Writing for the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has an exclusive look at how one of the Pentagon’s cafeteria workers is facing debarment proceedings over their refusal to pay their workers’ wages in line with the Service Contract Act: Seven Hills, the food services company that manages

Payday Report has learned that one of the largest Service Employees International Union locals in the country, California-based SEIU-UHW, has been sued in Alameda, California for sexual misconduct and assault committed by a top SEIU official against one of its former organizers. The lawsuits, obtained by Payday Report, accuses SEIU

Writing for the Guardian, Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk has a look at a new study showing that the federal government is the largest poverty wage employer in the country: The study, compiled by pro-union group Good Jobs Nation, analyzed federal data and showed that the government spends more

By Christine Bolaños & Mike Elk AUSTIN — Her hair pulled back into a ponytail, donning a burgundy blouse with flower petals and a wide smile that illuminates her olive-skinned, naturally-glowing face, Maria Duque Ortega enthusiastically asks a waitress about the Salvadoran drinks on the lunch menu. Sometimes the names of