@springernature.com sold @sciam.bsky.social to LabX Media after the staff voted to form a union with the goal of improving and preserving the publication. We call on LabX to recognize our union. Sign the letter in solidarity! wgaea.st/sciam-letter
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Bluesky, we'd like to introduce ourselves. The staff of Static Media would like to announce that we have formed a union with @wgaeast.bsky.social. Much like Jalopnik has already unionized and been recognized, we would like to request a voluntary recognition for all the Static Media sites.
"While they have questions about healthcare and retirement plans, the number-one issue employees ask about during the collective bargaining process is whether the silk-lined, crew-neck jackets will come in royal blue and have snaps." theonion.com/report-sugge...
Report Suggests Union Support Would Surge If Every Member Got One Of Those Sharp-Looking Teamster Bomber Jackets
WASHINGTON—As union membership continues its decades-long decline, a report released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested support for workplace bargaining units would increase drama...
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Potential Employee Uprising Quelled With Free Pizza
NEW YORK—A massive employee backlash over low wages and increased workload was narrowly averted this week when company management arranged to have eight large pizzas delivered to the design firm Cobal...
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AFL-CIO@aflcio.org · 2mo agoCorporations will spend billions on union-busting attorneys and union-avoidance specialists to silence workers, but at the same time say there’s no money for better working conditions. Workers deserve better. Unions are how we take back our power and win.
Counterpoint: worker protections take the thrill out of being a nameless, faceless cog in the capitalist machine.
AFL-CIO@aflcio.org · 3mo agoWhat can a union contract deliver? Better wages, better benefits, retirement security, respect and a stronger voice on the job. Sound good to you? Join the hundreds of thousands of workers who organized last year and form a union in your workplace. aflcio.org/formaunion
Support @propublicaguild.org workers by contacting the board and demanding a fair union contract now! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell ProPublica’s board that you stand with its workers
We asked ProPublica’s board to agree to a fair contract, but Chair Paul Sagan replied that they support management, whose latest offer includes weak job security, minimal guardrails on AI and wages th...
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ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 3mo agoProPublica’s board must hold management accountable and ensure that journalists and business side staff have a fair contract. Tell @propublica.org’s Board Chair Paul Sagan that you stand with our union: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Solidarity with the ProPublica Guild. Their members deserve a fair contract now!
ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 3mo agoYesterday, our members chanted and marched through @propublica.org’s NYC office demanding a fair contract now. We delivered a stack of more than 4,000 petition signatures and 300 comments from our supporters to management.
Workers at @sciamunion.bsky.social deserve union recognition and a fair first contract, not a union-busting lawyer!
SciAm Union@sciamunion.bsky.social · 3mo agoHappy May Day! It’s been a busy week for SciAm Union’s mighty mitochondria. In good news, @springernature.com formally responded to our demand for voluntary recognition. But disappointingly, instead of working with us directly they are dragging their feet and calling in the NLRB.
Today marks one year until our current contract expires. While we will miss the days of The Onion being systematically dismantled and stripped for parts by private equity, we are nonetheless excited to bargain with new management.
More to come, but we're thrilled to announce that we've reached a tentative agreement. We're proud to bring this to our unit for ratification. ✊
The Onion Union's contract expires at midnight tonight. We are committed to bargaining in good faith and securing a fair contract for our talented and hardworking members.
With three days left of bargaining, management refused to be physically present during in-person sessions. We can think of no greater indignity than having to look employees in the eye when they are nothing more than faceless numbers representing wasted cost on a spreadsheet.
Today, The Onion Union and its allies distributed flyers outside our Chicago, NYC, and LA offices. We regret wasting time in the physical world when we should be creating digital content to be clogged with ads and SEO terms designed to game search engines.
The writers of The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight, Late Night With Seth Meyers, and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert stand with The Onion Union! Solidarity ✊
Today, members and friends of The Onion Union braved the rain and distributed hundreds of flyers outside G/O Media's offices. Send a letter to G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller demanding a fair contract for The Onion Union! actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
This morning, our sister union GMG (with whom we share our offices and beloved CEO) defaced their desks with filthy pro-union signs showing their support. We demand that G/O Media management take down these acts of solidarity as soon as possible!
Today, supporters of The Onion Union distributed flyers outside the offices of Great Hill Partners, the private equity firm that owns G/O Media, to demand a fair contract. Click here to let them know you agree! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Thank you so much to @adamconover.bsky.social, @joshgondelman.bsky.social, and @zhubinparang.bsky.social for joining us at the bargaining table this morning to present a pledge from former Onion contributors to support our fight for a fair contract.
Our CEO Jim Spanfeller rightly declines to speak to his disgusting employees, but there's one group of people he'll gladly engage with: his almighty bosses at private equity firm Great Hill Partners. Click to demand Onion Union workers receive fair pay:
Support a fair contract for WGAE members at Onion, Inc.
To send a letter, fill out the required fields on this page and tap "Start Writing" At contract negotiations on Thursday, January 11, WGAE members at Onion, Inc. presented G/O Media – Onion, Inc.'s...
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As America's Finest News Source for the past 258 years, The Onion could not have made it here without the managerial prowess of G/O Media, whose trailblazing strategy of blanketing webpages in blaring advertisements has led the digital media industry to where it stands today.
Click this link to let G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller know you stand with the Onion Union:
Support a fair contract for WGAE members at Onion, Inc.
To send a letter, fill out the required fields on this page and tap "Start Writing" At contract negotiations on Thursday, January 11, WGAE members at Onion, Inc. presented G/O Media – Onion, Inc.'s...
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Stand in solidarity with @onionunion.bsky.social by sending a letter directly to G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller! wgaea.st/Onion-ReadyToStrike Friendly reminder: 97% of the of the Onion Union bargaining unit has declared they're ready to strike if a fair contract isn't reached by January 31.
Support a fair contract for WGAE members at Onion, Inc.
To send a letter, fill out the required fields on this page and tap "Start Writing" At contract negotiations on Thursday, January 11, WGAE members at Onion, Inc. presented G/O Media – Onion, Inc.'s...
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The Onion applauds its owner, G/O Media, for its many savvy business decisions that have driven away all but our most loyal readers. We prefer an audience faithful enough to go through hell and back to access our reportage.
🚨🚨🚨 There are exactly 2 weeks until our contract expires 🚨🚨🚨
The Onion applauds its parent company, G/O Media, for its targeted termination of the many irksome editors who impede perpetual content churn with their insistence upon fact-checking and copyediting.