Union Buster Tracker Aims to Help Union Organizing
HELENA, MONTANA – In his home office a few miles from Montana’s State Capitol in Helena, LaborLab Co-Founder Bob Funk checks Department of Labor filings…
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Live from Yellowstone: How Rent Doubled in National Park Areas with “Work from Home”
Folks, While out reporting on union busting in Yellowstone, I went on the RJ Eskow of the Zero Hour podcast to talk about my travels…
BLS Counted 16 Strikes in 2021, Payday Counted 587
Update: Cornell’s Labor Action Tracker listed 370 strikes in 2021, but in a press release the group claims that they tracked 260 strikes Today the…
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Recover from Long Covid
In mid-December, I came down with a terrible case of COVID like many workers in this country. Since then, I have developed long COVID, which…
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…
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…