Tearing Down the Cultural Walls Between the Labor and Immigration Beat
The cultural division between these two beats always seemed absurd to me. Its time to tear down these walls.
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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
UAW Wins Narrowly in Kentucky - Chattanooga Pushes for 1st Contract at VW - Spokane Has a Bold Initiative to Fight ICE
The UAW has a won a narrow victory in a key union fight in Kentuckty!
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Over 900 Nurses Vote to Unionize at UPMC - 19,000 Boeing Workers Could Join Strike Wave - CA Farmworkers Strike
This week, it was announced that over 900 nurses employed at UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital voted to unionize by a margin of 402-305; creating a potential breakthrough in the UPMC system.
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Moshannon ICE Protest in Rural PA Coal Town Opens Eyes
A protest in a rural PA coal town has opened eyes & launched a new movement against ICE.
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BREAKING: Smart Union Member Abrego Garcia released from ICE detention
Just this afternoon, ICE released Abrego Garcia, a member of the SMART union, from ICE detention in Maryland: Garcia's detention generated controversy and an unprecedented coalition of construction unions demanding his release.
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