It’s Payday, folks. Greeting from the cliffs overlooking the Monongahela River and the Battle of Homestead Historic Site, where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has finally recovered from a two-week bout with a nasty respiratory infection. Thank you, Alabama!  Thank you, Alabama for giving a new burst to

In June, Payday Report exposed that DNC Chair Tom Perez had stumbled in his pledge to provide paid internships at the Democratic National Committee. Now, after much public outrage following Payday’s investigation, we have learned that the DNC intends to implement a paid internship program starting in January 2018.

I. The Stakes: “Right-to-Work” in Pennsylvania Washington, Pennsylvania — When I arrived at the high school gymnasium where the Democrats were holding a convention to pick their nominee for the crucial PA 18 Western Pennsylvania Congressional special election, I couldn’t help but think of my PapPap, Regis “Rege” Holden, a

As we take on big investigative projects like Payday’s groundbreaking investigation into cover-ups of sexual misconduct at SEIU, Payday Report is excited to announce that we have hired Oliver Bateman as Payday’s first General Counsel. A native Western Pennsylvanian from a multigenerational union family, who spent the better