Payday Report is excited to announce the creation of the Bill Greider Grant for Labor Reporting.  The first recipient is Alexander Richey, a Northern Alabama native. Richey has already been on the ground helping Payday Report and franknews cover the historic union drive at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama.  Richey is

As young versus old workers get pitted against each other in the union drive at Amazon in Alabama, I thought it would be good to reshare my 2014 classic “The Battle for Chattanooga: Southern Masculinity & the Anti-Union Drive at Volkswagen.”  Cornell’s Kate Bronfenbrenner once told me it was

Folks,  Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday is monitoring the latest developments from the union drive at Amazon and furiously fundraising for the cost of a rental car. If you can, donate today. Dr. Jill Biden & Bernie to Visit Birmingham Friday Before Union Vote On Friday, First Lady Dr.

Greetings from the Burgh, where we are leaving for Alabama on Friday.  Amazon Union Tabulation Begins March 30 For nearly two months now, workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama have been voting on whether to unionize.  Today, the NLRB announced that the vote tabulation will begin on March