Pittsburgh Pirates Owner’s Newspapers Refuse to Cover Machinist Strike in West Virginia
GLEN DALE, WEST VIRGINIA – Ten miles south of Wheeling West Virginia on Route 250, sits a giant inflatable rat “Scabby” hovering over a porta…
Articles by Mike Elk
Planned Parenthood Group Moves to Use Trump’s NLRB to Bust Union
Intersectional organizing between the women’s rights movement and the labor movement is largely credited with successfully building support for a nationwide wave of strikes by…
Guardian Profile of the First Latina Leader of the National Education Association
Over at the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has a profile of why NEA President Lila Eskelsen Garcia is so optimistic about the…
61% of Louisiana Teachers Want to Strike According to Union Survey
Across the South this spring, teachers have gone on strike in West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. Now, teachers union leaders in Louisiana appear…
50K Casino Workers May Strike – Painters Stand With Tenn Immigrants – Milwaukee Teachers May Walk Out
By Mike Elk with help from Max Zahn It’s Payday folks! Greetings from Hanley, North Carolina, where Payday Report has been out in the field…
In North Carolina, 20,000 skip school as teachers strike movement swells
Over at the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk filed a dispatch for the Guardian from the North Carolina’s one-day teachers’ strike: As news…
Construction Unions Ally with Striking Teachers to Fight for Prevailing Wage Laws
As North Carolina teachers go out on strike tomorrow, they will be joined by the ranks of the state’s construction unions. Much like teachers, who…
North Carolina Teachers to Strike in Unprecedented Display of Force
Over at the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk filed a story previewing the North Carolina Teachers’ Strike: “These human shields, as I call…
Help Us Travel to Cover North Carolina’s Teachers’ Walkout on May 16th
Folks, Payday Report is proud to say that we were the only publication on the left that was able to afford to be on the…
3 Pro-ICE Sheriffs Defeated in N.C. – GOP Moves to Cut Teachers’ Raise – Tennessean Follows Payday’s Lead on Nashville Construction Safety Crisis
with help from Max Zahn & Professor Karina Moreno Greetings from ‘da Burgh, where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk is getting ready to ship…
EXCLUSIVE: Kamala Harris to Skip UC Commencement at Union’s Request – Tenn Gov Moves to Bust Union – Arizona Strike Settlement
Folks, Greetings from the headquarters of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers in Pittsburgh, Pa where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has just returned…
‘We’re being assertive’: Arizona teachers feel new power as strikes set to end
Over at the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk filed a dispatch for the Guardian from the Tuscon May Day protest, where teachers are…