Over 1,100 New York Times workers are now officially on work stoppage, the first of this scale at the company in 4 decades. It's never an easy decision to refuse to do work you love, but our members are willing to do what it takes to win a better newsroom for all.
#GuildStrong
!
Today hundreds of our
@NYTimesGuild
members were denied access to their contract talks. Management refused to bargain if they were present. This is unacceptable. It’s time for
@nytimes
to stop stalling and start bargaining.
🚨THE NEWSGUILD IS ON STRIKE! 🚨
Hundreds of local journalists across unionized
@Gannett
newsrooms from the east to west coast are on
#GannettWalkout
. Weeks after Gannett announced austerity measures like cuts to 401k & buyouts and months after Gannett laid off 3% of staff.
👋 I'm Thom
@thomdunn
. My coworkers and I
@wirecutterunion
have been on strike since Black Friday, the busiest and most profitable time of year for the site. I'm taking over
@nyguild
on the last day of our strike to share what a fair contract would mean to me. ⬇️✊ (1/10)
Teamsters 804 stands in solidarity with workers at
@nytimes
. Thank you
@804_local
for always standing with workers and respecting our picket line!
“We are responsible for the logistics operations that keep the New York Times and 620 Eight Avenue operating and thriving.”
The Times blames our culture of open bargaining -- where all members of a union are welcome to observe bargaining sessions -- for why negotiations have been stalled. Everyone who will be affected by the decisions made at the bargaining table should be privy to those discussions.
A 24-hour strike at The New York Times, a historic demonstration in which more than 1,100 employees are expected to participate, will take effect Thursday at midnight. Here's my full story:
OUR STATEMENT on layoffs at
@pitchfork
: “The reporters, editors, producers, researchers and all the people who make award-winning music journalism for Pitchfork, deserve better than to be treated like disposable parts,” said
@susandecarava
.
This Halloween, say the words that terrify all bosses: “If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, or affect my working conditions, I request that my steward be present at the meeting. Without my steward, I decline to answer questions.” 👻 🎃
Gilded Era: an time of robber barons and a stark American wealth gap 🤔
GUILDED* Era: a future where workers across
@CondeNast
and the media industry have a strong voice in their workplace and unionize for higher pay, better benefits, and job security. 🥰
Our 24-hour strike has begun.
For the first time in 50 years,
@washingtonpost
workers are walking off the job because our company is refusing to bargain in good faith and breaking the law.
VICTORY! Today editorial employees of Insider overwhelmingly voted, 241-14 to be represented by
@nyguild
in a National Labor Relations Board election
@insiderunion
The
@nytimes
continues to refuse workers' demands and marathon bargaining, so
@NYTimesGuild
is announcing further work stoppage details for Thursday, including a big rally day of at 1 PM ET outside of the Times office.
Let’s be clear: When companies claim a “poor economic climate” as the reason for mass layoffs (often hastily executed) they never mention the bloated executive salaries or millions spent on stock buybacks. Companies CAN and SHOULD answer to their workers, not their shareholders.
UNION POWER IN NYC: We are out marching side by side with union members from across the country as part of the National Day of Solidarity with
@sagaftra
@WGAEast
@WGAWest
. We have three words: FAIR CONTRACT NOW
@AFLCIO
BREAKING:
@Gannett
made another attempt to use AI this week, posting a series of AI-generated reviews on its consumer review site
@Reviewed
.
After an outcry from unionized staff, the posts seem to have come down.
Here’s a sample. 2 different products, nearly identical reviews.
"We cannot have truly independent journalism without racial justice, and we cannot allow one of our greatest strengths — a free press — to be silenced." Our statement on the unjust arrest of Omar Jimenez and his colleagues.
BIG NEWS! Nearly 80% of workers across
@CondeNast
and Condé Nast Entertainment’s iconic brands announce their
@condeunion
today. The 500+ workers will become one of the largest units in recent Guild history.
Solidarity and support for the workers for raising the bar! ✊✊✊
It's one of the most glamorous nights of the year, but behind the red veil of the
#MetGala2022
are hundreds of freelancers, assistants, producers working overtime without extra pay, recognition, or job security.
