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 ...
PA Latinos Worried Harris Not Doing Enough - Machinists Won't …
5 hours 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.
Mike Elk - Payday Report
Oct 8, 2024 · Mike Elk. 1147 posts Website Twitter. 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 melk@paydayreport.com.
Help Us Cover Retail Worker Walkouts - Payday Report
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 tracking the statistics 20 years ago. But workers are not just quitting – they’re protesting and ...
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 ...
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.
Welcome to Payday! – Payday Report
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...
As Biden Scrambles to Save Suppliers, UAW Limits Strike’s Impact
Sep 15, 2023 · Last night's announcement by UAW President Shawn Fain that the union would initially only strike at three non-strategic plants has confused many in the labor movement. The announcement comes as the Biden Administration has stepped in to stop the strike from spread and protect its $15 billion...
Our wages reflect our readers’ values. - Payday Report
Apr 24, 2024 · Our wages reflect our readers’ values. PayDay Staff Apr 24, 2024 0 Comments. PITTSBURGH, PA. – As a freelance labor reporter, I was always outraged by the poor treatment I received when we covered workers’ rights. When I founded Payday Report back in 2016, I wanted to found a publication that reflected the union democracy and transparency ...