Payday has shown a proven ability to impact the conversation on labor. Our work covering the strike wave has been praised by The Washington Post, which cited our work tracking strikes in a front-page cover story. The New York Times described us as a publication with “new energy.” PBS American Portrait profiled our work tracking the strike wave, and Esquire described our work as ...

Chris Townsend is a veteran union organizer who has lived in Virginia for 20 years. He previously served as the UE’s Political action director and the ATU’s Organizing Director.

Payday has shown a proven ability to impact the conversation on the labor movement. Our work covering the strike wave has been praised by The Washington Post, which cited our work tracking strikes in a front-page cover story. The New York Times described us as a publication with “new energy.” PBS American Portrait profiled our work tracking …

Jan 18, 2025 · Payday is asking our readers to give us feedback on what you might like to see improve. We are also asking our readers how you might be able to assist in growing the publication as workers and immigrants will face attacks during the second Trump Era. Payday Report has a great opportunity to expand ...

Yearly archive for 2024. Semafor’s Dave Weigel talks with Mike Elk about how Congresswoman Summer Lee was able to cruise to a landslide victory against AIPAC will other candidates struggles and were defeated by them.

Apr 15, 2016 · Welcome to the first unionized digital labor news co-op in the South, founded by former POLITICO Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk and labor folk musician and Railroad Workers United Co-Chair J.P. Wright. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, union membership in the South last year increased...

Jul 7, 2021 · Payday Report has now recorded its 1,400th strike since we began tracking strikes at the beginning of the pandemic in March of 2020 with the latest strike coming from Topeka, Kansas where over 500 Frito-Lay workers went on strike this Monday.. The strike movement is now picking up momentum as the “Retail Worker Rebellion” grows.

3 days ago · Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where like many, we are shocked at the disarray from changes by the Trump Administration, but there are signs that workers are fighting back. Border Czar Bemoans Activists Being Educated About Their Rights Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan went on CNN today and bemoaned

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Apr 19, 2024 · Mike Elk is an Emmy-nominated labor reporter and alumni of the Guardian. In addition to filing nearly 2,000 stories from 46 states, Elk traveled with Lula from Sáo Bernando do Campos all the way to the Oval Office in the White House.