ICYMI, @Suntimes covered our Freedom Center picket today. We’re all back at work tomorrow, but here’s what went down today:.

Working with us to improve the terms of the buyout could help avert layoffs and minimize the damage to our product and our business. Instead, they're choosing to obfuscate.

We have no information on what the financial goals are for this buyout, whether they might lay off members or why this is happening. The company has only given a vague justification of economic uncertainty.

With a buyout window opening this week, our newsroom's managers are nowhere to be seen and haven't directly communicated a word. Our members have a lot of questions, and we won't accept this treatment from our leaders. @SCMitchP and @pjurik need to say something.

RT @JakeSheridan_: This weekend, dozens of Chicago Tribune journalists will be on standby as huge protests promise to arise in our city. A….

RT @royalpratt: This buyout offer represents a moral, business and civic failure by Tribune ownership. We should focus on building readersh….

The journalists in our union deserve respect. We will fight for it. And while we do that, we will keep working for Chicago. (4/4)

Alden needs to consider all options before cutting staff. And we encourage @chicagotribune editors to push back on the company. They know better than anyone that Chicago needs more reporting, not less. (3/ 4)

Cutting staff as a short-term profit boost is unsustainable. Our journalists photograph historic moments, break important news about government misconduct and keep you informed about the day to day. Buyouts will harm the newspaper's mission and hurt our company long-term. (2/4)

The @chicagotribune is offering buyouts to our journalists. This move by Alden Global Capital, our rapacious ownership group, shows a total lack of vision and respect for the newsroom and the city we serve. We will do whatever we can to support our members. (1/4)

Chicago is a better place when more journalists are working here. We stand in solidarity with @CSTGuild.

RT @CSTGuild: Seven Sun-Times Guild members have decided to take buyouts in the past six weeks — and we expect more to exit soon. Chicago….

RT @CSTGuild: Today Chicago Public Media is launching a pledge drive asking for donations to protect public media. With more buyouts this….

To learn more about our contract, read about it in (of course) the @chicagotribune (gift link): .

We keep doing our jobs and we keep fighting together. We are thrilled to have better pay and job security, but we know our fight to keep doing the work we love continues. We won't back down. (6/7)

We fought alongside a lot of people, too. We were lucky to have the support of the Chicago News Guild, whose organizers were invaluable. And we were lucky to be in this with other Alden guilds, especially the suburban, DPS and TCA guilds here in Chicago. So, what's next? (5/7).

We work for Chicago. The protections and money we won are absolutely critical in making the work we do sustainably possible. We hope this makes our labor of love more stable. We fought for one another, and we also fought for Chicago. (4/7)

Many people in our newsroom have gone decades without raises. No one can remember the last time back-to-back, company-wide raises were made. Now we have that — and a whole lot more. So, why does this matter to you? (3/7).

We won our contract against our hedge fund owner Alden, often called the “destroyer of newspapers,” by fighting like hell. We were unified, tireless and brave. We moved the company through internal protests, legal action and even a strike. It made all the difference. (2/7)

FINALLY: After six years, we at the Chicago Tribune Guild have won our first contract. We are so proud of what we ratified today with near unanimous support: raises, bonuses, salary minimums, AI protections, seniority rights & more. How did we get this done? (1/7)

RT @royalpratt: The most important thing I’ve done in journalism is help lead and organize @CTGuild. Without our union, the @chicagotribune….