So. Much. Deliciousness. “@ByronTau: Politico's labor reporter @MikeElk says he's trying to organize a @politico union drive"
— Gregg Keller (@RGreggKeller) January 26, 2015
Last September, Politico hired liberal journo Mike Elk as their labor reporter. It hasn’t taken him long to attempt to get Politico organized, in the union sense of the word:
Hey I have unionized every media publication at which I worked – why would @politico be different – labor reporter traditions @TimothyS
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) January 26, 2015
As Chris Townsend would say at UE, we got a beachhead @politico & are moving inland as we are encoutering almost no opposition #solidarity
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) January 26, 2015
heck I even talk about wanting to organize @politico in the middle of its newroom floor #NLRAprotectslaborreporterstoo
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) January 26, 2015
Politico had to see that coming, right?
Politico hires Union extremist loon who is now trying to unionize Politico
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/DrKimbee/status/559752607728959489
@redsteeze sometimes, the universe provides
— Mojo (@Psudrozz) January 26, 2015
@redsteeze this is hilarious… I've just shat myself I've laughed so hard… ?
— NoteToSelfDontDie (@DontDieOnline) January 26, 2015
We’ve seen this kind of thing before:
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/559752129909649408
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