Payday Report (Page 318)

Payday on NPR Talking Kentucky "Right-to-Work" & Trump's NLRB

Mike Elk Jan 09, 2017

This weekend, Payday Senior Labor Reporter was on NPR affailate WFPL in Louisville talking about how unions in the South are continuing to grow despite “right-to-work” legislation; gaining 150,000 union members last year alone. However, Elk warns that if Trump dismantles the National Labor Relations Board that

JP Composes a Special Song about Kentucky "Right-to-Work"

Mike Elk Jan 09, 2017

Payday Folk Labor Ombudsman J.P. Wright has been in the thick of the action in the “right-to-work” in Kentucky and has composed a special song about the struggle there.

Construction Worker Suicides Spike - Florida Prison Guard Shortage - Unions Combat Opiate Epidemic - Kentucky Labor Soldiers On

Mike Elk Jan 06, 2017

By Mike Elk Phew, folks, it’s finally Payday – why couldn’t the Holiday Break be longer? This week’s Lunch Pail goes out to Kentucky AFL-CIO President “Wild Bill” Londrigan and all the folks in Frankfort packing the Capitol in an attempt to shut shit down. Last year,

BREAKING: Kentucky Expected to Pass “Right-to-Work” This Week

Mike Elk Jan 03, 2017

By Mike Elk Payday has learned that the Kentucky State Legislature is poised to pass “right-to-work” as soon as this week.The measure would change Kentucky law to allow workers to receive the benefit of union contracts without being legally obligated to pay dues for such representation. Signifying

Christmas Saved for Children of Locked Out Honeywell Workers in South Bend

Mike Elk Dec 24, 2016

By Mike Elk “We feel pretty forgotten,” the third generation Honeywell worker Brandon Bullerman told me on his way to picket line duty on Thursday. “There are a lot of people not showing up to the picket line anymore. They are starting to lose faith, but we’re still holding

Payday on NPR Talking Kentucky "Right-to-Work" & Trump's NLRB

JP Composes a Special Song about Kentucky "Right-to-Work"

Construction Worker Suicides Spike - Florida Prison Guard Shortage - Unions Combat Opiate Epidemic - Kentucky Labor Soldiers On

BREAKING: Kentucky Expected to Pass “Right-to-Work” This Week

Christmas Saved for Children of Locked Out Honeywell Workers in South Bend

Union-Busters Are Using ICE to Intimidate California Wine Industry Workers

Boeing Union Recommends Voting Down Contract -- Target Field Workers Not Happy with $20-an-Hour Minimum Wage

Socialist Florida SEIU Organizer Wins Senate Primary Upset - Maine Shipworkers Blast Trump Outsourcing - Meatpacking Strikes Heat Up

Reader Donates $13,000 to Payday - ⅔ of Lost Grant Replaced

"Beyond Steel" Raises Questions about Pittsburgh's Past and Future

Fain Aide Removed Over Death Threat Against UAW Prez Candidate - Argentine Ports Shut Down

UAW Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock Talks Being Erased from UAW Scandal Coverage

Lula to Trump: ‘No one will defeat us through lies’

Trump Cuts Quietly Gutted a Health Plan and Retirement Watchdog

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