Slate Moves to Bust Union – Big Union Gains in Texas – Oklahoma Teachers Could Lose Raise
Payday Raises $1,884 in a Week Folks, greetings from Payday Report, where we are celebrating an impressive haul of $1,884 as we seek to close…
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Union Shop Raided by ICE – 3rd Florida Newspaper Unionizes – Antwon Rose Protesters Shut Down Pittsburgh Highway
It’s Payday folks. Greetings from the Hill District, where Payday Report has finished the first stage of moving; now time for unpacking. Payday Raises $1,180…
Tenn. Activists Wins Release of 35 Immigrants – 13 Cities in South Deny Utilities to Undocumented – Rent Strikes on the Rise
Greetings from the historic Hill District neighborhood of Pittsburgh, where Payday senior labor reporter Mike Elk just moved into a mixed-income affordable housing community. We’re…
260,000 Teamsters Vote to Strike – After Ohio ICE Raid, Industry Complains – Disabled Workers Strike at Army Base in Virginia
Payday Labor Reporting Mobile “Judge Hanson” Out-of-Action Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday’s senior labor reporter is planning an epic fundraiser to buy a new…
3 Pro-ICE Sheriffs Defeated in N.C. – GOP Moves to Cut Teachers’ Raise – Tennessean Follows Payday’s Lead on Nashville Construction Safety Crisis
with help from Max Zahn & Professor Karina Moreno Greetings from ‘da Burgh, where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk is getting ready to ship…
North Carolina Teachers to Strike in May – Louisiana Teachers Could Follow – Georgia Bus Drivers Fired for Striking
North Carolina Teachers to Strike in May – Louisiana Teachers Could Follow – Georgia Bus Drivers Fired for Striking By Mike Elk with help from…
5,000 Teachers Storm WV Capitol – Labor Upset with Lamb in #PA18 – Virginia State House Passes Medicaid Expansion
Greetings from the top of Lydia Street, where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has returned from an inspiring trip to the historic statewide teachers’…
Atlanta Bus Drivers Strike – 94% of Pittsburgh Teachers Vote to Strike – Maryland Delays Silica Rule
Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk spent the week hanging out with the Bowzer of Sha Na Na aka Jon…
WV Teachers to Vote on Strike – Lamb Talks Dream Act in #PA18 – Baseball Player Labor Dispute Heats up
WV Teachers Vote to Strike – Lamb Talks Dream Act in #PA18 – Baseball Player Labor Dispute Heats up Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday…
Nashville Mayor in Trouble – WV Teachers Begin Rolling Strike – NPR Calls Out Lamb Campaign in #PA18
It’s Payday, folks! Greetings from da Burgh where Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has been laid up in bed making calls to Payday General…
Post-Gazette Byline Strike Will Determine #PA18 Race & Immigration Coverage – 84% White Newsrooms Playing Into DACA Defeat – W.V. Teachers Strike
This week’s Payday goes out to our 150 reporters at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, members of the Pittsburgh NewsGuild, who are currently engaged in a byline strike. The union has also filed unfair labor practices charges with the National Labor Relations Board claiming that the Post-Gazette’s owner, Toledo-based Block Communications, has unilaterally imposed health care costs on the union outside of the scope of collective bargaining.
Ricketts Drops $1 Million on #PA18 – Nissan Union Leader to Run for Office – Doug Jones Appoints Senate Democrats’ Only African American Chief of Staff
On Thursday, the Ending Spending Super Pac backed by billionaire Chicago Cubs owners Joe Ricketts, who fired 115 reporters at Gothamist and DNAInfo after they unionized in November, announced a $1 million ad buy in the #Pa18 Special Election.