but not the elect ability argument"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-11T05:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Both Arizona and Puerto Rico are in the next two weeks - Bernie can win there Bernje can win those states and say hes staying in cuz Latino voters dont trust Biden on immigration. Apply pressure & force Biden to change in immigration"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-11T06:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bernie still won North Dakota last night despite lines like this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-11T13:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Sanders described Jesse Jacksons endorsement as the most meaningful moment of his campaign. Bernie has the opportunity to build a long lasting coalition with a primary of ideas"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-11T22:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I risked my life as reporter covering the drug war in Brasil to tell the stories of marginalized people & Id do it again. However going out for beer isnt worth risking anyones life. Individual consumerism wont save the economy but individual staying home will sabe lives"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-12T04:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"With my respiratory and asthma issues I stand a X in XX chance of dying if I get the coronavirus. Worse my weak lungs make me an easy carrier. Youre saving lives by staying in no matter how stressful your life is its better than death"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-12T04:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Some good news for indigenous and Italian-Americans alike as they scrapped Columbus Day for a day honoring an Italian-American nun considered the patron saint of immigrants"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-12T05:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"All this talk about "Bend the Knee" and "Queen'' shows how much damage Game of Thrones has done to our political discourse"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-12T13:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"When it comes to public health you can never be too cautious. A month of two of binge watching TV will save thousands of folks' lives. Do it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-12T14:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@TimothyS Between Coronavirus & Parasite Korea is really showing the rest of the world how to do things right"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-12T15:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Man I wish Bill Greider had been here to write about it today"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-12T20:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Truck drivers are increasingly 1099 contractors. To keep food and medicine moving they will he essential but so few truck drivers even have insurance these days"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-12T21:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Sports reporters should get released to cover coronavirus issues. Subscribe to your local paper it will save lives"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-12T23:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I was suppose to get an infected broken molar removed this week. I have to go to a dental clinic near a hospital area. Is it a good idea The antibiotics I got brought the sweeling down but an infection could mean a lot more time in hospitals much later"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-13T00:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Randomly found this bottle of hand sanitizer from @TexasAFLCIO"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-13T02:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Minor league baseball players who are exempt from min wage laws are getting laid off & driving food door-to-door during coronavrus to make ends meet"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-13T02:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Does anyone in Pittsburgh know where I can safely as someone whose high-risk get more toilet paper. Im under doctors orders to stay in but doubt I have enough toilet paper to last a week. Food Im fine any safe work folks predict"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-13T12:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As someone with a public health background it truly sucks me how many lefty well educated folks are dismissing outright dismissing the precautionary principle. Stop ordering delivery food. Stop having amazing send you stuff. Stay in your house and find hobbies to have fun"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-13T22:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"STOP BEING SELFISH STOP ORDERING INSTACART & AMAZON. THIS REQUIRES POOR WORKERS W/O INSURANCE TO GO ALL OVER TOWN SPREADING THE VIRUS. JUST STOP BEING SELFISH & JUST STOCK UP ON FOOD AND RIDE THIS OUT"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-13T23:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Some lefty types have said by not using these: you are hurting Instacart workers & local restaurants. This is like saying we shouldn't eliminate fracking cuz it hurts workers. Delivery people are key LETHAL vectors for COVID we need to decrease usage as much as possible"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-14T00:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Cities have a key role in playing in getting instacart to do better"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-14T01:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A lot of these people are gonna die and then kill other people"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-14T02:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is how happy we will be if we all just stay inside for a few weeks"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-14T02:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"And if nobody is nervous or scared my DMs are open. I covered a war countless deaths and lived through the death of my brothers. This is tough stuff but it will make you stronger. Be kind to yourself"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-14T04:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Chrysler workers go on strike after a coworker tested positive for coronavirus. Collective action is how we protect ourselves"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-14T04:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@AFTunion says that their union has cancelled every meeting where their members have to travel through the end of April"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-14T18:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Of course an asshole from Chattanooga would do this shit #OrganizeTheSouth"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-14T20:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I hadnt left my apartment in X days. Then today I left to throw out the trash and saw my neighbor Nolan from across the hall. Ive never felt happier to see another human being in my whole life"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-14T21:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If you want to support a restaurant buy a gift card online. Food & delivery workers are key vectors if coronavirus. You are speeding the pandemic when you do this. More info here"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-15T00:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ground all planes except emergencies Shut it down Shit everything down - its the only way to stop the spread of coronavirus"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-15T03:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Holy shit I just saw a medical student on Instagram stories bragging about going out to a new restaurant tonite. Wtf"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-15T03:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Jesus @billpeduto is talking about trolls on the left trying to politicize a crisis for simply demanding workers get basic protections and healthcare in this. Why is the Mayor of Pittsburgh complaining about trolls on twitter when we are in a crisis"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-15T06:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Talked to a friend who kept going out posting on social media despite warnings and got really pissed when I called them out. Coronavirus is revealing a deep crisis of narcissism where people are willing to hurt others in pursuit of what they want"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-15T10:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Postpone the primary. There is no safe way to hold an in-person primary right now. Even mail in ballots involve spreading germs. Let the elections wait a month and saves lives"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-15T11:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Sorry if Im retweeting so much redundant public health information. Its just with 19000 followers if I can just persuadea few dozen people to not use delivery drivers or go outside we can save a life. So please educate yourself and pass the word along"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-15T12:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A lot of people are in a state of denial right now. They cant accept that their lives will be dramatically different forever. As a former war reporter and disabled person different can mean pain but it can also mean growth. Dont get yourself overwhelmed"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-15T12:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@veenadubal Essentially people are outsourcing the risk of going out and contracting the virus to us for a few bucks says instacart driver @hashtagmolotov"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-15T13:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"With people too scared to go out and buy their own groceries Instacart drivers are putting their lives on the line to make a few bucks. Why wont gig companies give them safety gear and proper training"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-15T14:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Shit Biden just said undocumented alien"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-16T00:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Holy shit Bernie is being both funny and controlling the debate on Social Security"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-16T00:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Lets be honest Bernie was never gonna win as a Jew As the son of a Jew from New York who grew up in Pittsburgh & lived in the South I know how bad antisemitism is here. I've had so many people here in Pittsburgh ask me about his pushiness as like "Mike is he a nice guy""
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-16T02:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"There are other reasons as well but white Americans out in the Rust Belt and passive aggressive Southerners both black and white hate the cultural mannerism of Northeastern Jews too much. I know from having lived it in the South and in Pittsburgh"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-16T02:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@JonBowzerBauman @briebriejoy @SymoneDSanders @CNN @ChrisCuomo Jon Im pretty sure if we wait a month to hold a vote in Florida seniors will still turn out heavily for Biden. Biden sealed the deal tonite"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-16T04:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Duke Dining Hall Workers Are Demanding Fair Pay"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-16T13:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"So many garbagemen are gonna get terrible sick cuz of coronavirus. Those folks are taking their lives into their hands everytime they pick up your trash"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-17T06:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We are gonna have to organize to find ways to save restaurants. We are gonna have to organize to reimagine how we support community redevelopment after this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-17T06:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Watching this machine destroy this hillside seemed fitting metaphor for everything going on today"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-17T14:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The worst part is my mom is an art therapist who works with the intellectual disabled and the deaf. Art therapy isnt considered essential in time of pandemic. I think @mollycrabapple and others would disagree"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-17T20:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A friend was told by Amazon not to come back into work because a friend was suspected of having COVIB-19. Amazon wont let them work now until he gets a COVIB-19 test What recourse does he have to get financial help during this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-17T23:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just spoke to an Amazon delivery driver whose scared shitless and prefer to stay home. When you order on Amazon you're asking a delivery driver to have panic attacks all day. Important to keep in perspective"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-18T00:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"When is Bernie gonna propose a New Deal for writers and artists We're killed by this depression"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-18T00:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Over 6000 largely black non-union autoworkers are being forced in close to work at Nissan's plant in Miss. You got people sneezing inside of the vehicles. Its pollen season people have allergies laments Travis Park"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-18T09:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In 2017 @UAW lost a fight to unionize battle when Nissan and the Governor of Miss repeatedly threatened the plant would likely close if workers unionized. Now they are being forced to work during COVID-19 in a 6000 person factory making Altimas"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-18T10:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@mrdannyglover From a public health standpoint operating a 6000 person auto plant is a massive public health risk. I think making and buying cars isnt the most important thing. I dont think buying cars is peoples priority right now"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-18T10:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@mrdannyglover We need a union at Nissan Union shops are used to protect workers from s*** like this Mock wrote on his facebook page to his fellow co-workers"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-18T10:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im not too old for this shit jokes XX year old @mrdannyglover who was recently grabbing beers with workers in Jackson to talk organizing. Incredible story of fight back of Nissan workers"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-18T11:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Folks I got an SOS from Canton Miss last night and stayed up to write this. 6000 mostly black Nissan workers are being forced to make cars when they should be social distancing. Nissan had previously threatened to close plant if workers unionized"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-18T12:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im dealing with a fucking global crisis - @BernieSanders"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-18T22:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is why you dont order anything off of Amazon or get anything mailed to your house during #COVID19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-19T03:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Union bureaucrat @heyadiana who attacked Bernie for supporting Medicare-for-all now advocating for dangerous public health practice of keeping restaurants open during COVID-19. The narrow minded self-interest of some union bureaucrats never ceases to amaze me"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-19T14:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@PaydayReport broke the story of how Nissan was forcing 6000 workers to continue to work in Miss. through COVID-19 The article went viral; garnering over 300000 views. By X PM Nissan decided to close the factory. LABOR REPORTING CAN SAVE LIVES"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-19T18:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im trying to get a better asthma inhaler but my doctor has to see me in person and they arent seeing anyone unless its a major problem. They told me to go to an Urgent Care But doesnt seem safe option. What do folks recommend that I do Pollen is awful"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-19T23:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In the midst of COVID-19 Kentucky State Senate votes to slash $XXX billion from teachers pension fund unless teachers agree to benefit cuts"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-20T13:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Hey so I have very weak lungs & history of respiratory issues. Given my history Im scared to go to Aldis. Would anyone be willing to go on my behalf I can give you a list of what I need"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-21T20:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Her notepad is completely blank"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-22T12:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Pittsburgh trademark @primantibros sandwiches has created a program to get displayed kitchen workers job working for grocery chain Giant Eagle"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-22T15:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"What was labor reporting like before COVID-19 Im struggling to remember. I get constant messages from workers from workers in risk. Ive covered a war countless mass workplace deaths a Jewish massacre but never felt so overwhelmed w/ totality of a crisis as COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-23T14:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I lost my older brother to cancer when I was XX. He was XX. He wanted to be a writer & I took low wages to pursue a dream that he couldn't. Everyday since his death has felt like X extra day - We'll see a lot of death but if you survive go after your dreams - life is short"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-23T17:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ireland just nationalised their private hospitals to deal with COVID-19 outbreak"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-24T16:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"No General Strike can ever be organized (that's union bureaucrat nonsense) They happen when the feeling is so strong that folks have said enough. Who could have predicted or planned the teachers strike Nobody. They happened cuz some folks dared to dream big"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-24T16:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Too many labor leaders see their job as building consensus & placating cautious union bureaucrats Real labor leadership can only come from the rank-and-file willing to risk it all. General Strike is already happening in so many workplaces over COVID-19. We're so close"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-24T16:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If only Harvard's dining hall workers were able to keep their health care during COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-24T17:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Britney Spears for General Strike Its time America"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-24T18:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Yes Bernie is bringing it every night and building the foundations of an agenda"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-24T21:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A non-union Publix grocery workers tested positive for COVID-19 and like 92000 other Publix employees has no paid sick days"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-24T22:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Amazon warehouse in Shepherdsville Ky. hit with X COVID-19 cases DO NOT ORDER THINGS ON AMAZON - WORKERS WILL RISK THEIR LIVES TO SEND THEM"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T00:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@AndyBeshearKY @propublica While Ford has shut down its 10000 person @UAW plant in Louisville non-union manufacturers across the state are using loopholes to claim "essential" to stay open @AndyBeshearKY is facing criticism over a hotline to report abuse that doesn't work"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T01:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"2 UAW members died of COVID-19. Assembly lines are fight close quarters many are still open and deemed "essential services" A lot more workers will die"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T02:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Whenever someone is needlessly killed in the labor movement we all grieve as union members. May the memories of these X @UAW members be blessing for workers everywhere"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T02:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I cant work anymore. I gotta go to bed. See everyone in the morning - remember nothing is more important for your immune system than sleep"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T03:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Buses are free now in Pittsburgh See how quickly things can change"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T04:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Negro League Baseball Museum needs your help to stay afloat during COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T04:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is a shot in the arm to the whole labor movement here in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh is a union town & will shut it down to beat COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T12:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Black non-union poultry workers at @PerdueFarms in Georgia went on strike over safety conditions"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T13:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Props to @LizKilmerWPXI for risking her life to cover black garbage workers striking over lack of protective equipment & hazard work for their work during COVID-19. Folks like @LizKilmerWPXI are showing a lot of courage and inspiring other reporters - hats off"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T14:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bus drivers in Birmingham have gone on strike over unsafe conditions as well"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T14:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Naval shipyard workers in Maine have gone out on wildcat strike"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T14:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"You better believe if a General Strike is going down Pittsburgh is gonna throw down. Pittsburgh is the birthplace of both the AFL and the CIO - this is the heartland of organized labor - yinzers don't fuck around"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T14:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In W.V. Teachers' strike teachers in Logan and Mingo County began in Dec of 2016 on one or two-day rolling strikes. These smaller strikes demonstrated that teachers could teachers defy state law w/o consequences & win mass public support"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T18:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Much like how few predicted the mass wave of #Red4Ed teachers' strike many labor observers believe that the labor movement has found itself unexpectedly in the early stages of a mass general strike wave in the era of COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T18:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Hearing that @ilwu dock workers in Oakland refused to work today until the company brought in workers to clean their worke area"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T19:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Sheetz gives workers $3-per-hour raise due to COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-25T23:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fuck these people"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-26T00:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Few other options when your in quarantine by yourself"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-26T00:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"My President Bernie Sanders. If Joe wont debate Bernie again on the COVID-19 he should just drop out"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-26T01:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"New York court rules that postmaster workers & other app workers are considered employees for the purpose unemployment insurance. This court decision will save lives"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-26T16:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ever notice how all the left elite know everything about the England and its politics but have never spent any time in Appalachia or the Rust Belt"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-26T17:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As a left journalist living in my hometown Pittsburgh Im always offended when I visit DC or NYC for work and people are like Why do you live in Pittsburgh. The coastal elitism of the left press has really constrained to reach you know actual workers"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-26T17:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"What are overlooked baseball movies"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-26T19:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Man I just watched some guys high five and hug outside of my house and it felt like I was watching a crime"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-26T20:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Shit COVID-19 bailout only includes aid for cities with more than 500000 people. Pittsburgh (population 300000) wouldnt qualify"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-26T21:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Every reporter I know is exhausted - our phones are ringing constantly w/ crises. Dont feel guilty to triage & talk time to