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The journalists at @EverettHerald are proud members of @PacNWGuild. We will not stand for the indiscriminate destruction of local journalism!
Snohomish County, Wash.
Joined July 2022
UPDATE: The Everett NewsGuild is calling on Herald subscribers to support their contract fight as Carpenter Media Group continues to offer low wages and tie meager raises to story quotas. (1/5).
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RT @PacNWGuild: 🧵And here are just some of the powerful comments and messages we've received from subscribers and supporters of the @Everet….
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RT @willgeschke: 3,500 words on an important local election. simply would not be possible with a 2-3 story per day quota!.
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Sign our petition here to ask our management to give us the pay and working conditions we deserve:
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Keeping everyone in the @EverettHerald office updated :) Thank you to everyone who’s signed the petition so far to support our fight for a fair contract. Let’s keep the momentum going!
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RT @PacNWGuild: Extra! Extra! Two of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guilds unionized publications (@EverettGuild and @CentraloregonNG) are….
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RT @TheStandWA: After months of negotiating, Everett Herald journalists are protesting Carpenter Media Group’s proposal to tie a wage incre….
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RT @ElizaAronson: This is the beginning of a long fight against Carpenter Media to save local journalism in the PNW. It starts with helpi….
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RT @CascadePBSUnion: Carpenter Media Group is paying poverty wages and imposing story quotas that make quality local journalism impossible.….
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RT @jordyhansen: I am very proud of the folks who are continuing to push this forward, it is and has been a brutal union fight. I'll add….
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RT @willgeschke: we’ve gone too long being treated like we’re worthless, being offered minimum wage for our work. we deserve better and sno….
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FOR RELEASE: Everett Herald journalists call for community support in battle against low wages, story quotas
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Help us in our fight to save local journalism in the Pacific Northwest by signing our petition today:.
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Carpenter Media, now the fourth-largest media company in the country, bought The Herald last year along with dozens of other small, local newspapers across the Pacific Northwest. Last year, Carpenter laid off more than half of The Herald’s news staff. (5/5).
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It's an impossible ask with devastating consequences. Journalists won’t be able to give important stories the time they deserve for proper coverage. Tying wages to the quantity of stories will force them to choose between their livelihoods and quality journalism. (4/5).
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In addition to refusing to pay its reporters livable wages, Carpenter wants to tie a meager $1/hour pay increase to brutal quotas, requiring 2-3 stories a day per reporter. If reporters don’t hit the quota, they don’t get the raise. (3/5).
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After months of negotiating with our union for a first contract, the company is still offering a base wage of $20.50/hour, barely above Everett’s minimum wage and less than Seattle’s. It’s far below the cost of living in Snohomish County, which is $30.25/hour. (2/5).
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“As a city councilman for Lynnwood, I feel compelled to voice my support for the Everett NewsGuild and the journalists at The Herald as they advocate for fair wages and protections against unreasonable story quotas.”.
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“The Herald’s policy of tying reporters’ wages to a story count is absolute insanity. Do the owners have any idea how a democracy works and why citizens want and need newspapers?”.
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