171 Stories Published, 587 Strikes Tracked, $104,182 Raised & One Emmy Nomination in 2021
Folks, Two months ago, before I got sick with COVID, I had started drafting a write-up of the year in review. But after I got…
Folks, Two months ago, before I got sick with COVID, I had started drafting a write-up of the year in review. But after I got…
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday just wrapped up fundraising for our biweekly payroll goal a day early. Thanks to all those who donated. …
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where we are three days away from our bi-monthly payroll. Donate today to help us meet payroll. A Day Without…
Folks, Greetings from Burgh, where the first Starbucks in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood moved to unionize. 20,000 Teachers in Puerto Rico Strike In Puerto Rico, 20,000…
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh folks, where Payday is tracking the latest happening at Starbucks. Big thanks to everyone who donated to my long COVID…
In mid-December, I came down with a terrible case of COVID like many workers in this country. Since then, I have developed long COVID, which…
PITTSBURGH, PA. – Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary when legendary labor folk singer Anne Feeney died from COVID-19 at the age of 69. I often…
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where I’m slowly regaining my energy to write the newsletter as I struggle with the effects of long COVID. Thanks…
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where it’s been a very scary day as the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed. The bridge links Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood…
In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was killed while visiting Memphis, Tennessee to march with the striking sanitation workers there. Fifty-four years later, we are…
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday is slowly getting back into gear as I continue recovering from COVID. 8,000 Grocery Workers Strike at 77…
Folks, It’s Melk. Greetings from the Burgh, where my COVID recovery is entering its fourth week and I am slowly getting back to covering the…