The Pain of the Tree of Life Massacre that Should Never Die
Today marks the one-year commemoration of the Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre, in which 11 were killed for their congregations’ support for immigrants’ rights. For…
28 Articles + 30 Videos = 40 days of Payday’s GM Strike Coverage
Folks, I’m at the airport – getting ready to go back home to Pittsburgh and I just wanted to thank everybody. I am so proud…
Divided Auto Workers Vote to Accept GM Contract
UAW members have voted 23,389 to 17,501 to accept a new contract negotiated by GM and union leaders—a margin of 57 percent to 43 percent….
UAW-GM Contract Likely to Narrowly Pass
With more than 18,000 votes and 26,000 votes still left to be too counted, it appears that the UAW-GM will win narrowly. With 18,826 votes…
WATCH: Rochester UAW Members Unhappy with GM Deal
Driving up to the the Diplomat House, a Rochester meeting venue I could already feel uneasiness. Several UAW members stood, smoking cigarettes, grumbling about the…
GM Worker Killed on Picket Line in Tennessee
Today, a GM worker, Roy A. McCombs, was tragically killed on a picket line in Spring Hill, Tennessee, when he was hit by a car…
Tennessee GM Workers Vote Down UAW-GM Proposed Deal
UAW members of UAW Local 1853, employed at General Motors’ Spring Hill, Tennessee facility, voted down a proposed tentative agreement by a margin of 1,673…
Videos from the Picket Line – 31 Days in
As I write this word is slowly coming in about the potential contract. It doesn’t sound good. That said, when we talked to the UAW…
Will the UAW Vote Down the GM Contract?
Co-published with the American Prospect ROCHESTER, NY – “Keep jobs in America,” shouted 56-year-old African American GM worker John Avery on Wednesday as he waved…
UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement w/ GM that Could End Strike
This morning, the United Auto Workers announced that they have reached a tentative agreement that could end the 31-day strike at General Motors. The details…
Nearing a Deal, UAW Will Require GM Workers to Vote on Ending Strike
Payday Report has learned that UAW officials expect the UAW and GM to settle on a tentative union contract in the next 24 hours. The…
A New Fire Burns for the UAW
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK – A GM worker chucks wood into the fire barrel on the picket line as a Monday Night Football game blares from…