What Anne Feeney Told Me At Frank Little’s Grave in Montana
PITTSBURGH, PA. – Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary when legendary labor folk singer Anne Feeney died from COVID-19 at the age of 69. I often…
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Help Honor MLK’s Legacy & Track the Strike Wave
In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was killed while visiting Memphis, Tennessee to march with the striking sanitation workers there. Fifty-four years later, we are…
Watch: Boots Riley & Mike Elk Talk Strikes, Film Industry & Independent Media Movement in 71 Minute Conversation
Late last fall, “Sorry to Bother You” director Boots Riley and I sat for a wide-ranging discussion. We discussed the strike wave, the failure of…
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Recover from COVID
Rough news, I tested positive for COVID and am actually quite ill. Given previous pneumonia and lung issues, I am quite worried about this getting…
After 75 Day Strike, Erie Ironworkers Win Big Changes
ERIE, PA – As Christmas music blared over VFW Local 470’s loudspeaker, members of Ironworkers Local 851 hugged and high-fived. Family members nearby ate holiday…
As Winter Hits, Ironworkers Escalate Key Erie Labor Fight
ERIE, PA. – As a freezing gust of wind and snow hits the side of the “strike tent” on the picket line outside of Erie…
Listen: Melk & Buzzcano Criticize Players Union for Not Mobilizing Fans During Baseball Lockout
Last week, I went on Bob Buzzcano’s podcast “Green & Red” to discuss the missteps of the Major League Players’ Association in the ongoing lockout…
MLB misuses Clemente’s image in their locking out of the Players’ Union
PITTSBURGH, PA. – With MLB’s locking out its players’ union after the collective bargaining agreement expired last night, major league baseball teams can no longer use…
Help Us Cover the MLB Players’ Union Lockout
Like many other workplaces, America’s favorite pastime will soon find itself in a labor dispute. And like the over 1,670 walkouts that we have tracked since…
In the Era of “The Great Resignation,” Baseball Players Want to Choose Where They Work
Like many other workplaces, America’s favorite pastime will soon find itself in a labor dispute. At 11:59 tonight, Major League Baseball (MLB) owners have signaled…
This Friday, Hanukkah Party Fundraiser for Our Strike Tracker
This Friday, December 3rd, we’re throwing a Hanukkah fundraiser at Murphy’s Tap Room in Regent Square, where I grew up. Party will start at 5…
Why I describe Payday as “our publication” and not “my work” in interviews
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…