Yesterday, both Chrysler and Ford announced that they would delay restarting production, which initially had been targeted for early May. However, General Motors began advising line managers to come back next week to help restart production the week of May 4th. The UAW quickly called for a halt to recall

Payday Report’s Mike Elk Sat Down to Talk with Veteran Labor Reporter Janine Jackson on the media is misunderstanding workers in the age of COVID-19. (Listen here). Janine Jackson: US news media right now are all about saluting, or celebrating, frontline workers, the heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. That’

As COVID-19 ravages communities across the U.S., many experts agree that meatpacking plants, where employees work shoulder-to-shoulder, are the next ground zero for the spread of COVID-19. In several rural communities with sudden COVID-19 spikes, many residents say that the meatpacking plants that surround the city and employ several

While many are praising the work that essential public employees are doing during the COVID-19 pandemic, some politicians are working quietly behind the scenes to use the crisis to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights.  Last week, Las Vegas’ Clark County, which is controlled by the local Democratic Party,