IMPACT: Nissan to Suspend Production at Mississippi Plant
This morning, Payday Report broke the story of how Nissan was forcing 6,000 workers to continue to work in dangerous conditions in Canton, Mississippi. The…
Articles by Mike Elk
6,000 Nissan Workers Forced to Work During COVID-19 in Mississippi
On Tuesday, Nissan shut down Britain’s largest car plant in Sunderland, where over 6,000 mostly white members of the British union Unite maintain a powerful…
Why Aren’t Mayors Protecting Delivery Drivers from Coronavirus?
“I have been trying to hide my cough all day,” says 38-year-old Lyft driver Carlos Ramos. Ramos, who lives in Bakersfield, typically drives three hours…
Pittsburgh & Allegheny County Criticized for Lack of Transparency on Coronavirus
PITTSBURGH, PA. – Today, video of hundreds of people partying on St. Patrick’s Day on Pittsburg’sh South Side went viral around the nation. Despite warning…
The Coronavirus Is Jump-Starting Union Organizing at Delta
For more than a decade, the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) has struggled to organize flight attendants at Delta, the largest non-union airline in the…
The Inside Story of How Latino Leaders Remade Bernie’s Campaign
BURLINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA – The frequent bursts of wind on this cold February afternoon leave me shivering, but Yesenia P., an immigrant from Mexico, seems…
Help Us Cover Immigrants Organizing For Bernie in North Carolina
We just got done covering the primary in South Carolina. Our work had an enormous impact with our video of Bernie talking to a teacher…
Some African-Americans Move Towards Bernie in Rural South Carolina
ST.GEORGE, SOUTH CAROLINA – 69-year-old African American Vietnam Veteran Richard Field saunters up to the buffet table packed with bacon, fried catfish, eggs, and grits…
Klobuchar Blocked Obama’s Push for Child Farmworker Safety Rules
Child farmworkers are killed at six times the rate of other child workers. The majority of these workers are Latino immigrants, who often work alongside…
AFT Prez Weingarten Signals Support for Sanders over Moderates as Field Narrows
Last week, the American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten signaled that their union would likely support Senator Sanders if the primary field were to…
Payday Calls for Boycott of The Young Turks over Union Busting
Earlier today, veteran HuffPost labor reporter Dave Jamieson broke the story that Young Turks Founder Cenk Uygur has told staffers at the Young Turks that…
Pittsburgh Dem Party Opposes 1st Black Woman State Rep from Western PA for Re-Election
This week, the Pittsburgh-based Allegheny County Democratic Committee voted to officially oppose in her quest for re-election, Summer Lee, the first black woman from Western…