Report: 554 Teachers Running for State House Nationwide
A new report released by the National Education Associations identifies 554 teachers, members of NEA and other teachers’ union, running for State House this fall….
Teachers in Texas Preparing to Strike as L.A. Teachers Authorize A Strike
Writing a dispatch from Texas for the Guardian, Mike Elk reports back on what potential the LA Teachers’ Strike could have as well as the…
Melk in Houston Chronicle: Do Labor Leaders Have the Focus to Rebuild the Labor Press?
Writing in the op-ed pages of the Houston Chronicle, the hometown paper of the fourth largest city in America, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk…
Payday Raises $820 in First 3 Hours of Labor Day Blitz
Folks, Help Us Reach Our Goal of $2,000 Donate Here! Greetings from Louisville. Earlier today, I went out to visit my friend JP Wright…
Machinist Move to Major N.C. Union Vote – 200 Immigrant Detainees Strike – SEIU Stays Silent On Sexual Misconduct Suit
It’s Payday folks. Greetings from the Fe y Justicia Worker Center in Houston, Texas, where Payday is reporting on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey…
Pentagon Cafeteria Contractor Facing Debarment over Service Contract Act Violations
Writing for the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has an exclusive look at how one of the Pentagon’s cafeteria workers is facing debarment…
Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit Filed Against SEIU Prez’s Top Ally
Payday Report has learned that one of the largest Service Employees International Union locals in the country, California-based SEIU-UHW, has been sued in Alameda, California…
Study: 4.5 Million Workers on Federal Contract Paid Less than $15 an Hour
Writing for the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has a look at a new study showing that the federal government is the largest…
Latinos & Seniors Organize to Expand Social Security to Immigrants
By Christine Bolaños & Mike Elk AUSTIN — Her hair pulled back into a ponytail, donning a burgundy blouse with flower petals and a wide smile…
Get a Free Signed Steve Early Book When You Donate to Payday Report
As part of our fundraiser to help Payday Report senior labor reporter Mike Elk afford a summer vacation, critically acclaimed labor reporter Steve Early has…
Help a Freelance Labor Reporter Afford Summer Vacation in Appalachia
Folks, Right-wing publications have mocked me in the past for raising money for vacations. However, as a freelance labor reporter, I don’t have paid vacation…
‘We’re militant again’: teachers at union convention galvanized by wave of strikes
Writing for the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk filed a dispatch on the new energy in teachers’ unions: “We are all militant again,…