Mike Elk

Kentucky Teachers' "Sickout" Strike Expected to Continue Through Monday

Mike Elk Feb 28, 2019 0 Comments

Payday Report has learned through conversations with teachers’ union activists in Kentucky that statewide “sickout strikes” are expected to continue through Monday. On Thursday, schools in the state’s two largest cities, Lexington and Louisville as well as 8 other counties in the states as a result of the sick

Pa. Police Threatened Me With Arrest For Recording a Black Man Being Searched

Mike Elk Feb 27, 2019 0 Comments

PITTSBURGH, PA. – Last night, when I got into Pittsburgh’s Amtrak station, I spotted a black man being cornered by several undercover Pa state police. They immediately began patting him down and searching his stuff The man was indignant that he was being searched. As a journalist, my immediate instinct

Help Payday Go to Portugal to Cover Strike Wave Changing Austerity Debate

Mike Elk Feb 17, 2019 0 Comments

Help Us Reach Our Goal $787 / $1,068 DONATE Here Earlier this year, a reader helped arrange for Payday to go to Portugal, where we are going to cover the growing strike wave against austerity there. As many of you know, I actually speak Portuguese pretty fluently from time in

West Virginia Teachers Vote to Strike (AGAIN!) - Bloomberg Union Taps 1st Women of Color Prez - Labor Split on Amazon

Mike Elk Feb 16, 2019 0 Comments

Greetings from Washington, D.C. Folks, its the day after Payday and I am just as broke as I was on Payday. (Donate to the weekend end fun fund) Comet and Ping Pong Provides Health Insurance Payday is coming out with a special Saturday edition cuz I had to have

3,000 Teachers in Denver Go on Strike

Mike Elk Feb 11, 2019 0 Comments

Today, more than 3,000 teachers in Denver went on a historic strike against neoliberal education pay proposals that make teachers pay tied to a management created bonus structure. It’s the first strike in Denver since 1994. It comes 9 months after a week-long successful strike in Pueblo, Colorado

Kentucky Teachers' "Sickout" Strike Expected to Continue Through Monday

Pa. Police Threatened Me With Arrest For Recording a Black Man Being Searched

Help Payday Go to Portugal to Cover Strike Wave Changing Austerity Debate

West Virginia Teachers Vote to Strike (AGAIN!) - Bloomberg Union Taps 1st Women of Color Prez - Labor Split on Amazon

3,000 Teachers in Denver Go on Strike

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