relax. You can only help people when youre rested and focused. If u work 14-16 hours take a day off within a day or two like I am today. Solidarity"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-26T22:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Not gonna lie it hit me hard on Opening Day that there was no baseball. Next to the labor movement nothing has brought me as great joy & grounding in my life as watching baseball every night"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-27T01:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Our essential logistical workers need gear now"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-27T02:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is part of a growing strike wave nationwide"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-27T03:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@SeraMak @Teamsters "They're not gonna shut the building down" Brown said. "I done watched a supervisor have a heart attack up in there and die. And all they did was move the body over" - really great reporting from @SeraMak"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-27T04:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The strike comes as a massive unprecedented wave of wildcat strikes have hit the US. Workers are starting to walk out a general strike rarely seen in the US"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-27T04:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Memphis workers join a growing wave of wildcat strikes of workers being forced to work through COVID-19 in what many see as the beginning wave of strike action that the United States has not seen since the great General Strikes of 1930s. My look"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-27T07:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Big thanks to my high school class president for picking up my medical marijuana for me cuz I cant leave the house due to my asthma Thank god for weed to get you through a pandemic"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-27T19:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"It used to be as a labor reporter that you'd be busy if there were 4-5 strikes in a week. Now there are 10-12 strikes a day AT LEAST. I keep hearing stories of new ones. Pass it on - SOLIDARITY"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-27T20:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just found out that my dad has been hospitalized again after being hospitalized earlier this winter for a month. The hospital wont let me visit him. I machine a lot of folks are going through this with their parents right now - Solidarity"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-27T23:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Head of TSA workers union in Knoxville is ill and had contact w/ man who tested positive for COVID-19. However he still cant tested - @tatecurtis has the story"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-27T23:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A GoFundMe page has been launched to support his family of X. Already more than $24000 has been raised for the beloved shop steward"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-28T02:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Trump turned to A-Rod for advice on COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-28T03:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@gabrielwinant People forget what an Appalachian city we are"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-28T04:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Its my first true day of doing no work at all in X weeks and god does it feel good. Reporters gotta rest too"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-28T18:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ryan was one of X bus drivers in his transit system that has tested positive for COVID-19 so far"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-28T18:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Grubhub spends money to promote ads to use them to call delivery workers but doesnt provide COVID-19 protections"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-28T21:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"After the pandemic is over. Im gonna go bowling. Time to really start living when this over & start bowling more"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-29T00:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"2 more @UAW members at Chrysler have died of COVID-19; bringing the total number of dead to X. Chrysler workers have to go on a wildcat strike to stop their assembly lines"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-29T20:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Awww 97-year-old Latrobe woman livestreams baking lessons on Facebook to keep people upbeat during COVID19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-30T00:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@crampell The union representing workers have issued a statement criticizing the way the company rehired its employees"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-30T01:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Woah theyve done so well taking on COVID-19 that they are playing baseball in Korea again. Somewhere in the world they are playing baseball and there is hope"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-30T02:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"On March 11th Federal health officials told Amazon to begin screening for temperature and COVID-19 symptoms. Amazon refused"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-30T03:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"People are hurting"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-30T16:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@MineWorkers warned that cramped coal mines were breeding ground for COVID-19 as they remain open as essential businesses Now X Western Pa coal miners at CONSOL have tested positive for COVID"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-30T17:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"General Electric workers making aviation equipment walked off the job Monday in Lynn Mass"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-30T17:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Amazon covered up XX COVID-19 cases in its warehouses"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-30T18:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Big thanks to @greenhousenyt for citing in @nytimes our work @PaydayReport on the wildcat garbage workers strike in Pittsburgh. This is 3rd time this year NYT has cited us. For a small labor publication we have a big impact"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-30T21:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@RWDSU calls out Amazon for firing the leader of a Staten Island Warehouse strike today"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-31T00:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Amazon workers in Chicago go on another walkout"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-31T02:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Growing up in a majority African-American school with a significant Jewish and Italian influence the people I grew up were blunt. Ive always struggled getting along w/ suburban white folks. Theyre so passive aggressive & self loathing when called on their shit"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-31T19:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This has hurt my career. Suburban white kids who find Marx run the left press and whose parents subsidize their lifestyles have always hated me for calling them on their hypocrisy about low wages in left press. These folks particularly around Jacobin really hate me"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-31T19:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Wow Korean baseball is such a faster moving game than American baseball and way more lively - a lot more flair As one fan described it watching MLB is like watching an opera whereas Korean baseball is more like Rock N Roll. Im really digging the KBO"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-31T20:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A largely immigrant workforce will give their lives to keep us feed"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-31T23:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ever since other people have started doing my grocery shopping for me due to my asthma I've been eating a lot healthier. Like I'm really worried people buying my groceries for me will judge me"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-31T23:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Recently I saw my old-coworker @JakeSherman in S.C. chewed him out called him a scab for how he smeared me when I was illegally fired for talking union @politico Then told him I felt sorry that he felt so insecure that he has to suck up to power in ways like this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-03-31T23:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"After XX workers tested positive or COVID-19 over 1000 @UFCW members walked off the job to demand better safety conditions"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-01T03:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A massive strike wave is upon us"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-01T23:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Update the pork shoulder came out amazing Thanks everyone for all the advice on what to do when you unexpectedly acquire a pork shoulder"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-01T23:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@bigblackjacobin Amazon has been killing workers for years - its part of their business model"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-02T03:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Wasteworkers in Balitmore went on a wildcat strike today"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-02T04:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"After XX Test Positive for COVID-19 Nurses in Western PA Walk Off Job"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-02T06:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Korean baseball player donated $1000 each to XXX minor leaguer players who are only getting paid $XXX a week during the COVID-19 shutdown"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-02T18:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Las Vegas Clark County suspends union contract for 9000 health care workers at University Medical Center citing COVID-19. If unions dont take action employees will use the crisis to take action against unions"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-02T20:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Georgia Pacific estimates that Americans will use XX% more toliet paper cuz they are working at home instead of work Interesting story on commercial vs consumer toliet paper markets"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-02T23:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Trader Joe's is continuing to force its manager to run union busting campaigns during COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-03T03:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@willmenaker @DavidAstinWalsh is a good guy whose spent a lot of time in the trenches. What the fuck man why attack a brother in the movement who as a fellow Sanders supporter is making a good point about how Sanders erred"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-03T20:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Hate when east coast media people are like "oh you live in Pittsburgh interesting.' Gorgeous hills and rivers unlike anywhere else in US the highest philanthropic per capita investment in the arts of any city in the US. This is my hometown & its a world-class city"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-03T21:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"My look for @theprospect at how non-union Delta's lack of concern for safety precautions is helping to fuel a union drive there"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-03T21:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Union busting is a pathology. No matter what union busters will always union bust even in a pandemic. Its a pathology"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-04T01:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Does anybody know who made this incredible poster"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-04T02:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Filipino crew members dies of COVID-19 on Grand Princess - promoting protests from the union"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-04T05:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@LiddleBrother @hashtagmolotov @AldiUSA Id be interested in writing on this. My DMs are open & contact info in my bio"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-04T20:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If youre a worker @AldiUSA facing poor conditions contact us @PaydayReport and well investigate"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-04T21:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The French downplayed the roles of Spanish Civil War refugees in the liberation of France but they played a major role and where some of the Free French best and most experienced troops"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-06T04:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fairmont West Virginias hospital going to close in the middle of COVID-19. @RWDSU is protesting"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-06T16:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Shut it down. Shut it all down"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-06T17:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Auto parts workers go on wildcat strike in Chicago suburbs"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T01:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"1/3 of people under the age of XX have lost their job as result of COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T02:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"4.000 painters to join strike of 13000 carpenters in Mass"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T03:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"4 grocery workers have died of COVID-19. Will their sacrifices be remembered after the pandemic"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T05:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Experts say that perhaps as much as XX% of COVID-19 deaths arent being reported"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T15:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"People will die because they went in person to file out unemployment forms"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T15:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just heard of a non-union strike at a Refresco bottling plant where worked off the job. Top management came out to the parking lot to talk workers & fired the boss on the spot that the workers didnt like. A lot of job actions being underreported"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T17:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"May her memory always be a blessing to trade unionists everywhere"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T17:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Sheet Metal Workers strike & refuse to work at South Philly casino site"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T18:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"May his memory be blessing to workers everywhere"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T18:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Emergency response status would also qualify grocery store workers for free childcare in many states"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T20:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@ceprdc @hj_rho @hayleycbbrown @ShawnFremstad - XX% of all frontline workers are people-of-color. - 1/3 of all low income workers live in low income household - XX% are over the age of XX - XX% are immigrants. -"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T22:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Most of the strikes we have seen so far have been in the South Northeast & Rust Belt. Could this be a reflection of West Coast states taking more effective measures to protect workers Are there West Coast strikes we are missing"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-07T23:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"They should have unionized"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T00:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"May his memory always be a blessing for troublemakers everywhere"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T01:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Corporate media is taking the horse race approach to covering COVID-19. Too focused on daily count of cases while ignoring workers taking matter into the hands. This helps workers tell the strike wave that is saving lives"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T02:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Stand in Solidarity w/ @anchorunionSF beer workers demanding hazard pay for brewing beer during COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T02:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If you quit your job cuz of COVID-19 you can still get unemployment benefits. Pass it on"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T02:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bernie Sanders gave the labor movement new energy to break away from the Democratic Party. This revolution will not end for some time to come"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T16:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Dont Mourn Organize"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T16:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Both these things can be true: 1.) Corporate elite played dirty in hurting Bernie 2.) Toxic left twitter culture prevented us from expanding the coalition"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T17:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@moorehn Im a Bernie supporter and I even find it over the top. Bernie bass is obviously much broader than this particularly in the Latino community but the media narrative was driven by these trust fund kids on twitter. And they hurt Bernies movement in a big way"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T18:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Hearing likelihood of wildcat nurses strikes is high tomorrow. Unions are mobilizing for a massive nationwide protest infront of hospital tomorrow. They are encouraging people to drive by and honk in support"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T19:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I am gonna stop eating meat for the rest of COVID-19 pandemic. Meat packing plants are ticking time bombs for COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T21:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@ConMijente bringing on a powerhouse trio in @neidid @Analilia_Mejia & @Rafael_Navar for #FueraTrump. I profile their landmark work on winning overwhelming the Latino vote for Sanders"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T22:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Noam Chomsky is XX and still kicking"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-08T23:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"5 Wildcat Strikes Added to Our Map XX Strikes This Month in a Record Strike Wave"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-09T00:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A @UFCW meatpacker died of COVID-19 in Greely Colorado. Last week 1000 largely immigrant meatpackers went on strike over unsafe conditions there"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-09T01:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Albany Georgia has seen a massive spike in COVID-19 deaths because of the huge concentration meat packing plants in the area. X meatpacking workers have already died"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-09T01:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"On Tuesday nine employees at a Los Angeles Dominos where a coworker tested positive for COVD-19 joined McDonalds protesters in walking off the job. THIS IS WHY YOU DON"T ORDER TAKEOUT"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-09T01:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"3 more wildcat strikes added to our strike trakcer this evening. More than XX wildcat strikes in the last month"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-09T01:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Amazon Workers in the Philly suburbs go on strike over unsafe conditions"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-09T03:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just spotted a big pack of toilet paper in the backseat of my neighbor's parked car. And I'm like "Shit why would someone leave toilet paper like that out in plain sight It could get stolen""
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-09T18:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Lets be clear. Protests petitions dont do much in pushing capitalists. Strikes do which is why if we are gonna push Biden we gotta build this massive strike wave"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-09T20:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"everybody is a labor reporter now. Its been fun/funny to watch. Wildcat strikes are being undercounted cuz people call in sick en masse or union reps are hesitant to call it a strike for legal reasons & reporters who don't get the hood wink nod of what union reps are saying"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-09T20:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"For all the people rushing to Lowe's to do home improvement work remember workers working there will die from lack of social distancing"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-10T02:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"While we are undergoing a mass strike wave "hot shop" organizing that doesn't build deep structures can have its shortfall. Interesting piece from @OrganizingWork"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-10T05:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"UPDATE: Weve now identified XX strikes that have happened in the last month"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-10T05:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Weve now identified XX strikes over the past month"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-10T10:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In Pittsburgh we as yinzers are proud to have invented the world 1st radio station @KDKARadio. @WendyBellPgh telling a transplant recipient that she "values money more than his life" in her calls for an end to COVID lockdown is a stain on the values of the city I love so much"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-10T19:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""They don't know what is going to happen because many people are unemployed right now and so they don't want to lose their job but also they don't want to risk their health or their lives" - Magaly Licolli an organizer w/ Venceremos in NW Arkansas"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-10T21:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"There were over XX wildcat strikes in last month that @PaydayReport discovered Labor economists like @nihsaingh06 think its a severe underestimate. Industry analysts are reporting high rates of sick-outs forcing employers to preemptively close plants"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-10T22:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"'I'd be shocked if there's not a strike" says Union president at Navy's biggest shipyard says after company's response to coronavirus #StrikeWave"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-11T01:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"No other outlet has created map that illustrates and documents how big the strike wave is. Donate today so we can keep going"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-11T02:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Hearing Chicago transit workers are walking off the job tonite"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-11T04:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"All that pent up energy from not being on the picket line during the strike wave is gonna come out"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-11T05:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The labor movement is being put to the test like its never been put before and god Im glad Im here to cover This is gonna be a hell of a fight"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-11T05:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fuck I barely slept all week while plotting this interactive map. Then I got XX hours of sleep last night and feel like a new man"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-11T19:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Delivery Drivers at Pizza Nova in Chicago struck yesterday over unsafe conditions"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-12T19:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Multiple meatpacking plants have seen outbreaks affecting XXX or more people. Many strikes and huge sick outs according to industry analysts. Dont be surprised to see meat shortages this year"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-12T19:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"More than XX plant employees have tested positive for the virus. The plant initially refused to close largely at the direction of the federal government"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-12T20:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Who wasnt sick today in Pittsburgh from the air I certainly was & it was scary as fuck in the middle of a pandemic Gotta reduce emissions at US Steel Clariton Coke Works during the pandemic. Data shows if we dont we run higher chances of sudden outbreaks @SmellPGH"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-13T05:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Jesus they literally sat the dead body in a chair next to bodies in a bed"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-13T23:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I never got punk rock as someone who grew up in a heavily African-American & multiracial urban setting. It always seemed like angry suburban white people music (I know there have been some prominent black punk bands) but It