PACK THE INBOX: Today we flooded email boxes of @nytimes.com management to let them know we are committed to all five of our priorities. We want to see them come to the table ready to negotiate seriously on all of them.
We're back at the table today and we're looking for management to engage with our proposals, instead of continuing to dismiss them.
We came to the bargaining table yesterday ready to make serious progress. Management instead continued to ignore our priorities, including funding healthcare, A.I. protections, and hybrid work. ......
✊✊✊ Solidarity and journalism forever! ✊✊✊
This industry is tough, but slashing hundreds of journalism jobs is NOT the solution. Our Guild members in D.C. rallied with our friends @postguild.bsky.social to say: Save the Post!
We stand with you, @postguild.bsky.social
We may be competitors, but we know that investing in journalism benefits all of us. #SaveThePost and support a robust newsroom. @postguild.bsky.social
We stand in solidarity with the @postguild.bsky.social. Democracy dies in darkness, and it's a lot harder to shine a light from a shrinking newsroom. #SaveThePost
We will continue to fight for our five core priorities as part of a strong contract that recognizes our worth.
Take a look at these stats. @nytimes.com management doesn’t want to pay employees to have good health care but has no problem shoveling money into the pockets of shareholders.
We shared a presentation explaining how the company’s proposal would put our health care fund in a crisis point next year. The company's rep said “we can’t just keep shoveling money into the furnace."
@nytimes.com management flatly rejected our proposal on artificial intelligence protections. When pushed on specifics of our proposal, like whether the company would ever use AI to impersonate a journalist’s likeness or byline, they responded “it depends.”
At our second bargaining session yesterday, @nytimes.com management's actions spoke louder than words. After giving us a lecture saying we are the ones “bogging” things down, company reps wholly rejected our proposals.
And we’re ready to do whatever it takes.
We are fighting for a contract that keeps union work in our union, including our Athletic coworkers; wages that recognize our contributions to the company’s success; remote work flexibility; meaningful A.I. protections; and affordable health care....
THE TIMES IS UNION-MADE: Today we began bargaining our new contract, and in our first session, we not only told management we were united, we showed them. Our bargaining committee presented a pledge signed by 80% of our union, supporting five core priorities…..
We stand for people-powered news, not AI-produced slop. Sign the petition!
actionnetwork.org/letters/1f19...
Headline: ProPublica management wants 100% discretion over when and how to use AI Supplementary text: The organization rejected our proposal that ensures staff will not be replaced by AI and requires labeling AI-generated content
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
🧵Today Conde Nast held a toast to reflect on the year and celebrate the company’s wins. We showed up in red to support our Fired Four and to remind Condé that many of those wins they celebrated would not be possible without us. Here is our Year End Review....
