Payday Report (Page 181)

Ahead of Strike, Pittsburgh NewsGuild Prez Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Mike Elk Sep 22, 2020 0 Comments

PITTSBURGH, PA – On Friday, Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh President Michael Fuoco manned an informational picket line outside the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette offices. Reporters were preparing for the industry’s most high-profile newspaper strike in more than a decade. But watching Fuoco address TV cameras in front of the picket line made

1,800 NC Nurses Win Biggest Union Drive in South in a Decade - 3,800 GE Workers Move to Strike in Louisville - Michigan Graduate Employees End Strike

Mike Elk Sep 17, 2020 0 Comments

Greetings from the Burgh. I’m Clarissa, Payday Associate Editor, filling in for Mike who’s out because of Pittsburgh’s rampant pollution. If you want to help him out, send Payday a donation today. Or, if you can’t, follow Payday on Twitter or Facebook. Mission Hospital Workers Win

4,000 Nurses Strike in Chicago - 2,000 Grad Employees at Michigan - Long Island Teachers Wildcat

Mike Elk Sep 14, 2020 0 Comments

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we’ve been very busy tracking college strikes across the country. Check out our strike tracker for the latest numbers that now total more than 1,000 strikes since COVID-19 began. Help Us Fund the Editing of Mini-Documentary on 2nd Anniversary of Tree of

Clemente Museum’s Black Lives Matter Art Destroyed by White Woman

Mike Elk Sep 09, 2020 0 Comments

Watch as Roberto Clemente Jr learns that the Black Lives Matter banner on his father's museum was vandalized ahead of Roberto Clemente Day. "To have people today feel that way about another human being goes to show that we still have a long way to go."

A Labor Reporter's Prayer on Being a Witness

Mike Elk Sep 07, 2020 0 Comments

When I get scared as a labor reporter in the midst of covering trauma, I often say this prayer to center myself. “Dear Lord, Give me the strength of my ancestors. Give me the strength to be a witness. Give me the strength to make truth a sword of justice.

Ahead of Strike, Pittsburgh NewsGuild Prez Accused of Sexual Misconduct

1,800 NC Nurses Win Biggest Union Drive in South in a Decade - 3,800 GE Workers Move to Strike in Louisville - Michigan Graduate Employees End Strike

4,000 Nurses Strike in Chicago - 2,000 Grad Employees at Michigan - Long Island Teachers Wildcat

Clemente Museum’s Black Lives Matter Art Destroyed by White Woman

A Labor Reporter's Prayer on Being a Witness

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