Help Us Cover Bernie in S.C. & Super Tuesday in the South
Payday was founded during the 2016 Primary Campaign while I was living in Chattanooga. I watched as Bernie suffered a body blow throughout the South…
Articles by Mike Elk
Pittsburgh AFL-CIO Opposes 1st Black Woman State Rep from Western PA for Re-Election
PITTSBURGH, PA. – This weekend, the Pittsburgh-based Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council voted to oppose the re-election of PA State Representative Summer Lee, the first black…
IMPACT: Cuomo Grants Unemployment Insurance to Striking Workers
Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that would grant unemployment benefits insurance to striking workers after being on strike for two weeks….
IMPACT: Delta to Remove Toxic Flight Attendant Uniforms Following Our Expose
In April of 2019, while writing for the Guardian, I broke the story of Delta’s flight uniforms containing formaldehyde and Teflon coating that was making flight attendants…
SEIU VP Moves to Sue Payday to Reveal Our Sources in Sexual Misconduct Cover-Up Exposes
Yesterday, SEIU Vice President Dave Regan, who also serves as President of its SEIU’s California-based affiliate SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), had SEIU-UHW General Counsel…
Under Legal Threats, The Guardian Killed My Investigation into SEIU Sexual Misconduct Cover-Ups
PITTSBURGH, PA. – Last week, SEIU agreed to a major settlement to resolve sexual misconduct claims against its Vice President, Dave Reagan. As part of the legal…
IMPACT: SEIU-UHW Settles Major Sexual Misconduct Case Following Payday’s Expose
Payday Report has learned that SEIU-UHW has settled a major lawsuit in a case brought against SEIU Vice President Dave Regan, who also serves as…
Va. Bus Drivers Win 82 Day Strike – Coal Miners Win 3 Day Blockade – Fired CNN Workers Win $76 Million
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we are going to see the 4K re-release of Matewan tonite. The beer at one of these fancy theaters…
CNN Runs Ad Featuring Payday’s Work Not Authorized by Us
Tonite during the Presidential Debate, CNN ran a TV ad from the anti-union “Center for Union Facts” entitled “Times Up SEIU”. The ad features a screenshot…
Volkswagen Ad Agency Tried to Buy Payday’s Footage of GM Strike for Beer Commercial
PITTSBURGH, PA. – This week, Payday was approached by a commercial ad agency, STALKR, to purchase from Payday the rights to footage of a GM Strike…
Over 1.3 Million View Payday’s Video of Yinzers Running Nazis Out of Pittsburgh
Our video of yinzers chasing Richard Spencer’s long-time nazi deputy Greg Conte has received more than 1.3 million views on twitter. A bunch of Nazis just…
On the death of my friend & mentor William Greider
“A story is like a river,” my mentor Bill Greider used to tell me when I was a cub reporter. “A lot of reporters try…