just wasnt cool or danceable music where I grew up"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-14T00:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""30 percent of all wages and salaries in the South more than $XXX billion are earned in seven industries that rely on sustained levels of household spending and so are easily disrupted' @Gregkaufmann on the vulnerability of the Black Belt"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-14T01:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Over XX strikes since the covid-19 strike wave began"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-15T03:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As a colleague reminds me every strike that we are tracking is important taking time off when youre sick so Im glad Im doing it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-15T03:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@pblest Net worth of $XX million and a masters of public policy from Georgetown - this guy isnt some uneducated rube. This is a cold hearted capitalist whose willing to kill people for profit"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-15T04:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Were the only news org tracking the strike wave. Donate to help us keep covering them"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-15T04:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Whats up w/ restaurants in the North not having hot sauce When I came back from down South it seriously shocked me how often restaurants dont have hot sauce and if they did how terrible and weak it was. The South has got it right on hot sauce"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-15T22:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"17 million have filed for unemployment due to COVID-19. More than half have yet to receive a dollar in unemployment"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-15T23:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Tyson chicken workers in Waterloo Iowa go on mass sick out strikes to protest unsafe conditions"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-16T05:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Toilet Paper mill in Maine explodes under heavy capacity work form COVID"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-16T05:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"At age XX when I was going to journalism school in Rio de Janeiro"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-16T23:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The rhetoric of anti-lockdown people mirrors that of the people who always are pro-war in the US. For some people its always okay for other people to die"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-18T08:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Looking for new TV series recommendations (love foreign stuff too)"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-18T20:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Nooooo The O was such a key part of my childhood. In the summers we used to bus down there together as kids and order extra large fries and bullshit for hours. I still go there w/ my childhood friends It was heaven - Ill miss it so much"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-19T01:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A very special 4/20 Eve to @stevesilberman - legalize gay marijuana - the good stuff"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-20T03:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We suspect the media is ignoring hundreds of strikes. Striking workers are saying they cant media outlets to cover them while assholes w/ guns are getting tons of coverage. Check out our map w/ links to stories on XXX strikes"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-20T03:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Heinz workers being denied PPE at its factory in Holland Michigan complains their union @RWDSU"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-21T19:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Note rich suburban white kids love to lecture others often wrongly on the labor movement cuz they are rich kids & they know everything"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-22T02:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@_waleedshahid Solidarity man sorry to hear it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-22T02:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Exciting to see @andrewperezdc & @davidsirota teaming up again. Just these X reporters alone will have more impact than most newsrooms given how agreesive they are - so excited"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-22T22:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@mehdirhasan @krystalball Mussolini actually made the trains worse - this is a total myth thats been debunked so many times"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-23T17:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Few things that I hate worse in the labor movement that hero worshipping. Growing up in the @ueunion I was always taught labor leaders should always put rank-and-file first everywhere. Many union PR people will insist on you interviewing union bureaucrats over rank and file"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-23T18:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As an autistic whose very social I HATE having to explain to people Im autistic. Oh I know but I seem so social thats because I spent more than XX years in therapy learning how to be social"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-23T19:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Silver lining of COVID-19 every reporter is being trained how to cover workplaces. This is gonna lead to more labor coverage overall"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-23T20:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Left press power structure is like academia. Tons of freelance labor & only a few full time top spots. To get full time gigs many shut up about abuses of freelancers. Worse they join in the smears or critics like me. But if it helps one worker its worth it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-24T00:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Left press power structure is like academia. Tons of freelance labor & only a few full time top spots. To get full time gigs many shut up about abuses of freelancers. Worse they join in the smears or critics like me. But Im honest man what you see is what u get"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-24T00:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"At this point in time the UAW does not believe the scientific data is conclusive that it is safe to have our members back in the workplace said UAW President Rory Gamble"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-24T13:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Workers across the United States have already gone on work stoppages across the US o force at auto plants. With the UAW reluctant to reopen the plant the threat of workers going on strike is very real"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-24T13:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A text from my parents of the Elk Brothers watching the rain"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-24T21:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Thanks to everyone who reached out in the past day. These smears whenever I speak up about hypocrisy & elitism in left press can be overwhelming. They are especially hard when they go after people I care about or work w/ as a way to isolate me. Thanks for solidarity folks"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-24T23:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@UrOrientalist Theyve been accused of wage theft numerous times. I hear they pay $XXX a story"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-25T00:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The crowds of #wiunion was 30x the size of this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-25T02:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Watching a movie set in the late 90s where they are using Alta Vista as a search engine. Internet was so magical in the mid 90s when it took off"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-25T06:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im gonna still vote against a Trump but that doesnt mean that We shouldnt cover the allegations against Biden. Biden needs to be held accountable for this even if he is the nominee. It sets a much broader movement example"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-25T16:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Anybody know who made this graphic Its epic"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-25T21:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"An apartment building that clearly used to be a Steelers bar"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-25T23:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"My gray hairs are really showing with my hair grown out. Finally looking the part of a veteran labor reporter.(checks notes).34"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-26T02:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Most outlet's labor COVID-19 stories are being kept behind paywalls. Reporting on Strikes is public health information - workers are trying to save their own lives"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-26T13:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@axios promoting paid content by Walmart claiming that they are keeping their workers safe"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-27T01:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A link to Axios content sponsored by @walmart whitewashing their record on workers rights"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-28T13:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Weve tracked XXX strikes so far in our covid strike tracking map"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-28T15:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"OMG OMG @se4realhintonc the author of The Outsiders just retweeted me I cant believe this - Im such a huge fan of hers"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-28T18:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Look how full that strike map is. Over XXX strikes across the US"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-28T19:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"145 strikes now up on strike map"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-28T20:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Trump's order to keep meatpacking plants open is one of desperation. Meat shortages likely would make Trump look awful. Every American loves red meat. However Trump can't won't be able to stop workers from walking off the job"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-28T20:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Nurses outside of San Diego go on strike to demand PPE"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-28T20:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I'm only XX followers short of 20000. Can anyone amplify this and help me pass this plateau"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-28T20:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"60 Chicago scrap yard workers strike to shut down site after co-worker dies of COVID-19"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-29T01:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"My latest on what immigrant hurricane clean up workers can teach us about reopening post-covid"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-29T20:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Big thanks to @HCheadle & @Vice for profile @PaydayReport strike tracker"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-30T00:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Today's newsletter: - After X workers died of COVID JBS threatens to sue @UFCW for defamation - Greensboro Transit Worker strike - Meatpackers Protest Minn. Gov. - Truckers Strikes Brewing Next"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-30T01:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@_ericblanc Crucial at the end of the day we are all we got"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-30T03:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"H/t @alaw202"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-30T09:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Really proud that with our readers tips @PaydayReport has been able to identify over XXX strikes. Putting a number on it is so crucial to showing how UNPRECEDENTED the strike wave is - over XXX strikes"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-30T10:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"150 wildcat strikes vs. a handful of ReOpen rallies. So thankful for @VICE for profiling how @PaydayReport strike tracker has helped illustrate the intensity of the strike wave"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-30T10:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Compare map of wildcat strikes vs. much smaller ReOpen rallies"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-30T14:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Strike wave is likely to intensify as employers try to force workers to return to work"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-30T14:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I have quit eating meat as well. I cant ethically ask someone to risk their live just so I can eat pork chops"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-30T15:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Postal worker shot over accusations of undelivered stimulus check which Trump admin has delayed"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-30T19:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"My heart goes out to shop stewards at meatpackers. These folks are fighting everyday to save lives"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-04-30T22:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Under @harrispolitico leadership they were forced to pay me $70000 for illegally firing me for talking union at Politico"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-01T01:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Another rural meat packing plant where more than XXX workers have tested positive"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-01T08:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Over XXX strikes over the past two months. Happy May Day everybody"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-01T13:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The former Obama-era chairman of the @NLRB does paintings of working folks"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-01T14:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This May Day can we please have a moratorium on assigning rich kids to write long explainer pieces on why labor is so important. Send them out to do actual reporting - you know talk to real live workers"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-01T15:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"33% of all meat production is shut down cuz of COVID. Trump is forcing them back to work cuz sadly meat rationing would be a huge political embarrassment to him"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-01T15:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Yet another May Day has come & gone without US labor unions really embracing May Day like every other labor movement in the world"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-01T15:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Quick easy recipes involving in tofu Anyone"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-02T00:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Incredibly honored to see Esquire highlight @PaydayReport COVID strike tracker. Thanks to everyone for sending in tips - we are helping to change the conversation to focus back on workers. thanks @CharlesPPierce"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-02T10:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Mexican immigrant making PPE went on strike in Chicago suburbs w/ after their employer tried to force them to work after a co workers death"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-02T10:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""While XX% of South Dakota is white XX% of its cases are from people of color; suggesting that COVID-19 outbreaks have disproportionately affected the heavily immigrant meatpacking workforces. ""
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-02T11:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""While XX% of South Dakota is white XX% of its cases are from people of color; suggesting that COVID-19 outbreaks have disproportionately affected the heavily immigrant meatpacking workforces. ""
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-02T11:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""This is the ultimate Both Sides story. Joe Beergutz wants his burger and fries so the people at the meatpacking plant have to die. Cover both sides then." - @CharlesPPierce"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-02T11:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Yesterday NPRs @onthemedia cited on-air on Paydays Strike Tracker Map and cited our media critique. (see around 17:40)"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-02T17:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@onthemedia Thanks everyone our crowdfunding and crowd souricng of strike tips has forced the mainstream media to critique itself in their bastion of power: NPR"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-02T17:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@benyt I would of course rather see the famous inflatable rat outside Googles offices than my newsroom. Thats where the money is." - @benyt on how unions and industry should join together to take on Google and Facebook over ad revenue"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-04T01:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"HOLY SHIT - @NicholsUprising has a new book out Folks this is not a drill"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-04T02:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"PBS should pick up Korean Baseball - it would be doing a massive public service as a symbol of hope to so many right now. We will return to this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-04T03:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I literally took a X hour nap after work today so that I could stay up late to watch Korean Opening Day"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-05T04:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"1st pitch of Opening Day baseball in Korea and wow I couldnt be happier"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-05T05:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Whose still up watching Korean Baseball This rocks"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-05T06:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"TV series recs Looking for something new to binge watch"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-06T00:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"No one gets involved in labor movement to read snarky takes folks wanna read about what workers are feeling. We really have to dethrone "lefty labor journos" who see themselves as the messiah genius of the labor movement Really dangerous"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-06T22:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As a labor reporter trying to keep up with stories now is like drinking water out of a fire hose"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-07T00:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The Economist cites @PaydayReport Strike Tracker Our little worker funded publication has bursted through the corporate media bubble"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-07T17:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Top XX COVID Hotspots Are All in Meatpacking Towns"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-07T22:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is hysterical"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-08T03:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Folks donate to @nlbmprez - its so important that we maintain Negro Leagues Baseball History to understand this country. Donate today"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-08T04:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@crowsrepository @nlbmprez @politico @PaydayReport People forget that Satchel Paige paved the way for Curt Flood. Paige formed his own ballclubs in protest of low pay & poor conditions. Paige was more than a pitcher of all times - he was a pioneer for civil rights in the 30s"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-08T05:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Wow i was just watching @SimplyAJ10 interview from Japan w/ @PerezEd & @karlravechespn on KBO on ESPN then @SimplyAJ10 retweets my plea to donate to @nlbmprez. The Negro Leagues historiesof resilience will be so vital after pandemic. Help them out"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-08T07:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fruit Packing workers in Washington struck yesterday"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-08T14:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@trashyleesuh @RyanDeto The yellow on top of the red is triggering memories of photos of Altoona Pizza just fyi"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-09T14:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"GoFundMe for Garbage Workers Fired for Striking in Nola & Replaced by Prison Labor"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-10T02:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Check out our COVID-19 stirke map and consider donating"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-10T03:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Donate so that we can keep expanding our COVID strike tracking map which has identified XXX strikes since March 1st"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-10T14:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fuck a reader just gave us $XXX to keep covering labors fightback against COVID What a vote of confidence"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-11T03:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Conor Lamb Country - Karen land northern suburbs of Pittsburgh"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-11T04:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Over 4500 Tyson workers have tested positive for COVID. Now Tyson is offering truck drivers a $1000 bonus that they will only receive if they show up to @rrpre reports"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-12T00:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Immigrant fruit workers went on strike at X major sites in Washington State. This strike wave is growing - people are realizing the power that they have #StrikeSpring"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-13T03:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"GofundMe launched to support his family"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-13T04:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Towns with meatpacking plants are seeing growth of COVID at XX% rates"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-13T18:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"During quarantine Ive gotten into the habit of eating a ton of marijuana & listening to Jolene on a loop"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-13T23:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Tell me something good. What is something good that happened to you today"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-13T23:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Dollar General Must Recognize Unionization of Missouri Store"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-14T07:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Whats the most ethical way to buy new IPhone charger cords that doesnt involve Amazon"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-15T03:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@thetomzone I lived in the Deep South and wow the sun may burn worse in the Deep South - there is nothing like DC humidity in the summer - its a swamp"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-15T04:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Laid off local @oronline reporter @gideonbradshaw served w/ Marines in Iraq as an Arabic linguist. Now hes endured the most American traditions: a local newsroom lay-off His stuff is fucking 💯- check it out & hire him"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-15T19:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"- Immigrant Fruit Workers' Strike Spreads to XX Sites in Wash State - Truck Drivers Protest Trump over Rate Cuts in DC feat. @rrpre - Meatpackers Tries to Decertify & Kick Out @UFCW And the latest on Korean baseball in today's newsletter"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-15T23:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Any graphic artists out there who could work on a logo redesign project I can pay $XX an hour and have some rough ideas sketched out. Need ASAP turnaround"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-16T01:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Over XXX strikes tracked by Payday since March 1st"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-19T17:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Jane Roe says she was paid over $450000 when she was broke to campaign against abortion In recent documentary she confesses that she simply did it for the money"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-19T19:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"You better believe I spent the $XX @onlxn sent @PaydayReport today on a massive fun of Kimchi. If were gonna be covering Korean baseball at Payday were gonna be doing it right. Ive really loved exploring Korean culture by watching baseball games past couple of weeks"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-20T04:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I was just search for an @MoustacheClubUS and look at the search results folks. He does the work"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-20T18:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Where can I buy some ethically made colorful maskes online"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-20T20:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The Paris of Appalachia"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-20T23:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Wildcat strike at Ford plant tonite"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-21T06:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Pittsburghs Carnegie Mellon University says XX% of the accounts tweeting about COVID are fake"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-21T13:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A retired white professor goes to XXX games a year in Korea. 