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

Intersectional organizing between the women’s rights movement and the labor movement is largely credited with successfully building support for a nationwide wave of strikes by teachers, a workforce that is 77 percent female. However, a recent attempt by Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountain (PPRM) to use the National