Help Us Raise $1,000 For W.V. Teachers Strike Coverage & Costs of Rental Car & Gas

By: Mike Elk March 5, 2018

Folks,

Payday is hoping to raise $1,000 to help continue to cover the West Virginia Teachers’ Strike this week.

Help Us Reach Our Goal of $1,200

$1,030 / $1,200

Donate Here!

Already, Payday has been a leading national voice on the West Virginia Teachers’ strike. So far, we have filed more than 10 stories on the strike and discussed the strike in detail with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez on Democracy Now!

However, we need to get back on the ground to file more stories.

Recently, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk’s car broke down and we will be using most of the money to rent a car and pay for wrap-around service. Additionally, we will need money for hotel rooms, gas, and food while we are out on the road.

So donate today and help us to keep telling this inspiring story.

About the Author

Mike Elk

Mike Elk is an Emmy-nominated labor reporter who covered everything from Lula & the Brazilian labor movement to major league baseball. He spent years covering union organizing in the South for The Guardian and was labeled by the New York Times as an "abrasive gadfly" for exposing within the labor movement. Raised in a UE union family in Pittsburgh, Elk was illegally for union organizing at Politico in 2015 and used his NLRB settlement to start the crowd-funded Payday Report. He lives in his hometown of Pittsburgh and is fluent in both Pittsburghese and Portuguese, which he learned when attending journalism school at PUC-Rio de Janerio. Email: [email protected]