10-20 fans a game will ask for photos with him. After being forced into retirement as a teacher in Korea Lotte Giants offered him a job expanding cultural reach of KBO"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-21T13:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"So exiting to see projects like @mtnstspotlight w/ @Kenwardjr and others redefining how journalism is funded & how communities are served"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-22T01:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Found this today while cleaning - feels like a million years ago"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-22T05:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In first area labor election since start of pandemic cereal workers in Mississippi unionize from @SeraMak"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-22T19:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Flynn tried to kidnap a political dissident on US soil"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-23T00:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We gotta expand public parks after this - theyve been clutch during pandemic"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-23T05:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Interesting piece by @benyt on journalists building their own newsletter but Id advise against using substack. They take a XX% cut compared to X% on PayPal and a regular websites gives you far more versatility"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-25T02:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As bad as COVID quarantine can seem its not like youre in the Polish resistance cut off during the Warsaw Uprising"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-25T04:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Being bald bushy & odd Ive spent most of my adult life single and when you spend XX% of your life single you need really hobbies to sustain yourself"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-28T00:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"People are pissed"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-28T02:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"These stores are robbing essential workers of their lives for poverty wages. Yet the outrage is over the looting of the store"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-28T02:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Not to mention newsrooms are XX% white. A bunch of white folks w/ long-term access relationships to cops is not a good recipe for journalism"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-29T03:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As much as I applaud these protests can we please have a convo about social distancing at protests Has anyone made a tip sheet on safe protests"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-29T04:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"People are gonna get shot cuz of what Tucker Carson is saying"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-29T05:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""By acquiring the most popular shows Spotify wants to dominate the industry and make it impossible for newer voices to emerge" - great piece by early blog veteran @ddayen"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-29T13:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Theyre reading us Prague - not bad for a little yinzer publication from Pittsburgh Pa"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-29T19:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Replaced by Prison Labor Striking NOLA Garbage Workers Have Formed a Union To Fightback With enhanced pandemic unemployment & widespread community support workers say they are prepared to dig in for a long fight"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-29T23:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Replaced by Prison Labor Striking NOLA Garbage Workers Have Formed a Union To Fightback We are digging in for a long fight"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-29T23:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Cornel & Anderson Cooper are really engaging w/ each other & having a deep moment here Do Watch h/t @sanjuktampaul"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-30T03:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Over XXX farmworkers in Tennessee have COVID"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-30T15:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A KDKA reporter was beaten by protestors in downtown Pittsburgh. This is what happens when so many activists dehumanize media workers. An injury to one is an injury to all"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-30T23:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Black activists confronting White folks getting violent in Pittsburgh telling them black folks will be blamed"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-31T01:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"White guys also beat up the KDKA reporter not clear if it was white supremacists or not. Prior to this I never heard of anarchists beating up reporters at rallies"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-31T01:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A mashup of the horrific violence"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-31T03:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Elsewhere union bus drivers have resisted during this - sad to see it happening in LA"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-31T05:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The uprisings will lead to even more strikes. Already XXX this spring"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-31T05:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"With so many class reductionists playing footsies w/ Tucker Carlson I worry that new alt-right ideas are cross pollinating w/ class reductionist ideas & influencing young white kids like those who nearly beat a KDKA reporter to death in PGH Read this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-31T17:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The Bongaloo Movement are using young alt-right types as provocateurs As part of their propaganda they even invoke the deaths of Oscar Grant Breonna Tayor Frank Ordonez Eric Garner and my friend Michael Hastings"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-31T18:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I was friends w/ Michael Hastings & he would be outraged that his death was being used to incite young white kids to be agent provaceuters during racial justice protests. Honor Hasting's legacy & cover the complexity of what's happening accurately"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-31T18:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"3 days before her re-election @SummerForPA helped lead protected & witness yesterday's protest in Pittsburgh. After getting tear gassed she even took the time to document online what so many have missed on what occurred yesterday. Lee is a constant inspiration to so many"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-31T18:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I am looking to talk to folks who witnessed police rioting as well as suspected white provaceuters yesterday. I am working on a story with a deadline of tomorrow afternoon so contact me if you wanna talk"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-05-31T22:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"So Trumka blocked me. I guess hes not good with taking criticism about union democracy"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-01T14:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Phew it looks like the art of the AFL-CIO may have survived"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-01T14:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A wildcat strike by dozens of Facebook employees could inspire hundreds. This isnt something to laugh about"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-01T16:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"It was a cat tower - nothing worse than coming home from a riot to have a cat riot"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-01T20:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Somebody just sent me $XXX with the note I wish it could be more. Holy fuck you just sent us $500"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-01T21:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is America"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-02T02:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im hearing lots of reporters of cops quitting or refusing to do this kind of work"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-02T02:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"God damn white people"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-02T06:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is a party for them"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-02T06:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Even the conservative PM of Australia is calling for investigation into journalism beating. Trump is encouraging them here"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-02T06:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@MNAFLCIO calls for Trump-supporting Minneapolis Police Union Chief to resign"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-02T20:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Its my 34th birthday & all I want is for you to read this 3000 word story on race media inequity and protest in Pittsburgh"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-03T17:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"There is a future for low paid people in the left press"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-03T18:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Someone got me a syringe of weed for my birthday & I have no idea how to even use it - do I just mainline it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-03T20:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@Will_Bunch Its like taking on the mob in organized labor. The problem isnt that they have unions its that cop unions are run like the mob. We need to view cop unions the same we did mafia run unions"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-06T15:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@jamieson @AFLCIO Its like taking on the mob in organized labor"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-06T15:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Why blur out their faces"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-06T23:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Without unions like @PGNewsGuild it would be tough to fight back against @PittsburghPG censorship of reporters trying to cover racial justice. Massive courage by @Ashley__Murray & @alexisjreports for risking their jobs & speak up"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-06T23:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We are seeing the type of mass protests that we see after wars. People feel like they sacrificed during COVID & want to change things"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-07T00:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@schwarz But wait didnt Elizabeth Warren say that it was possible that the interim government could depose Evo Morales & suspend democracy for just a little bit to they could have an election. Ill never forget Warrens Plan for Bolivia"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-08T09:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Pittsburgh Pirates first basemen Josh Bell Stands up for X black reporters at Post-Gazette removed from protest coverage"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-08T11:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Reminder folks: @PGNewsGuild contract has expired at @PittsburghPG and they can strike whenever they want. Josh Bells the Pittsburgh Pirates 1st baseman support them"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-08T12:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Long shore workers shutting down the ports on the West Coast"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-08T19:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"What about restricting the categories of collective bargaining for police unions Ofc dismantle the departments but why limit certain categories of collective bargaining so that folks can still bargain over wages & benefits etc"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-09T14:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@akela_lacy Politico paid me $70000 for the year that I worked there & then another $70000 for a year not to work there after they violated my ADA rights. It sure was sweet collecting those checks from Politico for a year not doing shit"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-10T18:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Everyone in Pittsburgh read this by @brentinmock right now"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-10T19:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Theres a proud tradition in the labor movement of rank-and-fil union members take on the mafia. As @Will_Bunch we gotta take on these thugs & expel them from the labor movement"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-10T20:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As numerous lawsuits have shown publicly elected officials such as @AFLCIO Pres @RichardTrumka are not allowed to block reporters from commenting on their twitter feeds as it violates Freedom of Press as defined under the 1st Amendment"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-10T23:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"For more read @EFF on how publicly elected official blocking reporters is a violation of the 1st Amendment). @Richardtrumka is elected in a federally supervised union election & under federal law I believe violating my rights s as a labor reporter"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-11T00:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As a dues-paying member of @WBNG32035 I have a right to know what @AFLCIO Prez @RichardTrumka is saying since I pay his salary. For a labor leader to block free press to defend cops is a violation of Freedom of the Press"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-11T00:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If the @AFLCIO doesn't take action to prevent the censorship of me and other dissidents I will be forced to take action. This is quite simply censorship of opposing views"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-11T00:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Since posting this other folks have approached me to tell me that @aflcio regularly does this to dissidents on its social media pages"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-11T00:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Note the AFL CIO actions certainly violate the spirit of Freedom of the Press. The AFL CIo hates the discussion about cop unions"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-11T02:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ask yourself why these Jacobin cult followers accusing me of harassment havent spoken out about this Then ask yourself who helps sell their books Follow the money folks - Im proud to be the internal affairs cop of the labor movement"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-11T20:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I'm logging off twitter after reading the news to enjoy vacation. Remember: cop union leaders are the kapos of the labor movement. We have to expel them and not allow their hate to be seen as legitimate unions. Solidarity folks"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-12T12:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"MLB is threatening to cancel the season to achieve drastic labor changes that go well beyond loss of revenue. My look at how the Shock Doctrine is hurting everyone from broadcaster to MLB stars to minor leaguers seeking to unionize"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-15T22:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@NicholsUprising on how @Booker4KY is changing the game in Kentucky"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-17T10:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We must organize the unemployed"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-17T17:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In my early 30s I was really embarrassed about how broke & struggling to start @PaydayReport esp in dating situations. Now in my mid 30s & biz is good all I hear my friends complain about is how they hate their jobs & their bosses. Boss Whose that You guys have a boss"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-18T01:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Rather than open the door to the de-unionization of public sector workers a much better strategy is a social movement strategy - @veenadubal on need to focus on police abolition rather than stripping collective bargaining rights"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-18T11:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Hey Folks I am looking for a very very part time spot editor for when my editor is on vacation or sick. $XX an hour (only a couple hours a month) but lemme know if anyone w/ editing experience is interested - lemme know"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-19T00:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""A lot of people ignore for instance the role of labor in the Civil Rights Movementor vice versa the critical role of younger radical African Americans in revitalizing the labor movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s says @robgreeneII"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-19T11:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@robgreeneII Be sure to check out links to over XXX strikes across the US. @PaydayReport we have complied an unprecedented look at the biggest strike wave to hit the US since 1946"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-19T11:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@UAW is shutting down assembly lines nationwide for X minutes and XX seconds today to honor George Floyd"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-19T12:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Black Lives Matters considers a serious of non-traditional job actions a strike. Ive seen a lot of questions about our methodology but we are citing groups like Black Lives Seattle that are defining their actions to be strikes"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-24T13:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As an Italian-American Id prefer another Clemente Statue - cant have too many"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-24T22:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Stimulus Debit Cards Come With a Forced Arbitration Clause - good scoop by @ddayen"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-26T19:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Betsy was a terror who operated like a cop seeking informants: "either give me gossip on a reporter or next I may go find gossip on you" Her record on racism shouldn't be erased she went after the most marginalized in newsrooms not "the media elite""
X Link @MikeElk 2020-06-30T14:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Why arent faceshields required for servers to wear restaurants There isnt much protection for food service workers at all"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-01T21:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"At the very least it will make folks wanna stay home"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-02T10:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"After months of very strict social distancing (I didnt even visit my parents in their backyards) I was really excited about people doing outdoor gatherings in Pittsburgh. Now with big outbreak a lot of that on hold. Loneliness is toughest part of pandemic for me"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-03T18:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"On a personal level pandemic has been good for me. - Payday has seen a huge spike in donations - Ive lost XX pounds - I started biking again & getting in shape. The loneliness has been brutal though"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-03T18:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The fireworks are triggering AF for me. I covered the drug war in Brasil where fireworks are used almost all day long to communicate in the drug trafficker controlled favelas When I hear the fireworks all night makes me feel like Im back in a war zone again"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-04T01:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Worst deception of being autistic is hoping that if you think hard enough about something that youll figure out. Somethings just arent that easy to figure out"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-04T03:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Imagine being a billionaire scared of Noam Chomsky"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-05T04:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@lyzl For former war reporters the fireworks are quite jarring. Fireworks were used as a signaling device when I was covering the drug war in Brasil. Hearing so many brings me back to some of the scariest moments of my life"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-05T04:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"On July 20th workers plan to strike in XX cities as part of #StrikeforBlackLives Since June 1st there have been more than XXX strike in the US inspired by Black Lives Matter. My long look at how Black & Brown workers are redefining the strike"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-08T21:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I just finished a 3600 word story quoting XX workers. Anyone have suggestion on how I can get beer delivered Give it read - this has been my last X weeks"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-08T23:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is why I havent eat meat since quarantine and subsequently lost a ton of weight"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-09T01:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This piece is all about racism in how the labor movement. Please take a read - I worked really hard & interview a ton of a Black & Brown workers about their frustration with white labor leaders"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-09T02:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"No longer are union leaders calling strike votes now workers often non-union are simply walking out. My long look at how Black & Brown workers are redefining strikes. Many say that white labor leaders are failing to understand the BLM strikes"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-09T13:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"There have been over XXX strikes inspired by BLM since June 1st but yet the @AFLCIO is publicly downplaying the strike wave. Many Black & Brown workers told me this is another example of white labor leader failing to understand communities of color"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-09T13:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just a few weeks of not giving a fuck can wipe out weeks of progress"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-09T14:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Finally found the Talking Heads themed masks that I needed"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-09T16:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"For years activists have fought to remove Nathan Bedford Forest statue from Tennessee Capitol w/ tons of activists being arrested. This is a huge victory"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-09T17:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@neidid A lot of people may say this is not a strike well you tell that to these workers now who are getting their grievances heard @marqlamar on non-traditional strike wave in non-union workplaces inspired by BLM Over XXX strikes since June 1st"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-09T21:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Traditional unions tend to view the limits of legitimate labor activity narrowly it must be disciplined and coordinated top-down says Black labor veteran Mike Duff. Over XXX BLM inspired non-traditional strikes in June but can labor build on it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-09T21:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im finally getting some sleep but read my 4000 word piece on BLM strike movement which has seen over XXX strikes since June 1st"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-10T02:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Studies show that reopening schools was the driver of second wave of COVID in Israel. Lets not reopen them here"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-10T12:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Louisville holding it down"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-11T02:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Dont think this baseball season will happen"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-11T18:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Yes Washington Post reporters are saying that Trump looks presidential for finally wearing a mask"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-12T01:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fact: reading @NicholsUprising new book with Halal Food goes great. This is essential reading"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-12T18:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Wow this whole section on how FDR brought Thomas Paine back into popularity during WW2 is amazing. We are fighting COVID now & suffering casualties higher than most months during WW2. Lets us not forget why we fight - brilliant @NicholsUprising"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-13T04:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Kareem Abdu-Jabbar calls out the hateful outbursts against Jews by Ice Cube DeSean Jackson and others and explains how the muted response "perpetuates racism" & contributes to an overall "Apatholypse.""
