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 for sexual misconduct and assault committed by a top SEIU official against one of its former organizers. The lawsuits, obtained by Payday Report, accuses SEIU

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 poverty wage employer in the country: The study, compiled by pro-union group Good Jobs Nation, analyzed federal data and showed that the government spends more

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 offered to give a signed copy of his book “Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City” to anyone who

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 days. If I don’t work, I don’t get paid. The only way for me to afford a vacation is to crowdraise money.