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.

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.

Feb 5, 2025 · Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday is busy with a new project to track “Days Without Immigrants” strikes across the country. (Be sure to check out our story on “Days Without Immigrants” coverage from Louisville via our publishing partner at Al Dia in America) Help Us Map “Days Without

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 …

Feb 5, 2025 · 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]

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.

Feb 6, 2025 · PITTSBURGH, PA. - On Monday, February 3rd, "Day Without Immigrants" strikes were held in at least 120 cities, 40 states, and Puerto Rico, according to strike tracking analysis by Payday Report. This analysis was done by Payday Report's Strike Tracker using local news articles found on the internet. While the

Jan 29, 2025 · 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

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...