It’s Payday folks! Greeting from the Paris of Appalachia: Pittsburgh, PA, where Payday Senior Labor Reporter has secured a sweet flat in his hometown. But our hearts this week are back down south in good ole Tennessee where workers are taking action. Campus Workers Victory Has Created Energy In

Despite lacking collective bargaining rights, the United Campus Workers (UCW), an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), have dealt a death blow to Republican Governor of Tennessee Bill Haslam’s $300 million plan to outsource thousands of custodial, maintenance, and repair jobs throughout the University of Tennessee system.

Greetings from the East End of Pittsburgh where the special election race in the nearby suburban Pennsylvania 18th District is heating up into a three-way battle between Mike Crossey—the retired Pennsylvania State Educators Association president—Gina Cerilli—a Westmoreland County commissioner and former Miss Pennsylvania—and Conor Lamb, a

Payday Report has learned that a flesh-eating bacteria has killed a hurricane cleanup worker in Galveston, Texas. Out of respect for the family, Payday is not releasing details yet, but we will be providing them in the forthcoming days. Yesterday, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk, in an investigative piece