By Mike Elk This week, Duke became the first private university in the South to have its graduate  employees vote on unionizing. A win for SEIU at “The Harvard of the South” could open the way for organizing at other private universities throughout the South. The fate of a groundbreaking

By Mike Elk  It’s Payday, folks, and climate change is triggering the asthma of Payday  Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk. Duke Graduate Students to Vote on Union Today This week’s Lunch Pail goes out to graduate student employees at Duke University, who are voting on whether or not

It’s Payday folks! Don’t worry, even though our winter fundraising drive is over, you can still donate here. Boeing Spent $485,560 on TV Ads Against the Union While labor scored a victory this week in helping to take down Andrew Puzder, Trump’s nominee to head the

By Mike Elk On August 31, 2015 Jeanie Strader, a 15-year employee at Goodyear’s Danville, Virginia plant and a member of the United Steelworkers (USW), was attempting to fix a wire calendar used to produce tires. Commonly used “Lockout/Tagout” safety procedures recommend that workers turn off a machine