Payday Report

Payday Report has now tracked May Day Strikes in at least 65 cities and the list is growing.

Hundreds of unions and community groups are supporting the May Day strikes, but corporate media is ignoring it.

MAP: 65 Cities Hosting May Day General Strikes & Growing At least 65 cities and hundreds of unions are hosting May Day General Strike events & the list is growing

Trump administration released a video entitled "American Dominance" of legendary baseball players hitting home runs followed by shots of Iran being bombed.

Trump is using Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes to help promote the war!

“Trump Uses Pittsburgh Pirates’ Paul Skenes Meme to Promote Bombing Iran & “American Dominance” Cy Young winning Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is being used to promote bombing Iran

NL Cy Young winner Paul Skenes is increasingly make militaristic statements as the US bombs Iran.

​"We're America, we've got to assert our dominance over everybody else", said Skenes.

Paul Skenes Boosts Militarism as US Bombs Iran The NL Cy Young winner has increasingly made militaristic statements as the US bombs Iran.

Brazilian father detained in Pittsburgh by ICE while his daughter battles cancer in the hospital.

More than $72,000 has been raised to support the family

Brazilian Father Detained in Pittsburgh by ICE while Daughter Hospitalized with Cancer More than $72,000 has been raised to support the family!

In today's newsletter.

- 73% of NYC nurses vote against strike ending & call for investigation of unions top execs
- Polls show Lula is in a tight race in Brasil
- 1,600 Blueoval workers to be laid off in Kentucky & Ford won't recognize their union

NYC Nurses Vote 73% Against Union Contract & March Against Union Execs -- Poll: Lula Locked in Tight Re-Election -- Ford to Layoff 1,600 BlueOval Workers & Won’t Recognize UAW 73% of NYC nurses voted down a contract & called for investigation of their top two union leaders.

TikTok about my reporting got 21,000 likes in Brasil.

It talked about how I overstayed my visa, but was allowed to stay. A Brazilian federal police officer told me, "We're not ICE, we're Brazilians."

The video was blocked, though, for viewers in US.Recently, Trump forced TikTok to sell its US branch to a group of investors lead by right-wing demagogue Larry Ellison.

They are now blocking content from Brasil that is critical of Trump.

TikTok on Payday’s Reporting Gets 21,000 Likes in Brasil, But Blocked by Trump Regs in U.S. TikToks made in Brasil are now banned under new rules implemented by the Trump Administration.

A look at how Carnegie Mellon, which is 37% international students, has become more politically active as a result of the ICE Out movement.

Carnegie Mellon Sees New Levels of Student Activism Amidst “ICE Out” Movement Historically, Carnegie Mellon students, which is 37% international students, have been known to be apolitical, but ICE changed everything.

The Brazilian federal police detained me for an hour as I had once overstayed a visa by accident for two weeks.

After giving me a lecture on immigration policies, they released me.

If I had been Brazilian in the United States, I'd be in jail.

Brazilian Federal Police Detain Melk, But Release Him After Lecture on Immigration Policies The Brazilian federal police officer immediately started joking with me, “What do you think, we were gonna throw you in jail? We’re not ICE, we’re Brazilians.”

Minneapolis CWA Prez talks about how they built momentum for the General Strike.

Mobilizing non-union workers & small-business supporters to shut down the city through community & online tactics involves tactics unions normally don't use.

Do read!

Minnesota Labor Leaders Talk Organizing Lessons as Strike Movement Goes National “Flexibility is important. I also think having initiative and decentralizing the campaign, letting different people put their own sort of stamp on it, is just a normal way movements exist,” says Knutson.​

This week, "Secret Agent" shocked the cinema world when it won Golden Globe for Best Actor and Best Foreign Film.

It marks the second year in a row anti-fascist Brazilian films winning big at the awards. My look at how Lula investing in cinema has lead to this comeback and why its so important.

Lula's Investment in Anti-Fascist Brazilian Films Wins Big at Golden Globes “This is a very important time in the history of making films. Here in the US and in Brasil, young American filmmakers make films,” Kleber shouted as the music started to drown him out.​

I am going to Latin America in three weeks on a small travel grant, but I need some money to do additional coverage on how unions in Latin America & Lula are fighting back against Trump.

These stories aren't reaching American workers & they desperately need to get them. Donate to help me do this!

Send a Labor Reporter to Latin America to Cover Unions Fighting Trump With unions in Latin America fighting back against the US attack on Venezuela, it's crucial that we amplify the voices of trade unionists there, but these stories of rank-and-file workers aren’t reaching union members in the United States