Chicago Sun-Times Guild

The Sun-Times Guild and WBEZ’s SAG-AFTRA are UNION STRONG in our fights for a fair contract. We stand together in our respective fights for the pay, protections and assurances the union workers who bring you Chicago’s headlines — online, on the radio and in print — deserve.

Tribune Publishing is refusing to put its own AI policy in union contracts. ✉️ Send a letter to management today demanding they respect their staff and readers by agreeing to commonsense AI guardrails.

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Our fight for AI protections isn’t just for us, it’s for the integrity of your local news. Human journalists: -verify info we publish -have meaningful connections with our communities -put creativity and emotion into our stories AI can’t. Tell CPM management what you think below ⬇️

“Our two priorities involved fairer pay and AI protections and, thanks to the unions that came before us and fought for those same principles, we were able to reach an agreement in record time,” said reporter Josh Moyer. Read more: newsguild.org/centre-daily...

Our statement on WSJ opinion’s use of AI-generated content: “WSJ readers deserve better, and our members deserve to have their good work published each day without the taint of Opinion’s AI causing some to wonder whether standards might change on the News side.” www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...

Today our members showed up to bargaining to once again tell Chicago Public Media we're asking for real protection: • No layoffs due to generative Al • No cutting hours or pay because of GenAl • No eliminating future jobs to make room for GenAl • GenAl can't write or create our editorial content

The Chicago Sun-Times Guild is fighting for generative AI protections at the bargaining table. Follow along as we continue to push for a fair contract.

Readers deserve journalism reported by real-life reporters, not AI. That's why Akron Beacon Journal and Record Courier staff are participating in a lunch-out, in solidarity with many other union members. We call on #USATodayCo to ensure that readers get the human-generated journalism they deserve.

Learn more about the News Not Slop campaign: www.newsnotslop.org

*cough cough* management has proposed cutting our sick time in half—to just six days a year. some of our members shared what it would mean to agree to noisy creek's sick time proposal 🧵

The Guild enjoyed a night off from fighting for a fair contract last week watching the Sox beat the Yankees 🎉

The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism (@thebaltimorebanner.com) has begun its ownership of the @post-gazette.com by cutting at least 40% of staff, and 80% of former strikers. It is sad, vindictive, and does not bode well for what we’ve fought and hoped for, including the success of the PG.

1/ Happy International Workers' Day to all our fellow workers and unions! ✊ ICYMI, our bargaining unit exercised our collective power to walk out on a one-day strike last month, as we fight for a fair contract.

Happy International Worker's Day! Chicago is a union town and we are proud to be a part of the long history of solidarity that won us our rights. For May Day, we keep up the tradition of many before us as we continue to fight for a fair contract and stand in solidarity with others doing the same.

Officials have released footage showing the fatal shooting of Krystal Rivera following months of work covering the case by Peter Nickeas, @ctoner.bsky.social and our friends in @cstguild.bsky.social. Another example of invaluable work made by our members.

Our members are on the picket line today demanding a fair contract now! We want a fair disciplinary process, layoff protections & guardrails on artificial intelligence. Support us by donating to our strike fund: www.gofundme.com/f/support-pr...

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

We, the staff at @thetriibe.com are unionizing. Please support us in our efforts and sign our petition. actionnetwork.org/letters/were...

Good morning freaks & geeks! The Chicago Reader Union starts bargaining for our new contract today 🐀 🔥 Our members are united, dedicated, & strong. Follow along here & on Instagram (@chicagoreader.union) to learn how you can support us in the weeks to come.

Chicago’s fake spring may be coming to a close, but that just means it’s bargaining season! Today marked the start of negotiations to ensure Chicago Public Media respects and protects the Sun-Times Guild journalists bringing you hard-hitting local news.

Our thoughts are with our @ctguild.bsky.social siblings who are once again falling prey to the vultures at Alden Global Capital.

Guild co-chair Nader Issa said employees have concerns about revenue strategies and were “disturbed” by the cuts, calling the buyouts “a dramatic downsizing.” “A lot of folks feel like the powers that be don’t have full familiarity with the Sun-Times,” added co-chair Mitch Armentrout.

A sad day at work today. Relieved about no layoffs, but these 30 buyouts include 23 people from the newsroom. 💔 Support your local news outlets 🙏

While I was unable to attend today's guild action at our offices in Navy Pier due to a drone assignment, I still stood in solidarity with my colleagues.

We're at Navy Pier today telling the CPM board to keep their promise of finding non-labor cuts to save public media and the people who make it. We’ve already seen so many talented colleagues let go. We say no more.

NO LAYOFFS AT THE @chicago.suntimes.com!!!!!!!!! Dozens off our @cstguild.bsky.social colleagues are taking buyouts. Now, Chicago Public Media is threatening to lay even more people off. We're at the CPM board meeting to say NO MORE JOB CUTS. We did our part — it's time for them to do theirs.

since we’re putting our #MugsUpForPublicMedia: a reminder that the folks at the Sun-Times (me included!) could be notified of layoffs tomorrow. to #ProtectPublicMedia, we need more journalists — not less! that’s why @cstguild.bsky.social is calling on the CPM board to find non-labor cuts.

Guild co-chair Nader Issa in @crainschicago.bsky.social today: "We lost enough people, we don't need to keep cutting our staff. … We've done our part. Now we need Chicago Public Media to do its part by securing more revenue and, if there needs to be cuts, cut non-labor areas in the budget."

THE TIMES IS UNION MADE: Today is the annual State of The Times. As @nytimes.com bosses extol the company’s success, our members from across the Times unions are handing out flyers to spread the word: There is no @nytimes.com without our members.

NEW: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette shut down its Allegheny County print facility, eliminating 31 union jobs. Striking production & ad workers accepted a buyout—but newsroom journalists remain on strike. The fight for workers at PG is not over. (@cwaunion.bsky.social) cwa-union.org/news/release...

To protect public media we need more journalists in our newsroom — not fewer. #ProtectMyPublicMedia

We are appalled, but not surprised, by Condé Nast’s layoff of four union members last week, which marks the third time in less than a year that layoffs have impacted our union as well as many of our colleagues outside of the bargaining unit. (1/8)