Hearst Magazines Media Union
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Official account for @Hearst Magazines staff union with the @WGAEast.
Joined November 2019
After nearly nine years at Esquire, I’ve been laid off from my role as Books and Fiction Editor. I’m looking for a new full-time role where I can use my storytelling skills, in the book world or beyond it. If you know of anything, I’m at adriennewestenfeld@gmail.com. (🧵1/10)
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Well, after five years editing and writing features and politics stories for Esquire, I, indeed, received my delayed calendar invite. Yesterday, I along with a couple other Hearst employees, was laid off from a job I loved and was very good at.
Layoffs at Hearst today. Staff got an email saying those impacted would get an HR meeting invite by 9 am. But then President Debi Chirichella noted there’d been some technical difficulties…
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Zach and everyone at Hearst deserves so much better than Hearst management and these layoffs. A 3+ year fight for better protections and a future for Hearst workers only for a suspicious number of union leadership to get axed. My heart to all you strong writer fighters ❤️
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Thinking of the folks who were laid off at Hearst today. Remember it has absolutely nothing you with your value: you’re priceless.
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"Until Hearst and the rest of the media industry recognize that the workers are the most valuable part of their companies and brands, they will continue their race to the bottom with no one to blame but themselves." Solidarity with those @HearstUnion impacted by layoffs
Today, the consistently anti-union @HearstMagazines became the latest media company to enact needless, irresponsible, and cruel layoffs of editorial employees. Solidarity with all @hearstunion members impacted. Statement:
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Today, the consistently anti-union @HearstMagazines became the latest media company to enact needless, irresponsible, and cruel layoffs of editorial employees. Solidarity with all @hearstunion members impacted. Statement:
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Some professional news: After almost 5 yrs at Cosmo, I was laid off from Hearst this morning. At Cosmo, I ran the astro section, but I have past experience in sex & relationships, entertainment, and lifestyle. Hire me! Clips & bio: https://t.co/vk5AAlMQPw
@HearstUnion forever❤️
erikawsmith.com
Portfolio website for writer and editor Erika W. Smith, currently working as Cosmopolitan's Senior Astrology Editor.
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Solidarity with our friends at Hearst Magazines (@HearstUnion)! Layoffs only weaken our publications, hurting employees and readers alike. Bad move, Hearst.
Today, the consistently anti-union @HearstMagazines became the latest media company to enact needless, irresponsible, and cruel layoffs of editorial employees. Solidarity with all @hearstunion members impacted. Statement:
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This week, @Hearst's corpo ghouls needlessly and unceremoniously laid off 192 of our fellow comrades. We are devastated to lose this talented group of editors, producers, designers and more, who together have covered everything from astrology to politics to cycling. Hire them.
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"Donald Trump is a billionaire who’s never worked a real job in his life. He doesn’t know the first thing about hard work, and he wouldn’t last a day in an auto plant. He isn’t fit to be an autoworker, and he certainly isn’t fit to be the President. Trump doesn’t understand us,
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Some in Silicon Valley dismiss the potential downsides of AI as science fiction. It’s probably not a coincidence that the loudest of these voices are positioned to make ungodly amounts of money in the AI business. My new OpEd w @MarkRuffalo 👇 https://t.co/A6jMBJOBGk
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Solidarity with all creative humans opposed to having their work be used to train the artificial intelligence industry. @HearstMagazines partnering with OpenAI erodes the trust our readers have in us and will lead to the destruction of our environment.
The WGAE and @hearstunion maintain that generative artificial intelligence is theft and is a mandatory subject of bargaining. We will not stop fighting to protect our members' work and livelihood from this existential threat. #1u #UnionStrong
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The WGAE and @hearstunion maintain that generative artificial intelligence is theft and is a mandatory subject of bargaining. We will not stop fighting to protect our members' work and livelihood from this existential threat. #1u #UnionStrong
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the reality is if you got a boss, you need a union. Voluntary recognition now @AETV! #SolidarityForever @WGAEast
Workers at A+E Factual Studios, who create shows such as "Dance Moms," are trying to unionize, aiming to establish a foothold in the largely unrepresented nonfiction TV business.
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🚨 Workers at A+E Factual Studios are UNIONIZING. #FacetheFacts: Unhealthy, unsustainable working conditions are the norm for Nonfiction TV workers and it's time to change that. Voluntary recognition now @AETV! #UnionStrong
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❗We ratified our first three-year contract with Apple! We're extremely thankful for the support from our union siblings at @CWAunion, @CODE_CWA and beyond. This is just the beginning. #unionproud
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Last year, the average CEO-to-worker pay ratio was 268-to-1 for S&P 500 Index companies. It would take more than five lifetimes for workers to earn what those CEOs get in just one year. More than FIVE lifetimes. That is why we fight to level the playing field.
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NYC comptroller Brad Lander has released an employer violations dashboard with a “Wall of Shame” of companies committing safety violations, wage theft, discrimination and more. The list includes: -Amazon -Gucci -Chipotle -Uber -Lyft And others:
comptroller.nyc.gov
EmployerWall of ShameThere are over 225,000 private firms that employ workers in New York City, the vast majority of which are not identified in the Dashboard for workplace violations.[1] Of the...
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Here is how to support @thrillistunion and @thedodounion on our ONE DAY strike, TOMORROW!
Join Thrillist and The Dodo Union members outside Vox Media headquarters (85 Broad St, New York, NY 10004) tomorrow, September 4, from 10am - 11:30am ET for strike leafletting! #UnionStrong #1u Support virtually by resharing solidarity graphics:
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