For my 37th Birthday, Help Me Cover the “Summer of Strikes”
It’s my 37th birthday, and we will be passing the hat to cover the “Summer of Strikes”. Currently, we are seeing a massive uprising in…
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Immigrant Workers Strike Across Florida – 50 Strikers & Supporters Arrested at Connecticut State Capitol – Melk’s 37th Birthday
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where I am preparing to take a couple of days off to celebrate my 37th Birthday this weekend. Come down…
In Erie, 1,500 UE Members to Walkout over “Right to Strike” over Grievances
ERIE, PA – “Pile on,” yells UE Local 506 Business Agent John Miles as the Erie Sea Wolves right fielder Daniel Cabreba hits a fast-hit…
1,900 Amazon Seattle Office Workers Walkout – 10,000 Florida Healthcare Workers Refusing Overtime – Alabama College Football Coach Calls for Unionizing
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh as we gear up for a massive 1,500-person UE strike up the road in Erie. Our editor just finished looking…
Melk’s 37th Birthday Party at PNC Park on Sat June 3rd at 4:05 PM
Folks, June 3rd is my 37th birthday. To celebrate, we are holding a fundraiser happy hour at the Pirates vs Cardinals game at PNC Park…
Insurers Cut Financial Support for Films During Strike – UFCW Moves to Recall Top Oregon Dem – 1,700 Connecticut Group Home Workers Strike
Folks, Greetings from Erie, where I’ve been out in the field interviewing local labor activists as we prepare to cover what’s increasingly looking like a…
“Summer of Strikes” Travel & Reporting Fund
Currently, more than 11,000 Writers Guild members are out on strike across the country. 160,000 SAG-AFTRA TV & Film members could join them by the end…
In Cannes, Film Financiers Hesitant to Invest During Strike – TV Fall Programming in Crisis – UC to Hire Undocumented Workers
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where workers at the Carnegie Museums have ratified a first union contract. Andrew Carnegie, who fought unions vigorously, would be…
Payday Has Filed 16 Stories on Writers Guild Strike – Help Us Cover the “Summer of Strikes”
Currently, more than 11,000 Writers Guild members are out on strike across the country. 160,000 SAG-AFTRA TV & Film members could join them by the end…
After Threatening to Pull $4 Billion, Mayo Clinic Exempted from Staffing Rules – Striking Writers Launch Comedy Show – SEIU Pushes Anti-Trust Against UPMC
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where the SEIU is seeking federal anti-trust action against UPMC for suppressing workers’ wages in the state. SEIU Files Anti-Trust…
SAG-AFTRA Recommends Strike Vote to 160,000 Film & TV Members – Chinese Strikes Surge – Canadian Unions Go “Scab Hunting” & Issue Heavy Fines
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where I am wrapping up a busy day after covering the elections for the past two days. (Check out our dispatch “Pittsburgh…
Pittsburgh Progressives Win Trifecta as Establishment Moves into Co-opt Electoral Victories
PITTSBURGH, PA. – Yesterday, as Allegheny County Executive Democratic nominee Sara Innamorato was giving her victory speech in Pittsburgh’s super hipster Bloomfield neighborhood, suddenly, the…