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-15T20:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@PaydayReport @rweingarten Nearly XXX million teachers are considered "at-risk". @PaydayReport has also obtained a XX page legal memo being used by @AFTunion to educate its members on ADA FLMA & other federal laws to prevent being forced to work in unsafe conditions"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-15T21:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Omg the lights are on at PNC Park tonite for the first time - baseball is back (And yes this is the view from the Cliffside Park X blocks from my house see we are the Paris of Appalachia)"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-16T01:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@jacremes AP house style is capital B now"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-16T19:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Its sickening to see the vast majority of lefty labor journos fly around conferences do puff pieces on labor leaders & never cover corruption in their unions. Too many labor journos wanna be part of the labor establishment instead of covering it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-16T20:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As we loss our civil rights leaders like John Lewis let us use each of their death to learn their lessons to keep fighting as organizers & to dream"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-18T03:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"5 MINUTES TURN ON CNN. I worked as advisor and fixer on this documentary in Pittsburgh with W Kamau Bell XX people worked on this crew - it was so much fun Tune in"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-20T01:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Basketball hoop set up as activist continue their occupation in Louisville"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-20T04:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Brooks was one of the few Americans left who fought for Lula #RestinPower #ALutaContinua"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-20T23:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"After rushing to an active shooter situation at Tree of Life Synagogue massacre at the request of @GuardianUS I received tons of threats. @GuardianUS refused as a freelancer to help pay for therapy unless I signed away every legal right including employee misclassification"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-21T13:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Pittsburgh is correctly identified as Northern Appalachia"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-22T01:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@DoloresHuerta @KarenBassTweets @KamalaHarris @PaydayReport "People that are out there protesting & marching people who are advocating for change these are the people that we don't want to sit out this election because we don't want a repeat of what happened to Hillary Clinton" - @DoloresHuerta on backing Bass"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-23T01:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""I always think of the Bernie Bros and Bernie Sisters and Bass would bring them to the table and the campaign" says @DoloresHuerta who backed Hillary in 2016 & hopes not to repeat the mistakes of that campaign"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-23T01:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@DoloresHuerta After XX LA Riots Bass a former physician's assistant turned founder of @CoCoSouthLA led an effort to get authorities to focus on shutting down predatory liquor stores instead of targeting low-level drug dealers"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-23T01:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Shes a very humble person shes not a self-promoter. She would be very good at the Vice Presidency; she would be able to support what the President is doing rather try to keep the limelight. says @DoloresHuerta"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-23T02:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In 3rd grade I lead a strike for more recesss time. People refused to go inside & teachers promised to make sure that we go outside after lunch quicker"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-23T04:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Elon Musk bragging about helping w/ coup in Bolivia"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-25T17:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Stumbled upon high school kids smoking a FAT ASS blunt in Frick Park. At first they thought I was a Narc as I yelled out you guys smoking a blunt Then I was like I did the same shit in high school - keep on keeping. Then they burst out unbelievably laughing"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-25T22:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Definetly got drunk with my high school assistant principal at a block party in Regent Square - most yinzer shit ever"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-26T17:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"At least XX casss in the Marlins clubhouse. As one baseball manager stated whatever team stays the healthiest likely wins. Its gonna be such a strange baseball season"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-27T13:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@TimothyS @espn Those ESPN Korea broadcasts have been so instructional to me in terms of seeing what a functioning society is doing on a daily basis to battle against COVID. Korean baseball has been a symbol of hope cc @alexanderchee"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-28T01:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Did @AOC personally call @EdMarkey & recommend the beat on this This is the funkiest beat Ive ever heard on a campaign ad"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-28T05:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Karen Bass voted for cutting military budget while under VP consideration. Harris voted against a XX% cut time the military budget in the Senate"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-28T05:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"People keep making corny jokes about how this metaphor but all I can think of is the workers that may have died in this derailment"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-29T17:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Say what @ZackTanner In June you said it was clickbait when I said a strike could happen @PittsburghPG. Solidarity w/ @PGNewsGuild"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-29T23:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Hearst Magazines going Union is a sea change moment. Now being non-union in media is an outlier"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-30T00:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Earlier this month I intervened scores of Black & Brown labor leader who complained that the establishment labor movement was ignoring the growing non traditional strike movement. Labor should have struck over unemployment expiring"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-31T01:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A coalition of segregationist Southern Democrats financial elites fearful of Wallaces populism and foreign-policy hawks itching for a confrontation w/ USSR the Soviet Union kicked Wallace off the ticket as VP in XX. On @nicholsuprising new book"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-07-31T14:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Horrific Grijalva had been at a hearing with Gohmert. If Grijalva dies Gohmert should be charged with a crime for not wearing a mask"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-02T00:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bernie raised 100k for Bush through his email list"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-05T07:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bernie stood in support w/ Cori Bush when not even AOC did This is remarkable"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-05T12:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Cali AFL-CIO Disassociates Police Unions"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-06T04:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Every XX seconds"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-06T07:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Nothing radicalized me my parents simply raised me right. Good parenting matters"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-08T02:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Pre-COVID era you could never hear stuff like this on hot mics"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-08T04:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Such a rich metaphor"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-08T04:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In activism people are meeting after work often with beer to drink. Once you use position of influence to have sex w/ much younger folks in the movement it creates a culture where anything goes. Read my longform on this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-09T04:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@lhfang lies here - it was the COP & X others who had been harassing him for a while & physically attacked this kid in his driveway who warned them he had a knife. The kid was so badly injuried that he suffered concussion. A simple reading of article he links to states this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-09T16:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"When I came forward to my oldest sister he claimed I had gotten drunk & tried to explore my sexuality. He claimed I was a homophobe like @ggreenwald is doing now to smear folks who came forward to the Daily Collegian. I told @danielmarans this story a decade ago Fuck Glenn"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-09T22:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Come on @ryangrim you guys can do better. As a straight guy I was way too embarrassed to come forward about this. @danielmarans knows it true cuz I spoke about the trauma which is why I fought so hard against SEIU sexual assault cover ups. Fuck @ggreenwald for that bs"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-09T22:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Kim Kelly's attack on gun control as anti-working class is so GROSS Who needs more than XX rounds in a clip Remember Deer Hunter "One Shot One Kill" GUN CULTURE = WHITE SUPREMACY - stop tokenizing poor white folks to argue against gun control"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-10T17:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@veenadubal you could be the Henry Wallace that America needs today. cc @NicholsUprising"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-10T23:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@lhfang Just compared sexual misconduct of Alex Morse to interracial marriage wtf"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-11T03:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I cant believe its been X years today since I was fired at Politico - it seems like it was just yesterday. Funny how some days of your life your remember vividly forever others you forget"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-12T15:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We as Black people make concessions already for people to be different says .@MorenikeGO You can be loud or not you can be expressive or not describing how many autistic people are considered too intense for most white people"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-12T23:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is most vulnerable longest thing Ive ever written in my life. On the role that Black role mentors had as an autistic child attending the last HS in Pa under federal integration order. And the Black union rep Bruce Jett who saved my ass"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-14T17:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im straight drinking on the patio the Old Schenely High School which has been since converted into luxury apartments. What Its not trespassing if the luxury condo w/ a sweet front patio used to be a high school"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-16T02:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Dude knows how to flex"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-16T03:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Awesome thread"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-17T02:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Kasich Once Tossed a Roots CD Out His Car Window cuz thats how white he is"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-18T02:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Holy fuck all the chopped firewood - Bernie stocking up for winter"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-18T02:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"My kind of union"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-21T15:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"HOLY FUCK WE JUST GOT $XXX IN THE DOOR"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-22T01:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I meet with this group of protestors just X days ago"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-25T04:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"That was a gun shot omg that was a Fucking gun shot a protestor shouts in this video as a group of BLM protestors were shot outside of Johnstown Pa on their way to DC"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-25T04:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The group of protestors that were shot spoke at this rally in Wilkinsburg just two days ago. So surreal"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-25T05:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Clemente would have been the 1st marching out on the picket line tonite Curt Flood had no closer ally against the blacklist than Clemente when so many remained silent. The year that Flood lost his Supreme Court case died - I cry when I think of how hard that must been"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-27T01:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is why we need to stop making movies that glorify Hoffa"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-27T19:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"GoGo music is the music of resistance. Black folks been using GoGo to resist in DC for decades"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-28T01:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Watching ESPN is like XXX% pro-BLM wildcat strikes all day. @heydb started crying in air as she talked about how proud the players strike made her"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-28T02:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"30 teams across NBA MLB & NHL did not play games out of respect for BLM"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-28T03:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In last half hour Ive seen at least X people crying on ESPN while discussing the players' strike. ESPN has become is entirely pro-BLM. Athletes in the US made a serious stand eclipsing Trump's speech"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-28T03:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The feel good nature of ESPN tonite is what news could be everyday if they covered organizing 24/7"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-28T03:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Dude fall asleep with Miles Davis Sketches of Spain playing on a loop. Woke up this morning with if still playing and just feel triumphant"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-08-30T14:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ed Markey has suddenly become a power player w/ a national audience in Dem politics & Im loving it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-02T05:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"He worked full time for a State Farm agency.while working at Trader Joes"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-02T06:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@PaydayReport Strike Tracker has now recorded more than 1000 strikes since March 1st in the largest strike wave in decades"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-04T17:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Pittsburgh staying loose"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-06T00:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@zdroberts video shows that he was hit repeatedly at least X times by pepper pellets fired by Rochester Police. Video posted online shows Rochester Police deliberately targeting Roberts & the press Donate to get Zach work in Pittsburgh this week"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-06T12:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"When it comes to being beaten because of the color of my skin it happened to me quite a few times here in Pittsburgh" says Roberto Clemente Jr of his childhood in the 80s"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-09T19:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As a kid in Pittsburgh we were taught that Clemente was a great humanitarian but we were taught about how his friendship w/ Martin Luther King who he hosted on his farm in Puerto Rico My report from Pittsburgh on Clemente Day in Pittsburgh"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-09T19:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Legendary Buccos pitcher Grant Jackson talks about getting shot with BB gun by racist fans while pitching in Little Rock in the minors in 1965. Jackson later threatened to quit baseball if he had to play in Little Rock again so the Phillies called him up to the majors"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-09T20:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Only $13494 to infect 1300 meatpackers w/ COVID including X who died"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-10T19:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Rest in power Toots"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-12T13:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im only XX - this is what XX years as a labor reporter will do to your hair. I look like an old man haha"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-15T00:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-15T16:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fuck I miss my curly hair - this is from the day I graduated college"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-16T04:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Big scoop from @rrpre on how the sudden boom in trucking rates has made Amazon pay far too low as the company scrambles to find more truck drivers ahead of holidays season"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-17T14:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"LShana Tova from the Burgh"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-18T23:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Time for mass civil disobedience and Capitol Occuaptions if Trumps tries to force through a Supreme Court nominee"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-18T23:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The most yinzer shit of all times - throwing bread to the Ducks at Duck Hollow"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-20T01:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In her XX years on the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg had ONE () Black law clerk"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-20T15:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Strangely the AFL CIO has a banner up celebrating my work in their lobby but yet they blocked me on twitter when I called out their support for cop unions"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-20T15:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@michaelafuoco routinely used cocaine alcohol & his power as a journalism professor at Pitt & Point Park to lure students into long-term regular sexual relationships"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-24T22:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""He thought he was impressing people by offering drugs. He'd try to get you to go with him somewhere" said one former Point Park student of @michaelafuoco Women journalists are speaking out on whats been an "open secret" in Pittsburgh for decades"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-24T22:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Here is @newsguild prez @gaufre paling around w/ known sexual predator @michaelafuoco who he has refused to remove. Then running to go get the cops for asking about Fuocos sexual misconduct well known sexual misconduct"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-25T19:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just got roughed up physically by a local NewsGuild officer on tape for asking about sexual misconduct in the union"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-25T19:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just saw this one online"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-27T01:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@benyt @michaelafuoco @PaydayReport incredible work by @clarissaleon editting fact checking interviewing on this story which makes me so proud of @PaydayReport So many Pittsburgh outlets ignored this story but Payday wouldn't"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-27T14:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If you engage in sexual misconduct in the labor movement especially in my hometown @PaydayReport will expose you. God it feels good to take out a sexual predator like Fuoco"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-27T17:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just typed the phrase "former President of Pittsburgh NewsGuild" - damn that felt good. Worked on this story for X years & fuck it feels good to take the bastard out of the ballgame"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-28T13:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Big thanks to @CJR for citing @PaydayReport work"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-28T17:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Trump is defining the debate right now - he may not be making sense but hes looking agreesive & in game. Hes pushing Biden around"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-30T01:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Trump isnt losing his base with this performance - he looks in control which is what his base likes"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-30T01:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"YES MY EDIBLES ARE FINALLY HITTING"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-30T01:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Imprrsssd by this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-30T02:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Mailman selling ballots in West Virginia"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-30T02:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@lsd_for_all @BootsRiley Boots my tracking showed XXX strike between April & June then over XXX strikes since June 1st when George Floyds protests kicked off"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-30T19:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"You can read individual links about the more thab 1000 strikes since the start of March here"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-09-30T19:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This guys is hysterical"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-01T00:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Damn straight"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-01T14:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Facebook reminded me that it was X years ago today that @MMFlint came to my house for a kegger in my backyard at my old place in Mt P as part of his book tour. What an awesome night to host one of my childhood heros in my home"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-03T19:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As a culture we need to be more inclusive of single people. Theres a strong element of ableism in dating - some people have abilities that make it easier to attract partners then others. We really gotta be concise if not shaming or excluding folks for wanting to be single"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-06T19:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Trump has two Black press aides & they both got COVID Damn"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-07T01:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"11 of XX union organizers quoted in @hamiltonnolan are men. Majority of labor movement is now female. Labor reporting like this ignores that labors biggest gains are in heavily female dominated sectors - education & healthcare"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-07T15:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As of 2020 baseball players in the lowest levels of the minor leagues make a min of $XXX a week which is slated to be raised to $XXX in 2021. Players in AAA the highest level of minor leagues make only $XXX a week slated to increase to $XXX in 2021"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-07T19:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"There is a real growing recognition among players right now that the only way things will change is if they do stand together said @broshuis"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-07T19:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Didnt expect "Is Tupac really alive" to become a subject of contention in the 2020 election but I am totally here for it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-07T19:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I dont think Ive ever heard Mike Pence speak before this - man hes creepy"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-08T01:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A mosquito just landed on Pences head & its the perfect metaphor for America"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-08T02:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@FlyingWithSara hints at calling for a strike if COVID relief isnt approved"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-08T18:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I remember picketing outside of Bakery Square when it was still a Nabisco plant now its a Google hub but theyre still union busting there. The more things change in the Burgh the more things still stay the same in the Burgh"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-09T13:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"When I look at men in their mid 30s like me with full heads of hair I get so jealous. Do yinz even realize how easiy you have it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-14T00:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"JP saw a Trump sign on his walk this afternoon & got pretty upset"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-16T20:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The toxic fights of DSA are the perfect breeding ground for the union bureaucrats of tomorrow"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-17T17:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I hate when readers criticize us for fundraising too much. How are we suppose to pay people if we dont fundraise Its annoying but hey millionaires arent gonna fund labor reporting"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-19T17:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""My favorite place to tell people to go is the Vote Spa" says @LivFor13 playing on Today is the last day to register to vote in PA - get into the Vote Spa Today"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-19T18:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Wow early results from our reader survey show @PaydayReport audience is really growing We started with XXX on our subscriber list. Now we have 3000. Take our survey and help us improve & continue to grow"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-19T23:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is why im against paywalls"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-22T17:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Western Mass AFL-CIO passes resolution calling for General Strike if Trump steals elections. 