But workers at
@CondeNast
are demanding more this year:
📢 What’s happening at Wirecutter is happening all across
@nytimes
.
@wirecutterunion
is joining members
@NYTGuildTech
@NYTimesGuild
at an in-person rally outside the Times building on Tuesday November 16th at 12pm ET. Workers are stronger together.
See you there? ✊✊
TAKING ACTION: The
@NYTimesGuild
has filed a grievance over the harassment and discrimination of members during the Times' investigation into an alleged leak of newsroom information about “The Daily” to the Intercept. Read more here
Good morning to workers at
@wirecutterunion
on strike today through Cyber Monday with 100% participation.
The
@nytimes
sits on 1 billion. They’re asking for a total of 300k in raises.
Don’t cross the picket line.
🚨Gannett journalists are WALKING OUT🚨
On June 5, the day of Gannett's annual meeting, 100's of journalists from Texas to NY are launching a wave of walkouts to send shareholders a message:
@Gannett
needs new leadership, starting from the top.
It's time to end
#GannettGreed
.
📢 When
@nytimes
management cancelled bargaining yesterday, it sparked an important conversation around open bargaining, a strategy we're committed to. Every member has the right to observe the negotiations over their contract. After all, it's the members who have to ratify it!
BIG NEWS (Thread, 1 of 2): The union at
@Scholastic
has ratified its new contract -- highlights include higher general wage increases (4.75%, 3.5%, 3.5%) and a new salary floor at $65K...
Not only did
@Gannett
's AI posts sound robotic - but their “authors” may not even be real.
They’re not Reviewed editors, don’t have LinkedIn profiles, and Google searches turn up no other written work.
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE NEWS:
With 96% of the unit voting, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle & Canandaigua Daily Messenger journalists
@rocnewsguild
unanimously authorize a STRIKE over Gannett’s unfair labor practices if a contract isn't agreed on by EOD Friday.
BREAKING: The NewsGuild of NY has filed legal action against
@CondeNast
for surveillance and attempting to intimidate union members engaged in protected collective activity.
@condeunion
CONGRATS to our
@tnrunion
, who just unanimously ratified their FIRST contract containing industry-leading protections from harassment to diversity and intellectual property. You’ve all demonstrated that solidarity wins out. 🙌✊🎉
New York is still (and continues to be) a union town. ✊
Solidarity with
@SW_Columbia
fighting for better working conditions.
Picket line means ❌ don’t cross.
🚨🚨🚨
Today, HUNDREDS of journalists from Insider and Gannett are on strike.
**DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE TODAY**
No clicks on Gannett publications
No clicks on Insider's website
“I heard all these unions coming through to say ‘how can we help you?’
While this is a big union solidarity day, every day in New York is solidarity day.”
-
@RebeccaDamonNYC
#WGAstrike
#SagAftraStrike
All union Workers have Weingarten rights—the right to demand a steward be in any meeting with the boss that could lead to discipline. Our union is training an army of stewards to protect one another. We’ve put together a checklist to help stewards prepare. Let’s talk about it! 🧵
The moments that are hardest to bear witness to are also the moments that none of us can afford to look away from. Read our statement on the racist policing targeting Black people and the shameful and brazen attacks on the civil rights and liberties of protestors and journalists.
WEATHER AWARE: Days like this one serve as a reminder of why we fight so hard to make sure our contracts give workers the choice to determine whether an assignment -- or going into the office -- is safe or not. To all our members, please be safe today.
Let’s talk about union-busting.
🧵 on the absolutely shameless, craven, dishonest, but predictable actions employers take to keep workers from organizing. Spoiler: in the end, it all comes down to power. The boss doesn’t want us to have any, so we have to take it.
HAPPENING TODAY: Unionized workers at
@Scholastic
have walked off the job in a one-day protest of the billion-dollar company's rejection of the union's annual raise proposal. Follow us here for more from the picket line and read the release here.....
