Payday’s Mike Elk on Democracy Now Talking West Virginia Teacher’s Strike
Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk was on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez talking this morning along with West Virginia Middle School…
Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk was on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez talking this morning along with West Virginia Middle School…
The West Virginia teachers’ strike now entering its second week appears to be inspiring the nation. It looks now like the teachers’ militancy to strike…
Hey y’all, it’s Payday and we gotta get our trusty 2003 Dodge Neon “Judge Hanson” back on the road to West Virginia. Pass the hat…
It appears that the West Virginia teachers’ strike will last indefinitely as rank and file teachers in a majority of counties around the state have…
After 4 days of striking, the West Virginia teachers’ union has reached an agreement to end their historic work stoppage. Under the deal, the teachers…
As the illegal wildcat statewide strike of teachers in 55 counties in West Virginia stretches into its 4th day, West Virginia Governor and billionaire coal…
“There is a level of engagement that I haven’t seen before. People are woke,” said American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten when we spoke…
Greetings from the top of Lydia Street, where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has returned from an inspiring trip to the historic statewide teachers’…
Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk traveled to Wheeling, West Virginia, where he filed a dispatch for the Guardian: Despite the state enacting anti-union “right-to-work”…
This Thursday and Friday, thousands of West Virginia Teachers in all 55 counties have voted to go on the first statewide teachers’ strike since 1990….
Payday Report has learned that top SEIU officials have taken to social media to smear women accusing Massachusetts SEIU1199 Executive Director Tyrek D. Lee of…
Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk spent the week hanging out with the Bowzer of Sha Na Na aka Jon…