By Mike Elk Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a landmark citation against a Pilgrim’s Pride chicken slaughterhouse and processing facility in Live Oaks, Florida. Among other serious violations, OSHA cited the company for failing to promptly refer injured workers to medical attention. Instead, the

By Mike Elk It’s Payday, Folks! Greetings from the Heart of the South: Chattanooga, Tennessee! This week’s Lunch Pail is dedicated to the non-union ironworkers at the Cambria Hotel construction site in Nashville, Tennessee, who went on strike this week over the refusal of their employer, K&

By Mike Elk CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE – Khristy Wilkinson, a 36-year-old, tattoo-adorned, stay-at-home mom, doesn’t look like your typical Eastern Tennessee politician. Before this year, she had never even considered running for public office, but says that she was inspired to run by the success of Bernie Sanders. Until recently, Wilkinson

In this hump day edition of the Folk Labor Desk, JP continues a discussion he started in last week’s Lunch Pail about the relationship between blues and bluegrass music, accompanied by guitar and mandolin. He also talks about the unionizing efforts at Law360, where over 80 percent of the