2nd local AFL-CIO in US to do so"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-22T20:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Imagine if Biden does a huge jobs program and Bernie is Secretary of Labor YUGEEEE"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-22T22:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bernie Sanders will be in Pittsburgh on Saturday for a car rally at the Carrie Furnace in Rankin per sources"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-23T00:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Incredibly moving video on the first Curt Flood award for Andre Dawson who fought against collusion to win the MVP in XX as the second lowest paid player on the Cubs"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-23T04:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Socially distant selfie w/ @AriRabinHavt & @BernieSanders Dont worry nobody is within XX feet of Bernie - dont sweat folks"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-24T20:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"That was one of the best baseball games that I ever watched"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-25T04:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Only $X to go to reach $XXX raised"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-25T22:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is some amazing yinzer shit"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-25T23:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Today is the 2nd anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre. Its a very emotional day For the past few months @PaydayReport worked on ambitious & expensive project: a XX minute documentary on the unlearned lessons of the massacre. We will be dropping it later today"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-27T16:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Woke up crying today - the 27th of October is tough - the anniversary of Tree of Life. Ill never forget horror of watching Swat teams retake the synagogue & family members as they screamed upon hearing the news of the death of a loved one. May their memories be a blessing"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-27T16:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Hour long line to early vote here in Pittsburgh"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-27T17:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"After X hours of waiting on line in Pittsburgh I finally got up to the election bore where it looks like I will have to wait some more"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-27T18:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"On the 2nd anniversary of the Tree of Life Massacre I voted today to fightback against fascism. May the memories of the XX martyrs always be a blessing in the fight ahead for equality & justice"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-27T19:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I poured my heart into making this documentary about the 2nd anniversary of Tree of Life. I was one of the 1st reporters on the scene & it horrified me . I hope everyone watches this short docu on what we didnt Learn afterward"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-28T02:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"He should have got his ass kicked on site & then walked around - @jasiri_x on the @PittsburghPG hiring of an executive editor who commissioned an op-Ed entitled Building Matter Too. Our new docu explore media inequality in wake of Tree of Life"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-28T23:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I think it's gonna happen again and I don't think Pittsburgh is prepared for it @jakebackpack on how the underlying forces behind Tree of Life where never addressed"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-28T23:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I ugly cried on camera for the 1st ever as a man as I described sitting w/ a family as they discovered a loved on had been killed in my childhood pizza place Aiellos Please watch and share this documentary"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-28T23:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Our documentary Unlearned Lessons of the Tree of Life Massacre is our most important project to date. As a Jew who was there that morning & watched a childhood bus stop surrounded by swat team as the synagogue was retaken please watch & share"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-28T23:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im really glad Greenwald left the intercept cuz he was hurting a lot of the really good reporters that they have there"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-29T23:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"1 year ago partying w/ @FOIANate @EvilOmarVizquel @QuietFlostheDan to celebrate the Nats in the World Series Miss those guys - 1st season weve havent gone to a baseball together"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-10-31T03:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Really excited for @PaydayReport to team up w/ German newspaper @ndaktuell to cover election results in Western Pa. We may be a small yinzer labor publication but we have a big impact all over the world. Donate today"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-04T00:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"33-year old @emily4pa20 was elected to the PA State House tonite. In her primary she defeated an incumbent Democrat making his support for anti-immigrant E-Verify a central issue in the campaign"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-04T01:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bernie overwhelming won Latino voters with whom Biden is underperforming"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-04T03:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The labor movement fails to build on the energy of Black Lives Matter &m then their members vote for a racist. Wonder why that happens"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-04T14:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We could have done this in the US"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-04T17:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Unions representing over 600000 members have already called for a General Strike if Trump tries to steal the election. @Richardtrumka won't support those calls and the AFL-CIO has described General Strike as a "slogan not a strategy""
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-04T17:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Do people feel its safe to fly given the protections being taken"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-05T20:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"What Toni Morrison book should I read first Any recs"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-06T00:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Lindsey Graham is a fascist"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-06T03:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If any editors need a freelancer in Pittsburgh Im here"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-06T17:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Never been so proud of my home state as today"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-07T16:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We got a chance to organize. Its gonna be a fight against Biden but we already beat Trump & theres no stop us now for demanding more"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-07T17:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@SummerForPA kicking off the victory celebration & rally in Pittsburgh. Movements are made in the streets of Pittsburgh - @SummerForPA to a thunder of celebratory applause"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-07T19:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Cars honking & cheering with Biden signs outside of Tree of Life Massacre site. It was voters right here in Pittsburgh who took out the bastard that killed them. Im crying so hard"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-07T20:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Went to Tree of Life Massacre site to pay my respects to the martyrs - they sacrificed their lives for this moment. May their memory be a blessing in the fight ahead"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-07T20:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The neighborhood where I grew up in Pittsburgh partying & celebrating PA putting Biden over the top Every neighborhood in Pittsburgh is like this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-07T21:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""We had a victory because of the work that you all have been putting in not just during this election but the work that we have been putting in since 2016 and 1965 and 1816 & 1620 because thats how long we have been fighting" - @SummerForPA My latest"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-07T23:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"2 blocks from Tree of Life they held a vigil here the night of the massacre. So nice to see streets of Squirrel Hill filled with joy tonite"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-08T01:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Greetings from Mr Rogers church in Pittsburgh where the dance party is raging in the streets"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-08T02:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ultra Orthodox Jews joined the dance party near Tree of Life to celebrate Trumps defeat shortly after sunset"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-08T04:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Massive spike in covid in Pittsburgh - just massive"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-09T16:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Biden taps Uber advisor for his labor transition team. This & more in todays @PaydayReport"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-11T01:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Disgusting - never ceases to amaze me how some people sell out"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-11T12:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Kroger recruiting strike breakers in West Virginia"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-11T18:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Never quite seen a labor vdeo like this"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-12T07:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Union bureaucrats"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-13T03:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The owners of Four Seasons Total Landscaping appear to be lefties who were trolling Trump. They now are even sponsoring a charity run from their Four Seasons to the actual Four Seasons Hotel in Center City. Talk about American Heros"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-13T18:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Am I wrong to think Prince Charles was a Dick based on his portrayal in the Crown"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-17T03:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"NEW: 28-year old Miss. native @WimbleyJourno has been elected President of @PGHGuild. Her election comes as X Black reporters were removed from Black Lives Matter coverage at Post-Gazette. An interview she did in 2016 on how she got into journalism"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-18T02:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In a state where teachers arent legally allowed to collectively bargain"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-18T04:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Damn Snoop Dogg as Satchel Paige biopic would be the shit"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-19T05:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just confronted @ZackTanner for punching me in the ribs for exposing Fuoco as a sexual predator & sending me violent threats. @ZackTanner clearly lies about being contacted by @uspresstracker & punching me which was caught on tape linked below. Time to clean up @PGHGuild"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-21T17:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"But why does Fox News pick Andrew Yang Secretary of transportation"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-23T05:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"My reporting that exposed Michael Fuoco prez of @PGHGuild as a sexual predator lead @ZackTanner to punching me in the ribs Now we traced the violent threats that I received to Tanner a protege of Fuoco who likely succeeded him before the expose"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-23T21:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I've filed criminal charges for assault & harassment against @ZackTanner and have asked the @newsguild to investigate. However for X months the @newsguild & its president @gaufre have ignored my requests"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-23T21:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The silence from Pittsburgh press core on violent threats & previous assault by @PGHGuild officer @ZackTanner is sickening. If @PittsburghPG had been roughed up & threatened violently. However since we exposed @PGHGuild prez for sexual misconduct just silence"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-23T22:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"With news that Bezos LITERALLY hired Pinkertons to spy on Amazon workers unionizing check out this video @zdroberts & I made on the bloody history of the Pinkertons"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-24T20:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"When I got roughed up & sucker punched in my ribs by @ZackTanner so many reporters told me to shut up & not "make myself the story". @zdroberts encouraged me to go after the guy - attacks on the freedom of press cannot go unchallenged"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-24T20:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This morning my girlfriend an Eastern Tennessee native excitedly texted me "Oh I just started this movie about Appalachia - it's called "Hillbilly Elegy" She had spent all of her life not knowing JD Vance & I had to break it to her"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-26T22:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Misuse how do you misuse the money that someone is owed"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-11-30T05:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Its sickering to see so many other fellow Pittsburgh taunting Raven's player for wanting to refuse to work under unsafe conditions. Solidarity from the Burgh w/ the Ravens wildcat strike"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-01T01:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@FlyingWithSara & other union leaders coming out against Rahn as Sec of Transportation is a real body blow to his chances of getting the nomination"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-01T22:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Big win for the left"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-02T05:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Were so close to the finish line of COVID & yet so many people are doing needless things. Its like dying in the last days of a war"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-05T19:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Obscure World War Two movies go"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-05T19:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"FYI @grimkim promoted an article that said Black Lives Matters non-traditional strikes weren't "real strikes". I didn't get into journalism to make friends I got into journalism to tell the truth & some folks when called on their racism don't like it"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-07T04:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Shame on both Sarah Jones & Kim Kelly for covering for @gaufre on this. I really fear that as @newsguild power grows that the race to control union institutions has lead some on the left to do ugly stuff like cover up Fuoco"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-07T04:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Thanks to everyone who reached out. Its sickening how union bureaucrats & their allies circle the wagon & use a perverted sense of solidarity to go after union dissidents for asking their union to do better"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-08T21:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As a Jew who was at Tree of Life the morning of the massacre It outraged me when I read Kim Kelly saying gun control is anti-working class. If youre a journalist & write crap like this you should be prepared to accept criticism like I gave"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-09T01:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I saw my Rabbi today who suggested that I change the name @PaydayReport to The Abrasive Gadfly Happy Hanukkah to everyone - Thanks for all of your support for The Abrasive Gadfly"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-10T20:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Unionize State Legislatures"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-13T04:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Finally found a menorah that represent my religious beliefs"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-14T00:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Where is Kim Kelly calling for an investigation into @newsguild sexual misconduct cover-up Shes a media union leader - why is she attacking me but not the leadership of @newsguild These folks are competing for power in digital media union leadership - whats going on"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-15T22:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"More details in @RyanDeto long expose that confirms @PaydayReport expose on how Fuoco used his position of power as @pghguild prez and journalism professor as well as cocaine prey on young female journalists"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-17T13:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I hate this mentality that WE NEED A LABOR LEADER of a certain caliber to lead us. We need an empowered rank-n-file to lead a movement not big names"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-22T01:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Here's the ONE BIG Strike tracking map to track all the strikes all over the world. We gotta build it folks - I believe we can with crowdfunding & crowdsourcing"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-23T21:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This movie should be required viewing for every American at least once a year"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-25T03:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Sad to get a video text of my parents of what is probably Mickey our XX year old golden who just diagnosed with cancer last Christmas. He looks so happy"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-26T03:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Good movie recs anyone"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-28T00:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im more proud of my two negative COVID tests Ive taken than any test Ive ever taken"
X Link @MikeElk 2020-12-29T01:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Surreal this years marks my 14th year as a labor reporter"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-01T02:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Happy new year - love solidarity & renewal as we build on the worker power this year to bring us to new heights of a creativity as a movement in 2021"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-01T05:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Big hugs everyone - love you all - were gonna fight to rebuild in 2021 & its gonna be exciting"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-01T06:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Good movies recs particularly political & social dramas"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-03T03:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bob Corker literally undermined a union election by warning Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga that if they unionized that their plant would close"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-04T17:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just heard CNN say that Jon Ossoff refers to himself as a "MEDIA EXECUTIVE" Just saying I am also a "MEDIA EXECUTIVE" of @PaydayReport & available to run for Senate in PA in 2022. Just FYI"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-06T05:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Shot - Election Loss Chaser - @KingJames buys your team"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-06T05:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Its XXX AM & I can't quite turn off CNN even though it looks like Dems will win.this shit is addictive"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-06T06:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Election night is the ultimate drug you can't quit. The tension the excitement the rush of anticipation - few drugs better than election night"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-06T06:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Rick Saccone who was defeated by Conor Lamb by only a few hundred votes was encouraging storming of the Capitol"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-06T21:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Vermont AFL-CIO says they will engage in General Strike if Trump doesn't respect balance of power"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-07T04:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Important to discuss 25th amendment to get the ball rolling on what to do if Trump wont leave the office on Inauguration Day"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-07T04:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Having trouble sleeping tonite & thank god I have this to keep me company"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-07T08:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Woah watch it all began all these folks began attacking cops w/o riot gear"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-07T12:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Stats show the working class voted AGAINST Trump - can we please stop portraying these people as working class"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-08T14:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"AFL-CIO calls on Trump to resign or be removed from office"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-08T16:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Congratulations to everyone for surviving both the coup & the 1st week back from winter break"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-08T18:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Love watching this fucker do the prep walk"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-08T20:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A retired Air Force Lt Col who spent years bombing Afghanistan helped lead the Capitol riot"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-09T05:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Flight attendants union warned that if Trump rioters werent banned from flying that things like this would happen"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-09T07:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Florida Man"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-09T15:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@nwbtcw This was excellent if youre looking for a labor film"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-09T21:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is the first time Ive heard audio from the balcony where members of Congress were trapped & wow the tension"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-09T22:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Imagine how the failed coup is gonna play in a Ken Burns documentary"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-10T02:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Thought of @lhfang turn to the right when I read @benyt on a former BuzzFeed employee going to the right for clicks. Heres Lee denouncing efforts to identify the Capitol rioters - sad for see him turn into a troll at this point"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-11T05:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A friend offered me free Steelers tickets a few years ago & I declined Having taken some really ugly hits & concussions playing as a kid I simply find it triggering to watch football"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-11T05:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The best way to deplatform Glenn Greenwald is just to deplatfrom him. No need to respond to his every tweet"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-13T03:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"James Clyburn says "somebody on the inside" of Capitol was "complicit" in letting rioters inside the building"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-13T04:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Used car salesman gonna used car salesman"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-13T19:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"After unions representing over 600k vowed to strike to remove Trump from office Trumka threatened legal action against unions that engaged in General Strike"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-13T20:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just now realizing that w. control of both House there is no reason for Dems not to bring $15-an-hour for a vote in both Houses. Dare GOP to fillibuster a minimum wage increase in the Senate"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-13T22:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Really hope James Harden doesnt fall into the trap of writing for Jacobin"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-13T23:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Can we just stop saying union siblings and just say comrades Brothers and Sisters had a very different feeling than Union Siblings which sounds awkward Can we just say comrades instead Its gender neutral & way more powerful to say"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-14T16:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Check out the deer chilling in the Hill District less than a mile from Downtown Pittsburgh This is why they call us the Paris of Appalachia"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-15T20:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"1400 grocery workers are on strike in the Bronx"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-19T03:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"That was last sunset of the Trump Era - its a whole new day tomorrow"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-19T23:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Gotta love Bernies mittens"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-20T15:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I've heard ABC now discuss Amanda Gorman more than Biden so far. Hoping this is Biden's America where he uses his platform to give the marginalized a platform"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-20T17:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Anyone check in on Glenn Greenwald today Is he doing okay"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-20T18:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"UNPRECEDENTED - NLRB General Counsel is refusing to leave office after being ordered so by Biden"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-21T00:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"1400 striking grocery workers in the Bronx demanding only a $1-an-hour raise"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-21T02:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Damn the Golden Girls but socialist I like it"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-21T03:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"God