‘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,…
Trump’s Crackdown on Social Security Judges Seen as An Attack on the Disabled
On Tuesday, the Trump Administration issued an executive order that many fear will undermine the independence of administrative law judges (ALJs). The executive order would…
EXCLUSIVE: AFGE Says Trump’s Union Busting Aimed at Minority Workers in Federal Government
On Monday, the Trump Administration implemented new rules that would dramatically lower the legal threshold needed to fire unionized federal workers. At the same time…
Attica Scott May Run for Kentucky Gov. – NEA To Cut $50 Million from Budget – N.J. Passes Landmark Local Media Bill
Too Broke to See Pirates Take on Phillies This Weekend Folks, greetings from the Hill District, where its payday and Payday senior labor reporter Mike…
Following Janus Decision, Teachers Go Door-to-Door in Western PA to Rally Support
Writing for the Guardian from Westmoreland City, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk filed a dispatch for the Guardian looking at what teachers union are…
Slate Moves to Bust Union – Big Union Gains in Texas – Oklahoma Teachers Could Lose Raise
Payday Raises $1,884 in a Week Folks, greetings from Payday Report, where we are celebrating an impressive haul of $1,884 as we seek to close…
Retail Workers Union Fights Back Against ICE Raid on Meatpacking Plant in Ohio
Writing for the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk filed a dispatch on how the retail workers’ union is fighting back against an ICE…
Union Shop Raided by ICE – 3rd Florida Newspaper Unionizes – Antwon Rose Protesters Shut Down Pittsburgh Highway
It’s Payday folks. Greetings from the Hill District, where Payday Report has finished the first stage of moving; now time for unpacking. Payday Raises $1,180…
Requiem for a Steelworker: Mon Valley Memories of Oil Can Eddie
In progressive circles in the upper mid-west today, if you’ve heard the name Sadlowski, it’s probably because you were involved in the Wisconsin labor uprising…
Tenn. Activists Wins Release of 35 Immigrants – 13 Cities in South Deny Utilities to Undocumented – Rent Strikes on the Rise
Greetings from the historic Hill District neighborhood of Pittsburgh, where Payday senior labor reporter Mike Elk just moved into a mixed-income affordable housing community. We’re…
Latinos and Labor Form New Alliances Against Wage Theft As Construction Booms in Pittsburgh
O’HARA, PENNSYLVANIA – Popping out of the luscious greenery along the banks of the Allegheny River emerges the head of a giant 15-foot tall brown…
260,000 Teamsters Vote to Strike – After Ohio ICE Raid, Industry Complains – Disabled Workers Strike at Army Base in Virginia
Payday Labor Reporting Mobile “Judge Hanson” Out-of-Action Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday’s senior labor reporter is planning an epic fundraiser to buy a new…