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 ...
Payday Published 54 Articles & 25 Videos on 2024 Election
1 hour ago · Watch on. Since June, Payday has written over articles and produced 25 videos on the election. We've covered stories that most publications have ignored like the Boeing strike & how the Harris-Walz campaign has surged among union members in Western PA. (Check out & subscribe to our YouTube page here)
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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.
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 melk@paydayreport.com.
As Harris-Walz Knocks 805,000 Doors in PA & Trump Ground …
1 day ago · PITTSBURGH, PA - Earlier today, the Harris-Walz Campaign announced they had knocked on 805,000 doors in Pennsylvania on Saturday alone. This number does not include doors knocked by unions and other independent groups working to elect the Harris-Walz ticket. However, Western PA political observers have yet to observe any
WATCH: Help Payday Cover Unions in the Rust Belt in 2024 Election
Oct 15, 2024 · Venmo. $24,470 raised of $50,000 goal. Payday is in the midst of unprecedented fundraising. We have raised nearly $25,000 in a little over a month. We are seeing this high demand because of the quality of our reporting, so we made this video to celebrate it. If we can raise another $10,000, Illumine Service Foundation has pledged that they will ...
51% of GM Workers Have Voted Against UAW Deal w/ over …
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where I just wrapped up a three-day documentary film shot and wanted to bring you a quick update on the GM contract, which increasingly looks like it will be voted down. GM Workers Poised to Vote Down UAW Contract Last month, UAW President Shawn Fain was...
2024 – Payday Report
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.
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...
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 ...