Writing for the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk paints a portrait of UE Local 150’s first picnic in Greensboro, North Carolina: Charles French, the president of the Greensboro City Workers’ Union, took a mic and told the crowd to go to a nearby basketball court to watch

Update: Boeing workers in Charleston, South Carolina have voted Thursday to unionize with the Machinists Union by a margin of 104-65. The victory wins organized labor a key toehold in a major employer in the South as efforts to #OrganizeTheSouth heat up.  Last year, Boeing workers were roundly defeated when

Last Friday, Payday brought you the story of 30 Machinists out on strike at the Tecnocap in Glen Dale, West Virginia for over 7 weeks. Despite the high profile nature of their picket line bordering the main highway, both of the local Wheeling newspapers both owned by the Bob Nutting,

GLEN DALE, WEST VIRGINIA – Ten miles south of Wheeling West Virginia on Route 250, sits a giant inflatable rat “Scabby” hovering over a porta potty on the picket line outside of Technocap. It’s a site that’s tough to miss as you drag along the main thoroughfare, but for