Payday Report (Page 182)

4,400 Meatpackers Have COVID - Trump Relaxes OSHA Meatpacking Rules - GOP Govs Block Unemployment for Meatpackers

Mike Elk Apr 30, 2020 0 Comments

Greetings from the Burgh, but our heart is out in Rural America, where meatpackers are facing brutal conditions. Our heart goes out to all the meatpackers fight uphill battles to save their lives everyday. Over 4,400 Meatpackers Have Gotten COVID-19 New data analysis from the Indianapolis Star shows that

Vice Profiles Payday's Work Covering COVID-19 Strike Wave

Mike Elk Apr 30, 2020 0 Comments

Vice profiled Payday’s effort to track the over 150 strikes that have happened because of COVID-19: “What’s happened is that workers traditionally are scared of going on strike because they’re scared of losing their jobs,” Elk said. “Now they’re scared of losing their lives.” The tracker

What Immigrant Hurricane Clean-Up Workers Can Teach Labor About COVID-19 Response

Mike Elk Apr 30, 2020 0 Comments

This article is part of an American Prospect symposium on “The Future of Labor.” “People have anxiety and always rush to return to normalcy as soon as possible after a crisis,” says Marianela Acuña Arreaza, who helped lead the immigrant rights movement’s response to Hurricane Harvey as the former

After 5 Workers Die, JBS Threatens to Sue UFCW - Greensboro Transit Workers Strike - Truckers Strike Could Be Next?

Mike Elk Apr 29, 2020 0 Comments

Greetings from the Burgh, where we are employers increasingly fighting back against striking workers. 153 Strikes on the Board Folks, there are now 153 strikes up on the map. Check out the map here. Donate to help us keep it going. After 5 Workers Have Died, JBS Is Now Threatening

Defying Trump's Order, Nebraska Meatpackers Strike - PA National Guard Replaces Striking Nurses - Richmond Threatens to Fire Striking Bus Drivers

Mike Elk Apr 28, 2020 0 Comments

Folks, Greetings from the Burgh. It’s not quite Payday yet, but we’re switching from our weekly newsletter format to daily strike updates. Before, we’d see 2-3 strikes in a week; hence a weekly newsletter made sense. Now, we’re dealing with at least 2-3 strikes a day.

4,400 Meatpackers Have COVID - Trump Relaxes OSHA Meatpacking Rules - GOP Govs Block Unemployment for Meatpackers

Vice Profiles Payday's Work Covering COVID-19 Strike Wave

What Immigrant Hurricane Clean-Up Workers Can Teach Labor About COVID-19 Response

After 5 Workers Die, JBS Threatens to Sue UFCW - Greensboro Transit Workers Strike - Truckers Strike Could Be Next?

Defying Trump's Order, Nebraska Meatpackers Strike - PA National Guard Replaces Striking Nurses - Richmond Threatens to Fire Striking Bus Drivers

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