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130 Law360 Journalists Opt to Join NewsGuild as Digital Media Unionization Movement Grows

Mike Elk Jul 19, 2016 0 Comments

By Mike Elk Earlier today, the 130 editorial employees of Law360 opted to join the New York NewsGuild. According to the NewsGuild, “an overwhelming majority” of newsroom employees opted to join the Guild. Law360, owned by the LexisNexis Group, is one of the fastest legal news organizations in the country.

More Perez Vp Talk - Pre-DNC Labor Fight Special - Woody Guthrie’s Birthday - Center for Public Democracy Unionizes

Mike Elk Jul 15, 2016 0 Comments

By Mike Elk It’s payday folks! Greetings from Chattanooga, Tennessee. This edition of the Payday Lunch Pail goes out to the workers at the Center for Popular Democracy, who successfully opted this week to join the 1,500 member strong Washington-Baltimore News Guild (WBNG). WBNG has been growing in

Exclusive: Organized Labor Increasingly Pushing Perez as VP

Mike Elk Jul 13, 2016 0 Comments

By Mike Elk Payday has learned that in recent days top officials within organized labor have increasingly been pushing Labor Secretary Tom Perez as their preferred choice for Hillary Clinton’s pick for Vice President, arguing that he could be the forceful voice within the White House that organized labor

How Public Sector Unions Could Help Prison Labor Strikes Spread

Mike Elk Jul 11, 2016 0 Comments

By Mike Elk In the early 2000’s, the small but militant Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) launched union drives at Starbucks and Jimmy John’s. At the time, many in the mainstream labor movement scratched their heads. Traditionally, labor groups believed that the high turnover of fast food

Inaugural Lunch Pail - DNC Takes Money from Union Busters - Chinese Firecracker Workers - 1,000 Trump Workers Strike

Mike Elk Jul 08, 2016 0 Comments

By Mike Elk Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Payday Lunch Pail. Each Friday around lunch time, maybe that sometimes means lunch time on the West Coast or lunch time in Chicago, we will strive to give our readers something to enjoy on a Payday. Payday Report is going

130 Law360 Journalists Opt to Join NewsGuild as Digital Media Unionization Movement Grows

More Perez Vp Talk - Pre-DNC Labor Fight Special - Woody Guthrie’s Birthday - Center for Public Democracy Unionizes

Exclusive: Organized Labor Increasingly Pushing Perez as VP

How Public Sector Unions Could Help Prison Labor Strikes Spread

Inaugural Lunch Pail - DNC Takes Money from Union Busters - Chinese Firecracker Workers - 1,000 Trump Workers Strike

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