damn right @railroadworkers are serious when it comes to organizing in solidarity"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-21T03:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""We are a union town. We are a dignified town" - @AOC on the core of what unions are about: respect"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-21T03:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Biden just called for XXX day moratorium on deportations. This is something that Obama NEVER did & it changes lives in a big way"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-21T03:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Much more pressure needs to be applied but Obama never stopped deportations. NEVER"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-21T03:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Following Arrests @AOC Rallies 1400 Striking Grocery Workers As Railroaders Refuse to Deliver Produce in Solidarity Our look at the strike at Hunts Point Market which provides XX% of the wholesale produce in NYC"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-21T14:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Workers are on strike at Hunts Point Market which provides XX% of the produce for NYC. Police have already arrested several picketers and now railroaders are refusing to cross picket line"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-21T15:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Labor Sec Marty Walsh former head of Boston Building Trades held a conference call w. unions where he promised to walk picket lines & get heavily involved in contract fights. Folks feel Walsh the son of a union leader speaks labor's language & gets it in his bones"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-22T01:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A Scranton native Biden is the only recent Democratic President who grew up in strong union communities. Obama was never exposed & past few Dem presidents came from South where unions are weak. Lets see if it really leads to a difference for unions"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-22T01:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@NaomiAKlein analysis of why Bernies mittens resonated so deeply w/ so many is brilliant"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-22T12:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Close schools until every teacher can be vaccinated"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-22T22:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"May Hank Aarons memory always be a blessing"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-22T23:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Haha Janet Jackson got in on it - I love this meme"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-22T23:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"At least X poultry workers dead X hospitalized in Georgia after liquid nitrogen leak at plant"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-28T20:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Damnit whose the schmuck who let this putz know about our space lasers"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-01-28T23:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"1979 World Series-winning pitcher Grant Jackson died of COVID today. In Sept he told @zdroberts & I about the racism he faced as a Black pitcher in the minor leagues in the South in the 60s including being shot w/ a BB gun by white spectators in Little Rock in 65"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-03T06:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Google Workers is considering leaving @CWAUnion after @CODE_CWA staffers fabricated a quote from a union leader in a press release"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-03T23:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Update: Anne Feeney has died at the age of XX from COVID"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-04T03:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Anne Feeney's daughter Amy Berlin says that until the very end that Feeney was surrounded by her children and friends singing old labor folks. Anne went down fighting & signing to the end - Rest in Power Sister Anne"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-04T03:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Anne looks soooo pretty in the woods They ought rename it Anne Fenney Park. Frick was a butcher who killed X strikers at Homestead. Anne represented what it meant to be a yinzer in the best sense - we should rename it Anne Fenney Park"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-06T19:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fuck yeah there we go - a big $XXX donation"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-06T20:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Anne Feeney to be buried next to Mother Jones in Mount Olive Illinois"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-08T20:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Talk about a headline by @ddayen"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-14T19:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Happy 68th Birthday to @ueunion Director of Organization Gene Elk. My Dad has spent for XX years in the @ueunion & im proud to fight in the tradition family which has been active in X generations. Not just my Dad but my best friend and I love him so much"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-15T04:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As a young pup he was so sweet - hell be missed"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-15T21:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Never forget watching these retired coal miners get arrested protesting plan to cut pension in Peabody Coal bankruptcy circa 2013"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-16T13:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Beautiful obituary from my Mom on the incredible work of Mickey as a working service dog who worked in rehab centers picket lines & started a reading to kids program at a local library. He spread love & solidarity everywhere"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-16T19:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"10 years ago today Wisconsin Capitol Occupation #wiunion"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-17T15:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"What a great tribute to the 1959-1962 El Paso Meatpackers Strike that was defeated included in The Solidarity Forever Labor History Calendar which has been published by the Hungarian Literature Fund since 1985"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-17T15:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"May her memory always be a blessing to folks who dare to speak up"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-22T03:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""Union leaders have confirmed that at least XX members have been let go since the strike first brought attention to the controversial labor dispute between Local XXX and the Hunts Point Produce Market""
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-24T21:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Molson is bringing scabs to keep making beer while they lockout more than XXX union members in an attempt to bust the Canadian Union of Brewery and General Workers Local XXX in Toronto"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-25T20:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Smart @BusinessInsider one of the last few non-union shops raised it min salary to $60k. Even non-union shops benefit from unions"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-26T02:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""There is a heavy-duty celebrity culture at work here on the left as well as the right." - David Bacon being frank on left press culture in @FrankNewsUS cc @TimothyS - spoken like a true labor reporter - gotta love David"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-26T21:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The most bad ass shit I have ever seen"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-02-28T22:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is huge"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-01T03:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Amazon has targeted @MorePerfectUS & @PaydayReport has been allowing Amazon to flag left reporters as suspicious. Last night @alexanderchee reported a similar flag after we forwarded him a link to @FrankNewsUS @FrankNewsUS is real news - too real"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-04T15:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Hey @campbellnyt Did u see @greenhousenyt latest on union busting in Alabama I know sometimes Amazon Web Services which runs Twitter takes down @greenhousenyt. Lmk if u need me to drop off a print copy later - its 💯"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-05T15:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Got the vaccine & now I can fly down to Birmingham to cover the union vote at Amazon. Big thanks to @WeMakeKDKA union activist JamesSantelli for helping me get it - solidarity. Donate to help @PaydayReport stay on the ground in Alabama"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-06T18:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Workers at Amazon are saying Joe Bidens denouncement is a game changer. In captive audience anti-union meetings workers are pushing back by saying that Joe Biden said such meetings were bullshit"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-07T02:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@rmc031 The Amazon union vote is gonna be even wilder - workers started standing up in captive audience meetings & saying Biden said this whole meeting was bullshit - thats whats happening"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-07T03:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just dropped @FrankNewsUS & @PaydayReport interview w/ Nissan union leader Morris Mock on how the union is continuing to fight & build power following their loss X years ago"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-08T15:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ive spent the last decade covered the last X major union defeats (Volkswagen in 2013 Nissan in 2017 Boeing in 2017 & Volkswagen again in 2019). Amazon organizers have learned the lessons of defeats & building momentum in major Black female workforce - I think they can win"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-08T18:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If Obama goes to Alabama & campaigns for Amazon workers there is no doubt these workers can win the union. Look what an old white guy like Biden did filming one video imagine Obama finally out on the picket lines"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-08T18:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Biden essentially inoculated workers against the lies that union busters at Amazon by saying no supervisor should ask a worker about their union preference. A game changer that will create momentum to pass Pro Act and outlaw the practice. BLM is connecting to voting rights"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-08T18:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The struggle to unionize at Amazon in Birmingham in the historic heart of the civil rights movements is THE Civil rights struggle of our time. BLM is sending down tons of organizers - we could actually win this one Its an all hands on deck moment for BLM & labor"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-08T18:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The Royal Family is even getting involved in the union effort. Can't hold back this kind of energy"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-09T01:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As @greenhousenyt reported both of these workers challenged management in anti-union captive audience meetings where then told to stand out in the hallway like there were kids in trouble in middle school. This campaign is ugly & workers are fighting back"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-09T02:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Similar to how the vaccine is inoculating workers against COVID Biden's vocal support for union drive is inoculating workers against anti-union tactics of management. My analysis based on interviews w/ workers in Alabama #RollTide"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-09T02:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Operation Dixie failed because it failed to engage on racial justice. Now at Amazon in Alabama workers & local BLM supporters & folks like @RepTerriSewell are changing that Could this be a new start for labor movement in the South Read @FrankNewsUS"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-11T21:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Wow @Will_Bunch hanging out w/ Sam Walton in 1983 in Bessemer Alabama is one hell of a lede to why the Amazon fight is the Selma moment of our times"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-12T16:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"When someone accuses you as a Jew of exploiting Tree of Life to argue for gun control you are no longer part of the left. Why do white folks cling to guns so much Lets abolish all guns - society would be so much better"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-16T16:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I really had a blast going on w/ @BenjaminPDixon to talk psychology of union-busting at Amazon. (starts around XX minute mark) but watch the show"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-16T23:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Striking Pharmacy Workers win a new contract"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-18T20:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Pittsburgh Bus drivers union leader Karina Howard of @ATUComm works the picket line in solidarity w/ Alabama Amazon workers outside of a Whole Foods (owned by Amazon) in East Liberty. The energy is electric - give a listen"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-20T19:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"When that fucking warehouse opens in Lawrenceville we should be handing out flyers everything is possible now he says. Yinzers are stoked about the union drive in Bessemer Alabama"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-21T18:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As @clarissaleon & others can attest @PaydayReport HQ has a large crowd of deer hanging outside of our office regularly look at this pack outside of Payday HQ less than a mile from downtown. You know what they say Pittsburgh is the Paris of Appalachia @JamesSantelli"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-22T11:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"My first in-person baseball game since the pandemic My Alma mater Bucknell taking on #14 Pitt just X blocks from my house"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-24T21:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We just got $XX in the door from a priest from Maryland. Folks lets keep the momentum going"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-25T03:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"TOMORROW is the first time I fly in over a year as a labor reporter. Stoked to be vaccinated & back out in the field covering the closing days of the Amazon union camapign. Im so stoked"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-25T18:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"While this may be @all_scout first labor reporting assignment his car definitely has the broke labor reporter look going on"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-27T19:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Its not looking like Amazon workers union effort in Alabama will be defeated. We've talked to a ton of anti-union workers here in Alabama & many union organizers fear that RWDSU will lose this election"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-29T16:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@ThatPicard @jamiekmccallum @RWDSU Umm we spoke to lots of yes folks for the past few weeks. Our job is to interview workers & report the facts not invent them"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-30T00:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In labor movement we often villify anti-union workers as "scabs". But listen to these folks they are really people who know little about unions & they are confused. Appreciated the X anti-union workers speaking to me"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-30T00:16Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@jamiekmccallum @RWDSU There is a full thread with an article - its not job to do PR - its my job to tell the truth"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-30T00:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Were facing criticism for interviewing anti-union workers but you have to understand these folks if unions are gonna win in the future"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-30T16:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Union bureaucrat types are upset with me for interviewing these anti-union workers that we meet randomly in the parking lot. Im a labor reporter - my job is to tell the truth about labor movement not act as a PR person for union bureacrats"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-03-30T16:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@all_scout out on the picket line as 1100 coal miners strike in Northern Alabama at Warrior Met Coal"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-03T00:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The scene on the picket line just less than an hour up the road from Amazon was simply electric Check out my dispatch from the hills of Northern Alabama"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-05T22:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As we have waited a week for the votes to be counted at Amazon in Alabama a massive multiracial coal miners strike of 1100 broke out. Read out story from the picket line in Brookwood Alabama"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-05T23:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im headed to bed but throw us a few bucks so we can keep on reporting"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-06T05:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"3215 ballots cast in Amazon union election - now that ballot challenges are over counting expected to begin this afternoon or tomorrow"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-08T13:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"There are X Types of Union PR flacks 1.) Top-down message control freaks 2.) Good Union Pr people who are like "talk to whoever - do u need some background material" This is labor movement not marketing - just let workers talk"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-08T17:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"174 (yes union votes) to XXX (no union votes) at Amazon in Alabama out of 3215 ballots cast. This does not look good for the union"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-08T20:55Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We need to teach about unions in High School Civics classes. So many of the people that I spoke with knew nothing about unions. We gotta educate people at a young age about unions"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-08T21:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Barely a dozen Amazon workers showed up to the Bernie & Killer Mike rally last week. I got the distinct feeling that folks were running for hills. After union losses like this there is a retalation"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-08T21:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If you wanna understand the psychology of union busting I suggest this @FrankNewsUS & @PaydayReport interview w/ Morris Mock"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-08T23:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If Biden lets Amazon get away with this it will encourage other companies to play dirty. Amazon broke law & should lose their federal contracts"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-09T00:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"So many people watched their 1st major union drive at Amazon. A whole new generation of activists are getting their 1st battle scars from a losing labor fight - don't forget them they will help you in the future"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-09T15:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I've covered X major losing union elections in the South on the ground in last decade. From each one I have learned so much. We are gonna have to question a lot & improve our organizing models to beat this type of employer opposition"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-09T15:08Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@RWDSU Organizers say that a national movement was built at Amazon and its truly a movement not a union that workers will want to join. My look at what's needed to win a multi-year battle"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-09T17:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@PaydayReport called it accurately as a defeat before the union campaign ended & we got a ton of crap. Union PR people can be control freaks & this PR campaign was very tightly managed - same two spokespeople each time"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-09T18:02Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"So many Amazon workers told me that they didn't know if a union could really help them. They knew little about unions instead of building a strong organizing committee w/ a record of workplace action @rwdsu rushed the election. My look from Alabama"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-09T18:32Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Amazon taking a page from the movie "Office Space" literally made workers anti-union flair on their laynards. I am being SERIOUS"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-09T19:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@veenadubal Its inspired quite a bit of organizing elsewhere already"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-09T21:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ive covered the last X major union defeats in the South and I go down to cover each one hoping they will win - only to write post-mortem. One of these days Im gonna get to write a victory party story & oh man thats gonna be sweet"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-09T23:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Hope Amazon union defeat is Selma moment for labor rights"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-09T23:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ableism is a key ingredient in anti-unionism. Amazon workers who felt physically they could do the job saw the union folks as lazy. We need to incorporate anti-ableist organizing in every part of trade unionism"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-10T02:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Got my 2nd dose of Moderna & celebrating at my first baseball game since the pandemic - so happy to be back in PNC - I missed this place tremendously"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-11T00:25Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Labor intellectuals often masquerade as reformers are just union technocrats who believe if you follow best practices or put people like them in charge union will win. Labor intellectuals dont make this movement - rank-n-file workers do & they need to center your stories"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-12T16:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If you havent read our story based on interviews w/ anti-union workers on how Amazon combined promises of improvement w/ subtle threats please take a chance. Labor has a lot to learn from the defeat at Amazon in Alabama"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-12T19:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Biggest problem of left labor beat is that too many labor journo types try to be allies instead of just telling the truth about the labor movement"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-12T23:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Donate to help us continue to cover the story at Warrior Met Coal in Northern Alabama"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-14T01:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"WOW @neilbarofsky has been recommended by Detroit US Attorney to oversee as a federal monitor in corruption in the UAW. I am really looking forward to covering this cc @ddayen"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-14T20:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"ATU bus drivers union wont transport BLM protestors arrested in Minnesota"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-15T05:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
