Trabajador Randy Bryce lanza candidatura contra Paul Ryan
Cambiemos de lugar. Bromea Bryce. Paul Ryan puede venir a trabajar en el acero y yo me iré a D. C.
Articles by Mike Elk
BREAKING: Ironworker Randy Bryce Announces Bid to Unseat Paul Ryan
“Let’s trade places,” Bryce quips. “Paul Ryan can come work the iron and I’ll go to D.C.”
HuffPost Union Layoffs Without Seniority – NewsGuild Files NLRB Charges in Memphis – Duke Adjuncts Close to Contract
Payday Report has learned that the layoffs were done without regard to seniority despite the workers at Huffington Post being covered by a union contract. Several veteran reporters were laid off despite younger reporters with less seniority keeping their jobs.
Perriello Aims to Rebuild Environmental-Labor Coalition in Southwest Virginia
“We have supported the pipeline from the beginning and that hasn’t changed,” says Jeff Rowe, president of the 10,000 member-strong Virginia Association of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. “That being said, this election is about a lot more than pipeline.”
Watch: Payday’s Civil War-Themed #OrganizeTheSouth Summer Fundraising Drive Video
This past winter, we asked our readers to help us raise $5,000 and instead we raised $6,000. Those donations helped us be on-the-ground to cover some of the most important political moments in the South. Now, we are hoping to raise $10,000 to do even more.
Payday To Host #OrganizeTheSouth Party at People’s Summit featuring Nomiki Konst, John Nichols, Krystal Ball, David Sirota & more
This Friday June 9, join Payday Report in Chicago for a special #OrganizeTheSouth party at the People’s Summit. The party will be held Friday night starting at 8 PM at Motor Row Brewing (three blocks from the People’s Summit convention site).
As a result of the generous sponsorship of Good Jobs Nation & Union Connect App, Payday was able to book the entire second floor of Motor Row Brewing.
June 6th Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild To Host Payday #OrganizeTheSouth Fundraiser
On Tuesday, June 6th, The Washington-Baltimore News Guild is proud to support and announce an Organizing Event and Happy Hour Fundraiser for our member & friend in the struggle for Labor Rights, Payday Senior Labor Reporter, Mike Elk who will be a host a discussion of our struggle to #OrganizeTheSouth.
W.V. ACLU’s Joseph Cohen Discusses Cop Fired For Not Shooting Suspect
West Virginia ACLU Executive Director Joseph Cohen, former general counsel for United Electrical Workers (UE), talks about the case of a Weirton, West Virginia police officer, who was fired for not shooting an armed black man.
Exclusive: Perriello Talks Race, Pipelines, Unions, and Building a New Populist Coalition in Va.
Perriello sat down with Payday to discuss how Virginia can move away from, as he puts it, “an economy of extraction to an economy of restoration.”
Latino Construction Workers Strike in Louisville – Perriello Snags IBEW Endorsement in Va. – Hogan Vetoes Md. Paid Sick Leave – Ky. Unions Fight Right-to-Work
“We are the only one underpaid on this job,” Marco Cruz told WDRB. “Everyone else is making like $40-$45 an hour and we’re doing like $20 an hour. So we feel like we were discriminated by our gender, our race, and that’s what we’re demanding, just fair salaries.”
Electrocution Death of Latino Worker Highlights Nashville’s Construction Safety Crisis
Of the cities surveyed—Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Houston, and Dallas —researchers found that Nashville was the most dangerous city for construction workers.
Kale Workers in N.C. Show How Immigrants Can Win in the Trump Era
Despite the intimidation felt by many immigrants, FLOC activists say that community labor organizations like FLOC are going to become even more vital in the Trump era.
“There are a lot of abuses against Latinos and farmworkers,” says Floricel Morales-Cruz, one of the kale workers. “I want people to know that they shouldn’t let growers take advantage of them and that we need to be organized.”