MAP: Thousands of Businesses & Schools Closed in 120 Cities Due to January 30th Shutdown
Our map shows that the January 30th Shutdown is already affecting hundreds of businesses and schools across the country.
Read More...
Mike Elk
Mike Elk is an Emmy-nominated labor reporter. He founded Payday Report using his NLRB settlement from being illegally fired in the union drive at Politico in 2015. Email him at melk@paydayreport.com
Map: 62 Actions Honoring Alex Pretti & Their Powerful Stories
To understand where things are headed in terms of a general strike to stop ICE, it's important to understand how people across the country are mourning the assassination of Alex Pretti.
Read More...
Alex Pretti’s Next-Door Neighbor Talks Grief, Community Meetings, & Organizing Target Workers
As Chris spoke of his grief, it combined with excitement and resolve about the organizing ideas that he heard at the meeting that day.
Read More...
Labor Leaders Mourn Alex Prettii as General Strike Calls Build
“Our union is heartbroken. An AFGE member is dead. And a family’s life has been forever changed,” said AFGE union President Everett Kelley.
Read More...
Alex Pretti Was a Union Member - Another General Strike Now Likely - NBA Game Cancellation Could Spur Player Walkout Again
Alex Pretti was an ICE nurse at the Minneapolis VA and, according to AFGE, a union member of AFGE Local 3669.
Read More...