""The brave men and women of the Minnesota National Guard are our neighbors. Theyre teachers health care workers and business owners who live in communities across our state. This is unacceptable." - @GovTimWalz said denouncing union activists"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-16T21:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Hearing about union activists upset over National Guard using a union hall running off the Guard makes me proud to be in the labor movement"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-16T21:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"No cooler vibe than getting a XX minute bus ride to your house alone - thanks @PGHtransit"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-17T04:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@jbrous41 When it comes to union busting Amazon attempted to be culturally competent & it worked as our reporting showed"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-17T18:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"On the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-20T21:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"My inbox is full of union press released praising the verdict BLM protests following George Floyds death changed the way that many unions engaged on racial justice"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-20T21:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A good friends wife died suddenly & I have never seen such grief. Any suggestions on helping my friend through this period"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-23T18:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A lot to unpack here"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-27T02:30Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@NicholsUprising is ESSENTIAL Reading on how and why a Minnesotan like Mondale fought for X decades to implement the Fair Housing Act"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-04-28T15:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"beautiful @campbellnyt on how Tree of Life Synagogue is re-opening while building a memorial to the massacre. The designer is child of Holocaust survivors who came to US w/ help of @HIASrefugees the group over whose support the synagogue was targeted"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-04T19:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Love the shirt"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-05T04:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Introducing a film crew from Italian National TV to Primantis sandwiches - they are blown away"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-05T22:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Anti-union employees like high turnover because it creates a CrossFit like team culture where the people left are willing to any psychically grueling task for the company. High turnover is by design"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-11T14:38Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Some Personal News: I recently was informed that I will be featured at length in an hour long docu on Italian National TV where I will be DUBBED ENTIRELY IN ITALIAN A XX Im stoked to finally break into Spaghetti Western labor journalism circuit back in the old country"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-11T14:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Racist Violence is racist violence and Israel is the clear perpetrator of the violence"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-13T19:42Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A crime against humanity - the vintage 1960s Os hot dog shop sign has been removed by new gentrifying owners"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-14T00:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@GaineyForMayor defeated incumbent Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto to become Pittsburgh's 1st Black Mayor"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-19T02:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@ueunion was one of only X unions who backed @GaineyForMayor in his successful to bid be Pittsburghs 1st Black Mayor"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-19T03:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Best dance party I have ever seen at a Pittsburgh political party Its a new era in Pittsburgh"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-19T05:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"What it means is that were moving to offense from defense but the work were doing isnt gonna change - @GadsdenWesley of @OnePennsylvania A fun dispatch from the dance party @GaineyForMayor Victory Party for Pittsburgh's 1st Black Mayor"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-20T19:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@JamesSantelli toasting a new bride in downtown Pittsburgh at the Warren"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-23T05:15Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Im looking for story ideas Anyone have any good ones"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-26T21:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Connecticut Service Plaza workers are going on strike all along I-95"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-27T14:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@lennyflatley @KenSilverstein1 I heard Bernie took the towels too - just straight took them w/ him which I thought was awesome. Makes me wonder why my old Politico pod buddy Doverre buried the lede Bernie stole towels from hotel & didnt give a fuck - thats socialism in action"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-05-28T03:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In a letter obtained by @PaydayReport @newsguild prez @gaufre told @WBNG32035 prez @fatimathefatima whose local represents the staff of several major unions that he did not want SEIU's staff union to affiliate because he didn't want to take on SEIU"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-02T17:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@gaufre decision to shy away from sexual misconduct fight in representing SEIU staff union was appealed by @WBNG32035 to @newsguild international executive council which overruled @gaufre Its part of a growing trend of discontent w/ @gaufre leadership"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-02T18:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Really Is coupon fraud a real thing"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-02T22:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Had a blast hosting BBQ today - thanks to everyone who turned out"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-07T01:31Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just saw this woman on tinder whose lede was I run a semi-legal Pierogi business"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-08T18:20Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"They should be banned from MLB"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-14T03:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@schwarz @v_zilber Who among us doesnt have that buddy that you got baseball games who bombed Cambodia illegally We all have friends like this - come on Jon"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-15T22:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Problem of labor influencer journalism is that its told from a position of privilege - from the view of union staffers not workers"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-17T00:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fireworks over PNC Park seen from the cliffs by my house"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-19T02:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A Black socialist woman is about to become Buffalos new Mayor"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-23T02:59Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"This is suburbs of DC"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-23T03:11Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Federal records show that @nyguild has spent excessively on lawyers & high staff salaries over $150K In 2020 @nyguild doubled outside legal costs to over $600K for a 4000 person local"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-23T15:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Blackstreet performing No Diggity at the free Western Pa Black music festival which has been wonderful this year"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-27T21:43Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"At one point @newsguild prez @gaufre even called my father's boss @uenion prez Carl Rosen & told him (falsely) that I was suicidal. On why we are going to court against @newsguild leadership who won't come clean about sexual misconduct"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-06-29T18:19Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I remember meeting the "legendary" @KenSilverstein1 as an awestruck 23-year old budding labor reporter so incredibly flattering to have Ken praise my work on his show. Give it a listen - its only XX minutes"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-07-01T23:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ran into a real OG Oliver Onion w/ @JamesSantelli"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-07-03T21:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Damn I cant believe that we got scooped on that"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-07-07T02:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Few things upset me more than people who misspell it Pittsburg. Come on we are a major American city - spell our name correctly"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-07-07T19:51Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"22 nursing unions across the globe call for the Olympics to be canceled due to COVID-19 risk"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-07-12T18:06Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Many minor league players are facing homelessness this year as players making $500-a-week struggle to afford apartments Now @MiLBAdvocates is organizing players & fans to fight back & winning victories"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-07-22T20:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Growing solidarity from fans shaming low wage minor league baseball teams is helping new organizing efforts like @MiLBAdvocates"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-07-23T01:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"never forget - Joe Torre was very critical of Curt Flood & not supportive as a teammate"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-07-28T03:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The Scabs are going back home to their kids who hate them #zing"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-07-28T05:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I take a stomach medicine but due to drowsiness and fatigue issues has stopped. Hopefully Ill be fine in a week or so - staycation next two weeks & tbh just gonna sleep"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-03T00:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"These stomach issues have made me to too sick & dizzy to be able to even really focus to watch TV. All I want to do now is lay in bed and listen to jazz. Any good jazz album recs"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-04T18:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Sources say that Trumka died of a sudden heart attack at age XX. Like many labor leaders he gave his life to the labor movement & died at its post"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-05T16:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Trumka's close relationship w/ Warren stemmed from General Counsel Damon Silvers who served as her deputy on the Congressional Oversight Panel of TARP. Trumka was her biggest advocate in Obama's ear to appoint her & AFL-CIO pushed them hard"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-05T17:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just discovering this photo of Trumka WITHOUT a mustache"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-06T17:10Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fact that white liberals still think Fetterman is viable after refusing to apologize for pulling a gun on an unarmed Black guy which angered so many Black activists in Pittsburgh shows how segregated our politics is"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-06T17:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Talked to a SF construction worker who said he bought in Bernal Heights for $43k in 1978 on his apprenticeship salary in his 1st year in the building trades"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-07T03:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As an autistic baseball junkie I am outraged by Omar Vizquel sexually assaulting a 23-year autistic bat boy. I've had guys pull this same kind of locker room sexual assault on me & it happens often MLB should ban Vizquel from ballparks for life"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-07T23:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Watched a French resistance movie where they bought cauliflower on the black market. Imagine risking your life to buy cauliflower"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-08T22:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In Lincoln Nebraska Family Dollar workers walkout-en-masse & quit. It comes less than a month after a sign of Burger King workers quitting in Lincoln went viral"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-10T01:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@RyanDeto @PGHCityPaper Woah only $60-a-week for interns working XX hours a week so $4-an-hour How can @PGHCityPaper claim to be a voice of workers here in Pittsburgh and pay folks $4-an-hour"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-10T02:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Its ILLEGAL for a for profit corporation like @PGHCityPaper to pay its intern $X an hour. At least McDonalds pays their folks $7.25-an-hour. @trashyleesuh & @RyanDeto are both management & got a lot of explaining to do"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-10T20:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"At only $60-a-week @PGHCityPaper interns would be able to afford the bus or lunch at work. This is exactly why @trashyleesuh has run @PGHCityPaper into the ground w/ high turnover cuz they dont value their workers cuz they can always find cheap interns for $4-an-hour"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-10T22:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"If @trashyleesuh doesn't pay all interns $XXXX an hour @PGHCityPaper in compliance w/ federal labor law we will contact DOL. @PGHCityPaper is a for-profit business& cant misclassify "reporters" as "interns" to avoid federal min wage. This is wrong"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-11T01:34Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Just noticed on @Instacart that you can use EBT now to get groceries from @AldiUSA How much of federal EBT money is going to @Instacart each year Biden oughta say no EBT money unless Instacart follows federal labor law"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-11T01:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I wont be flying these airlines"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-11T04:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"For years folks like Brett Norman talked union at POLITICO when it was popular. Brett had my back when I have fired there X years ago. Damn good guy. May his memory be a blessing"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-12T15:37Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Its the 6th anniversary of my firing from Politico for union organizing. Can u throw in a few bucks And help us take some time off"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-12T20:41Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"6 years today I was fired union organizing at Politico & people told me that Id never work in journalism again. Crowdfunding gave me the autonomy & freedom as a labor reporter that I never had in corporate media"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-12T20:44Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@LZatYT @BenjaminPDixon We already are seeing mass health care walk offs"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-13T21:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Crossing the Clemente Bridge afetar a ballgame to blaring music. Best vibe of any ballpark in the US: PNC Park"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-15T02:27Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As the grandson of an Italian immigrant who helped raise me the vibe at Pittsburghs Little Days makes me so nostalgic for the old dagos"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-22T00:09Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Why not hold a portion of the Paralympics alongside the Olympics - disabled folks could use the viability"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-24T00:36Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I watched "Platoon 317" written & directed by a French war reporter that was present at Dien Bien Phu. Still can't get my mind off that movie - best war movie ever made imho"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-30T03:52Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We dont even provide air conditioning for our employees in the summer"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-30T17:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@PaydayReport Our grantors were very happy with our work and were even willing to recommend us for future funding. Major publications in the U.S. like NPR & foreign publications like The Economist & Sydney Morning Herald have cited Payday Reports strike numbers"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-08-31T20:00Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Wendys workers walkout in Kalamazoo walkout"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-02T02:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"In August @newsguild canceled the release of a promised report on sexual misconduct in its leadership. The report was written by a Cop Union PR specialist. Several survivors who contacted union say that they weren't interviewed"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-02T19:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"All these unions that are like these vaccines are a subject of mandatory bargaining Im like fuck that - how about your go canvass your members & get them vaccinated - youd build more power that way than whatever manipulative power you can build refusing to vaccinate"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-03T21:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I just saw a womans tinder profile that was just her eating Swedish meatballs alone at IKEA"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-12T17:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Alabama union effort bearing fruit in Amazons attempt to raise wages to $18-an-hour to fight of future union attempts"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-14T10:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Today MLB celebrates Clemente Day. When Curt Flood sought union support in 1969 his team union rep told him to drop it. Others said it looked too racial. Even Reggie Jackson mocked him. Clemente arranged a meeting in San Juan & got the union on board"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-15T13:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"And lets be clear when Jacobin is making $X million a year they need to pay their writers more than $XXX a story"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-15T16:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"in 1969 players union was in middle of contract bargaining some players didn't want take up Curt Flood's case esp given racial issues. Clemente set up a meeting in San Juan & turned the tide for Flood #clementeday"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-15T20:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Its Clemente Day & scores of Puerto Ricans have made their homage to Pittsburgh to pay their respects to Roberto Clemente"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-15T22:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Its Clemente Day & scores of Puerto Ricans have made their homage to Pittsburgh to pay their respects to Roberto Clemente"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-15T22:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"A new beer has been launched to pay tribute to Garment workers organizing in LA"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-17T18:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Guy takes off his boots & throws them at a guy running on top of a train"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-18T02:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@SayyidFB @kenklippenstein Whenever men tells an ableist joke like that about someone's physical appearance they are overcompensating for a lack of something else. have fun w/ your insecurities"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-24T19:50Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Someone just drove by & shouted Mike Elk as I was walking into Squirrel Hill. Was it you"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-27T00:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"38% of restaurant workers say they have faced more wage theft in 2021 than in 2020. Wage theft has been driving many retail worker walkouts. More in today's @PaydayReport newsletter"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-27T21:40Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Workers across the US are striking in record numbers at retail outlets - just simply walking out. We need your help to do this story"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-28T02:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Teamsters bus drivers are back on strike in Reno over unfair scheduling. They struck for XX days to win healthcare changes - now they are striking again"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-28T20:18Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Who cares what Elon Musk thinks"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-28T23:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Retail worker walkouts are happening everyday and we need your help to cover them. We are at the end of the month & could really use your helping hand"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-29T23:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Sneak Peek: Boots Riley and I had so much fun talking yesterday. Cant wait to release the whole interview"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-09-30T18:53Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Boots Riley signed up as a recurring donor to @PaydayReport and so should you. No better time to sign up than at this time of the month"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-04T17:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"98% of workers authorized a strike today A strike could happen any day & inspire so many others"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-05T00:07Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Organizers seek to rename Lee County Florida after Bruce Lee"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-05T20:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"May his memory always be a blesssingg"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-06T18:35Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"I was writing about IATSE strike then starting thinking about the West Virginia teacher's strike X years ago. Much like West Virginia an IATSE strike would be like lighter fluid for the strike wave that has seen 1580 strikes since March 2020"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-06T20:46Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"TFW you are XX at a dance party of much younger people someone spills a beer on the dance floor & youre like I need to immediately tell someone to clean it up - someone could fall"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-10T03:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"At the age of XX my parents just informed me that they are finally dropping me from the family cellphone plan as they switch to a senior citizen plan"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-12T18:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"You love to see it"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-12T19:39Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"You know you are on the West Coast when"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-16T03:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"On Friday Payday documented its 1600th strike since the pandemic began. Help us to keep counting them & traveling to document the worker uprising"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-16T21:49Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Bernie texting support for striking John Deere workers"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-18T22:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"@jamieson I dont agree Dave. Weve tracked over 1600 strikes since the beginning of the pandemic. Whats happening in retail worker walkouts is historic"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-20T19:21Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@IATSE is struggling to sell its proposed tentative agreement to its members who are threatening to walkout anyways. My latest from LA #IASolidarity"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-20T22:45Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"- Netflix Workers Walkout 3300 Pitt Faculty Unionize @SummerForPA Enters Congressional Race & more in this newsletter"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-20T23:14Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@BenjaminPDixon talk how Black retail workers who are walking out en masse daily have been erased from #Strikotober narrative"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-21T20:05Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Workers Are Furious. Their Unions Are Scrambling to Catch Up"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-26T20:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre in which XX of our fellow Jews were murdered due to their support of immigrants rights. May their memories always be a blessing in the fight for racial justice"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-27T19:33Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"May their memories always be a blessing #TreeofLife"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-27T20:56Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Politico unionized We got the job done finally"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-29T15:24Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"The logo of the union at Politico - you love to see it"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-10-31T07:22Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"S much of the mental health issues in my life would be avoidable if I could just make a sustainable living as a labor reporter. The constant fundraising & precarity creates constant anxiety of all the plates coming crash down into ruin"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-02T15:48Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"We just got $XXX into our West Virginia strike fund. Chip in & help us cover this crucial strike"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-03T02:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Donate to help us continue to cover this crucial strike"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-03T22:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
".@NicholsUprising on why Murphys election is so important"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-04T01:26Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Love the tint on Pittsburgh busses at night that makes it feel like youre in a club"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-07T00:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Fetterman to appear on picket line w/ Scranton teachers tomorrow"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-09T00:23Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"As @MarkAmesExiled once told me Payback is a dish best served cold"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-09T00:47Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"WRONG of VICE's @timmarchman to infer @benyt on sexual conduct coverup in @newsguild is motivated by anti-union animosity when it follows up on my own reporting. Our reporting on sexual misconduct in @newsguild has repeatedly been labeled as anti-union & that's just wrong"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-09T19:01Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"How it started vs. How's it going"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-09T23:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Iowa Farmers Union board releases a statement backing John Deere workers in their strike"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-10T17:03Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"What are some good overlooked foreign war fllms"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-17T01:57Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"UPMC traps its own workers in medical debt w/ predatory rates. This woman has been fighting & trying to unionize there for XX years #upmcstrike"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-18T20:17Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Tudors Biscuit is a larger chain of diners in WV and Eastern KY - this is YUGE"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-18T23:29Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Jp Wright sent me this"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-11-22T16:58Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Striking steelworkers have been on strike for almost X months at Warren Buffets Special Metals. Now they have started projecting images calling out the company below Special Metals Christmas decorations"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-12-01T18:13Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"BREAKING: Major League Baseball has officially locked out its players union. It's the first work stoppage in baseball since 1995. More details here"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-12-02T05:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"With MLB locking out its players union it can no longer use images of current players. Instead old images of Clemente & Jim Bunning appear on their website. Both founded the player's union & would be pissed to see their photos used like this"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-12-02T05:54Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Ugly to see so many union folks argue against human rights for baseball players because they make a lot of money. Post-pandemic baseball players should be able to live and work whereever they wanted"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-12-03T16:04Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Leftly labor twitter has been really silent on the Baseball lockout & I worry its out of this elitist anti-sports mentality. Sports are great fun & huge cultural symbols that inspire people - winning this baseball battle will inspire other workers to fight back"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-12-03T16:12Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements
"Back on the road w/ @heyjohnrussell to cover the Strayer strike in Erie"
X Link @MikeElk 2021-12-07T17:28Z 18.2K followers, XX engagements