Workers went on strike on company holiday. The
@nytimes
illegally docked their pay—a direct retaliation against a protected concerted activity.
Bosses LOVE to play by the same tired union-busting playbook. So here's a 101 on how to spot when your boss is breaking the law🧵
🚨UNION BUSTING ALERT🚨: We learned this morning that
@wirecutter
/
@nytimes
illegally withheld holiday pay in retaliation for striking. We’re filing an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB to right this wrong immediately.
UNION POWER IN NYC: We are out marching side by side with union members from across the country as part of the National Day of Solidarity with
@sagaftra
@WGAEast
@WGAWest
. We have three words: FAIR CONTRACT NOW
@AFLCIO
Gannett's strategy to be profitable again:
1) Lay off hundreds of reporters
2) Destroy local news coverage
3) Hire a Taylor Swift reporter
Yes,
@Gannett
, you're the problem. It's you.
A new era in your career is coming ...Ready For It? 💫
@USATODAY
and
@Tennessean
are enchanted to announce we seek an experienced, video-forward reporter to cover
@taylorswift13
. Sound like the job of your wildest dreams? You could be the 1. Apply here:
The NewsGuild is getting strike-ready! We recently held our local's first ever⚡️Strike School⚡️
100+ Guild activists from over a dozen shops spent a whole Saturday planning & learning about what it takes to strike & what it would mean for organizing efforts across the Guild.
In case you missed it,
@PGHGuild
Post-Gazette workers travelled from their picket line for the day (which they’ve been on for nearly 2 months) to stand with
@NYTimesGuild
workers! 🚨✊
#GuildStrong
STATEMENT: The NewsGuild of New York condemns the killing, harassment and intimidation of journalists in Gaza covering the Israel-Hamas war. Read more here ...
1) Actually no, they're really not this complicated.
2) We can't negotiate if your representatives don't show up.
3) You can recognize this union TODAY,
@BuzzFeedBen
.
The
@nyguild
stands in solidarity with our union siblings
@gmgunion
. Workers of Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, Lifehacker & The Root, are on strike to protest the company’s persistent disrespect at the bargaining table.
Their fight is our fight.
A PRIME DAY TO WALK OUT (1 of 2): Instead of helping consumers with recommendations and reviews for
#PrimeBigDealDays
, the union at
@reviewed
has walked out, fed up with
@Gannett
’s stalling on bargaining and refusal to give overtime pay…
#GannettGreed
Last year, my son was born 6 weeks premature. The only way we managed to pay for our son’s hospital bills after weeks in NICU was by applying for an emergency grant designed for low-income artists. Here he is—handsome as ever. (6/10)
'The public has a fundamental right to access independent news and it is our mission to serve them without fear or favor. Our message to the
@NYPDnews
is clear: We will not be intimidated or bullied into reporting anything less than the truth.'
I'm so moved by the solidarity network that has been built throughout this strike.
@wirecutterunion
is ready to bargain for the living wage and a fair contract.
Here's my cover of Billy Bragg for the union, our supporters, and workers everywhere. ✊ 10/10
These incredible photos are a great reminder of why newsrooms need to invest in photographers, and not rely on reporters to do multiple jobs for the pay of one
🚨🚨🚨STRIKE DEADLINE SET: Our
@law360union
members have set a midnight strike deadline. Our entire union is ready to do whatever it takes to get this contract. The clock is ticking and we're ready...
HAPPENING TONIGHT: We'll be passing out fliers in Anna Wintour's West Village neighborhood in support of our members at
@condeunion
. Here's our advisory:
🚨🚨🚨🚨RATIFIED BY A 97% VOTE: The
@condeunion
has its first contract. Marathon, persistent bargaining and escalating collective actions, including plans to stage protest at the Met Gala, got our members the win. Read more here...
TODAY: Hundreds of ballots are going out to
@NYTGuildTech
workers as they vote to become the largest union of tech workers with bargaining rights in the country. They'll do so with the support and solidarity of Guild colleagues across our union. Send some
#Solidarity
their way!