The NewsGuild of New York

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@newsguild.org President Jon Schleuss: “This is yet again another shameful moment for our country.... The First Amendment includes a free press so that tyrants wouldn’t be allowed to control what the public sees or hears.” More here: newsguild.org/newsguild-co...

Tonight there's a lavish gala celebrating the 175th anniversary of @nytimes.com. Our @nytimesguild.bsky.social members invited themselves -- to let the bosses know it's time for a FAIR CONTRACT NOW.

Our members are a very big part of the success these @nytimes.com bosses were celebrating at the NYSE. Fair contract NOW for the @nytimesguild.bsky.social

At bargaining on Sept. 9, management’s proposal was a massive shift from fair Just Cause. Marshall Project management’s continued distaste for transparency & accountability in discipline is shocking for an organization that reports on the importance of the right to due process. Read more ⬇️

To say that the execs at McClatchy should be ashamed of their actions, which are harming the readers they profess to value, is understatement. We stand in full solidarity with all our siblings at McClatchy who deserve far better. newsguild.org/mcclatchy-la...

I’m proud to be a Guild member because… Yesterday, @nyguild.bsky.social members marched at the New York City Labor Day parade because democracy depends on journalism, and journalism depends on workers!

HAPPENING TODAY: Let's show the bosses that New York is a Union Town! Members should meet up at Zuccotti Park at 430PM

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Today we and our @theathletic.com colleagues sent the @nytimes.com masthead a clear message: Any partnership between Kalshi and The Athletic would threaten our journalistic independence across the company. nyguild.org/post/kalshi-...

A HUGE WIN: Our @forbesunion.bsky.social has ratified their first contract. Highlights: Strong editorial integrity protections, a new $68.5K salary floor, gold-standard job security protections, and more. Read here for details: nyguild.org/post/nyguild...

This is the union difference, folks

A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire opinion columnist Karen Attiah with back pay, after she was fired over tweets about Charlie Kirk. "This is a victory for journalism, for anyone who wants to stand up for just speaking the truth," says @karenattiah.bsky.social

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...

Forbes Union statement regarding The New York Times’s reporting on Randall Lane:

THEY WILL NOT BACK DOWN: Today @reuters.com bosses, who are feeling the heat from our Reuters Guild, illegally interrogated our members who flyered in company President Paul Bascobert’s neighborhood. Our members rallied in protest and we filed a ULP. More here… nyguild.org/post/unioniz...

All of our @usatoday.com bargaining units signed onto this statement, calling for the company to rescind its deal with Palantir, a company with a well-documented history of ethical issues. Read more here..... newsguild.org/usa-today-jo...

From President Susan DeCarava: “This contract is life-changing for many of our members and will allow them to continue to produce the journalism that’s making a real difference at a time when readers need it the most.” More details here nyguild.org/post/propubl...

We put down our counterproposal for fair Just Cause this week with the majority of our unit at the table to support it — but not our CEO, who declined to attend bargaining. Read our full bargaining update for more, including the shocking healthcare increases we're being asked to shoulder:

Join us in the fight for our city and our future. Save the date: Sept. 8, 4:30 PM. BE THERE!

We spoke out when this happened to our @nytimesguild.bsky.social members and were joined by a chorus of press freedom and advocacy groups around the country. We will always stand behind our members and for a free press. Democracy depends on journalism.

Join the Pittsburgh news co-op sign-up list today. Take action here! actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

ULP FILED: Bosses at @reuters.com - including Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni - have repeatedly big-footed our Reuters Guild members by cherry-picking assignments, taking bylines and doing union work instead managing, violating labor law. More here nyguild.org/post/top-edi...

Join us in the fight for our city and our future. Save the date: Sept. 8, 4:30 PM. BE THERE!

It’s important that staffers “don’t feel like they have to get a second job or even leave the industry… to make ends meet,” says engagement reporter Asia Fields, who wants a strong contract both for our members and to help the journalism industry at large.

“ProPublica can be extremely generous with its senior reporters,” says reporter Doug Bock Clark, “but for entry level people… they’re not getting paid enough.” We need contract language that ensures fair wages for all ProPublica employees.

"We support our members to the fullest in the fight to protect the integrity of their reporting and their ability to do their jobs,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York, which represents journalists in the Times Guild. Read more here: newsguild.org/newsguild-st...

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“ProPublica management should honor all of the years of service that so many have devoted to making [it] the investigative powerhouse it’s become,” says Nadia Sussman, who has been a video journalist at ProPublica for almost nine years. We need seniority-based layoff protections in our contract.

“I started about three months ago, right after I got laid off at the Washington Post,” says audio producer Sabby Robinson, “layoff protections are really important to me.” Our message to @propublica.org management: we need strong layoff protections in our contract!

“I believe that all of my colleagues in every department … are doing invaluable work,” says regional office manager Liz Barr, “I don’t believe that any of them can be responsibly replaced with AI.” We deserve a contract that bars management from replacing workers with AI.

Lisa Riordan Seville, senior video producer at @propublica.org: “We're asking for wages that allow people to take care of their families, pay the rising costs of housing and food ... so they can continue to do the kind of work that wins Pulitzers and holds power to account.”

We are so proud of our @propublicaguild.org members who are speaking out about their fight for a fair contract. Management continues to reject very basic AI guardrails. Here's Dan Phiffer with more....

“In a media industry that's doing constant layoffs,” says senior YouTube producer Elizabeth Macaulay, “it means so much to know that you are secure in your workplace and that you can continue to do your best work.”

ProPublica reporter Sharon Lerner likes going into the office, but “there are days when it doesn’t make sense, like when I’m making calls to another country or too busy to spend the time on the train.” We need a flexible return-to-office policy.

Our @ProPublica members are a big part of @propublica.org's success. They deserve the same basic hybrid work protections that many of our other bargaining units have enshrined in their contracts. @propublica.org continues to be an outlier.

Our @propublicaguild members are asking for layoff protections that are STANDARD in many of our contracts across our union. @propublica management is once again an outlier.

Hey @propublica.org: It's way past time for you to end pay disparity.

A fair contract would be the cat's meow 🐈. FAIR CONTRACT NOW!

We are so proud of our @propublicaguild members who are bravely talking about the wide disparities in pay at the nonprofit newsroom. Our members should not have to work second jobs to make ends meet!

Today, we stood outside the news meeting to silently show what we think of @nytimes.com management’s plan to kill our health care fund……

“It’s really important for ProPublica that we have reporters who aren’t just parachuting in … but who actually live in the communities,” says reporter Jennifer Smith Richards. “The problem is that … we’re not paid the same.” Help ProPublica’s workers fight for fair pay: www.propublicaguild.org

We completely agree. @propublica.org management should really be ashamed of themselves. All our members deserve living wages!

Nobody should be living paycheck to paycheck. Help us get a good contract at ProPublica!

Our health-care fund is in a financial crisis. There’s an easy fix: The Times can agree to our proposal that fully funds it - but they refuse. They want us to believe it’s “not sustainable.”

News apps developer Brandon Roberts says it best: No one who works at ProPublica should be living paycheck to paycheck. Support our fight for fair wages: www.propublicaguild.org

Taking a stand against @nydailynews.com owner Alden Global Capital's unchecked greed is nothing new for @nydnunion.bsky.social. It's how they won their strong first contract. Our members are doing it again, standing together to back their work and each other against Alden's harm.