Mike Elk

This Friday, Hanukkah Party Fundraiser for Our Strike Tracker

Mike Elk Nov 29, 2021 0 Comments

Recurring Donation $3.00 monthly $5.00 monthly $15.00 monthly $35.00 monthly $100.00 monthly $36.00 yearly $60.00 yearly $180.00 yearly $420.00 yearly $1,200.00 yearly One Time Donation This Friday, December 3rd, we’re throwing a Hanukkah fundraiser at Murphy’s Tap

Why I describe Payday as "our publication" and not "my work" in interviews

Mike Elk Nov 25, 2021 0 Comments

Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday is going into holiday shutdown mode for some much-needed rest after covering strikes. We will be back, but I wanted to take a few moments to say how thankful we are at Payday Report for yinz. Sometimes when I am on the radio or

As UPMC Strikes, Black Workers Feel New Power as Black Political Leadership Takes Over Pittsburgh

Mike Elk Nov 22, 2021 0 Comments

PITTSBURGH, PA. – On a cold November day two weeks ago, Khalil Brown took to the microphone at State Rep. Summer Lee’s congressional kick-off rally in Westinghouse Park. Brown, 28, had risked his life during the pandemic working at UPMC Presbyterian hospital as a food service worker for $16.58

Richmond Offers Uber Subsidies Rather Than Meet Bus Drivers Demands - NJ Nursing Home Offers $55 an Hour to Scabs - Federal Stimulus Money Fuels NC Sc

Mike Elk Nov 17, 2021 0 Comments

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where my emergency dental surgery went off without a hitch, and I’m now back in labor-reporting mode. Richmond to Subsidize Uber Rides Rather Than Deal with Bus Drivers Shortage In Richmond, Virginia, bus drivers are up in arms after the city announced they’d

NC School Worker Strike Wave Spreads - After Getting $15 an Hour, Pittsburgh Workers Still Walk Out - Kellogg Looks to Hire Scabs

Mike Elk Nov 16, 2021 0 Comments

Greetings from the Burgh, where it’s been an exciting day as I just got my booster COVID at a vaccine clinic sponsored by Casa San Jose Latino Immigrant Resource Center. Elsewhere, workers in Pittsburgh are on the march as the strike wave rolls on. GetGo Workers Walk Off Job

This Friday, Hanukkah Party Fundraiser for Our Strike Tracker

Why I describe Payday as "our publication" and not "my work" in interviews

As UPMC Strikes, Black Workers Feel New Power as Black Political Leadership Takes Over Pittsburgh

Richmond Offers Uber Subsidies Rather Than Meet Bus Drivers Demands - NJ Nursing Home Offers $55 an Hour to Scabs - Federal Stimulus Money Fuels NC Sc

NC School Worker Strike Wave Spreads - After Getting $15 an Hour, Pittsburgh Workers Still Walk Out - Kellogg Looks to Hire Scabs

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