Help An Injured Volkswagen Union Activist
By Mike Elk A friend of workers everywhere, Wayne Cliett, a union activist at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, is having medical problems, and needs…
Articles by Mike Elk
The Emerging Bipartisan Consensus on Disability Employment Reform
“We call it the curb effect,” he says. “Just like the [ramp at the] curb also makes it easier for [pedestrians with] a piece of luggage or a stroller. It ends up helping everyone.”
JP Sings About His 20th Wedding Anniversary & His Son’s 14th Birthday
The toughest part of being Payday’s Senior Labor Reporter is attempting to summarize Payday Folk Labor Ombudsman J.P. Wright’s Folk Labor Desk. I tried for several hours to come up with witty description of JP’s folk labor desk about his son’ Jonah’s 14th birthday and his 20th wedding anniversary to his wife Donna Brown and failed.
Federal Court Calls Out Mercedes in Alabama – CEO Calls Himself Political Prisoner – Tenn Campus Workers Protest Privatization
Glass Manufacturer Lockout Ends in WVA – Alabama Guards May Have Joined Prison Strike – Southern Black Workers Call Out UPS Racism
On Second Try, IBEW Scores Major Victory for Southern Organizing at Electrolux
“We never stopped from last year,” said Paul Schaffer, who was the lead organizer on the campaign. “Our volunteer organizing committee kept fighting and kept going on strong.”
Nashville Fiber Optics Plan Could Cost Union Jobs – Miner Protection Bill Moves Forward – NBC Unit Wins Union after Votes Finally Counted
EXCLUSIVE: Volkswagen Intimidated Workers about Emission Whistleblowing
Workers says that the intimidation by Volkswagen follows a pattern that the company has been engaged in since the defeat of the UAW union drive at its Chattanooga plant in February of 2013.
Locked Out Defense Workers Protest Renewed Contract with Honeywell
Today, several hundred UAW supporters blocked street corners throughout Albany to protest the decision by the federal government to extend an $18.3 million contract to Honeywell, who has locked out nearly 400 workers in South Bend, Indiana and Green Island, New York for four months.
2nd Florida Newsroom Unionized – AFL-CIO Says No to #NODAPL – Undermining Obama’s Overtime Rules
Prison Labor Strike – Dominion Locks Out Workers – #LIUlockout #LIUwalkout – OSHA Again Cites Chicken Slaughterhouse
The South Is Organizing – and There’s No One to Cover It
The fastest-growing region in the United States for union membership is the South, where nearly 150,000 workers opted to join unions last year — bringing the total number of union members in the South to nearly three million. Five of the top 10 fastest-growing states for union membership in 2015 were all in the South. If those number surprise you, that might be because there is not a single full-time labor reporter anywhere in the South.