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How Clemente Got the Players Unions Behind Curt Flood

Mike Elk Sep 15, 2024 0 Comments

Today in Pittsburgh, we celebrate Roberto Clemente Day. Forty-eight years ago Clemente, 38, died on New Year’s Eve while on a humanitarian and political mission to Nicaragua to ensure that post-earthquake aid wasn’t being stolen by the U.S.-backed Somoza dictatorship. Growing up playing baseball in Pittsburgh,

Randi Weingarten Talks Tim Walz & the Emotional Intelligence of Teachers

Mike Elk Sep 14, 2024 0 Comments

PITTSBURGH, PA. - For more than 15 years, I have covered Randi Weingarten, the president of the 1.7 million member American Federation of Teachers union, but I have never seen her as excited as when she got the news that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a social studies teacher and

Will Kamala Walk Boeing Picket Lines? - UAW Lose Another Drive at German Employer - SAG-AFTRA Members Criticize Leadership on Zionism

Mike Elk Sep 12, 2024 0 Comments

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we are still searching for a part-time Greider Fellow for Labor Reporting. Payday Changing Email Providers Good news, our switch to the new Ghost platform is complete and the site looks way slicker. (Check it out here) Now, we are switching to a new

Did Western PA Union Leaders Push Kamala to Reverse on Fracking Ban? - Pittsburgh #1 Media Market for Debate - AFT Calls for Release for Palestinian Union Leader

Mike Elk Sep 12, 2024 0 Comments

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday has been tracking a key national story on why Kamala Harris reversed her position on having a fracking ban. We have a big newsletter today on how right-wing construction union leaders in Western PA likely played a big role in this, and much

Payday Seeks Social Media & Reporting Fellow for Western PA Election Coverage

Mike Elk Sep 10, 2024 0 Comments

I haven’t been sleeping much because I have been writing so much. We need to hire on some more labor reporters As a result of an increase in donations for election coverage, Payday is seeking to hire a Bill Greider Fellow for Labor Reporting to work 15-20 hours a

How Clemente Got the Players Unions Behind Curt Flood

Randi Weingarten Talks Tim Walz & the Emotional Intelligence of Teachers

Will Kamala Walk Boeing Picket Lines? - UAW Lose Another Drive at German Employer - SAG-AFTRA Members Criticize Leadership on Zionism

Did Western PA Union Leaders Push Kamala to Reverse on Fracking Ban? - Pittsburgh #1 Media Market for Debate - AFT Calls for Release for Palestinian Union Leader

Payday Seeks Social Media & Reporting Fellow for Western PA Election Coverage

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