Payday Report - Covering Labor in News Deserts
Payday has shown a proven ability to impact the conversation on gun control. 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 ...
As Trump Takes Lead in PA, Local Dems Question Harris Team ...
8 hours ago · Today, Emerson College released a poll showing that Trump was leading Harris by a margin of 49%-48% in Pennsylvania. The poll underscores concerns among Pennsylvania Democrats that the campaign is not doing enough to mobilize local groups and elected officials. Last week, veteran Pennsylvania reporter Holly Otterbein of POLITICO wrote a piece ...
Mike Elk - Payday Report
Oct 15, 2024 · Payday's New Editor Was Deported from Pittsburgh. Mike Elk is an Emmy-nominated labor reporter. He founded Payday Report using his NLRB settlement from being illegally fired in the union drive at Politico in 2015. Email him at [email protected].
64% of Boeing Workers Vote Down Offer & Continue Month-Long …
23 hours ago · The Machinist announced tonight that 64% of its 33,000 Boeing members voted down the most recent tentative agreement. The strike will now enter its second month as workers push for more. “After 10 years of sacrifices, we still have ground to make up, and we’re hopeful to do so by resuming negotiations promptly,” said IAM Local 571 ...
PA Latinos Worried Harris Not Doing Enough - Machinists Won't …
4 days ago · Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday has been out filming for the past three days. We will have some more stuff out later in the week. Help Us Pay to Edit Our Videos We have two weeks left in the campaign and need your help to edit our videos.
Help Us Cover the "Retail Worker Rebellion" - Payday Report
Jun 30, 2021 · Folks, Nearly every week this summer, we have seen retail workers demand better working conditions. In April of 2021 alone, 649,000 retail workers quit as they felt drained from working in the pandemic and are now demanding more from their employers; it is the largest exodus of retail workers in one month since the Department of Labor began ...
Payday Celebrates 7 Years & 1,000 Articles Published
This week, Payday Celebrates its 1,000th article published since we first opened our door in April of 2016 when we were founded in Chattanooga. Slowly, we have built a small labor publication that has won widespread acclaim. Our work as the first outlet to systematically track the strike wave during the pandemic has been widely recognized by ...
Payday Receives $35,000 Matching Grant from Illumine Service...
Nov 20, 2023 · Folks, Payday Report is very excited to announce that we have received a $35,000-a-year matching grant from the Illumine Service Foundation. The grant is in recognition of Payday’s trailblazing coverage of labor and racial justice movements.
Sources: GM Strike Looks "Very Likely" - UAW Endorsement of …
Sep 8, 2023 · Folks, E ai, gente, Tudo Bem? Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where Payday is wrapping up the end of a documentary shoot down here. (Big thanks to all who donated). We will be back next week in the US to cover potential strikes at the Big Three automakers. Donate to
On Payday’s 6th Anniversary, We’re Becoming a Worker Co-op
Apr 14, 2022 · One Time Donation. PITTSBURGH, PA. – Today marks the 6th anniversary of Payday Report’s founding as we have published 857 articles since our founding in 2016. Now, we are taking a bold step in turning Payday into a worker-owned cooperative. We need your donations to do it.