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

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

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

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia – As I arrive at the picket line outside of Special Metal’s 99-year-old plant here in Huntington, the workers seem surprised to see a labor reporter out there.  “Boy, are we glad to see you,” a steelworker tells me. “Nobody has been out to interview us at