Washington-Baltimore News Guild
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The union for more than 3,000 news, information and non-profit employees in the mid-Atlantic and beyond. Part of @newsguild & @cwaunion . Solidarity is a verb ✊
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Happy Monday friends, may you always remember that you have precious union-protected rights in the workplace.
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Members of
@DSA_union
deserve better than the resolution and proposal to lay off 12 staff members. We’re going to continue fighting back against these lay offs and for a just solution for
@DemSocialists
staff. ✊
We are aware of the resolution and proposal to lay off 12 staff members.
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Workers
@washingtonpost
are walking off the job for 24 hours on Dec. 7th.
✊Show solidarity by signing the letter to the Publisher:
✊Respect the picket line by avoiding Post journalism during the walkout
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We are so happy to share our new logo! Designed by
@PostGuild
member Joanne Lee, it's a symbol of our solidarity and our region, and you'll be seeing a lot more of it!
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The Washington Baltimore NewsGuild’s statement on Israeli attacks on Palestinian press and civilians:
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❌ DON’T click on the Washington Post
✅ DO support workers on the picket line ✊
Our 24-hour strike has begun.
For the first time in 50 years,
@washingtonpost
workers are walking off the job because our company is refusing to bargain in good faith and breaking the law.
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Solidarity with our friends at the Washingtonian.
If ever there was a need for a union, it’s here and now. ✊✊✊
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Workers
@TidewaterGuild
are on STRIKE today to protest Alden Global Capital’s refusal to pay them what they’re worth ✊
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Happening NOW
#UFCWLunchOut
🚨Starting NOW, we are on a LUNCH OUT to protest
@UFCW
’s refusal to negotiate fair & equitable wages, modern telework policies, & more. 🚨
After 2 months of working under an expired contract, we are STARVING for some action.
#UFCWLunchOut
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At least 42 journalists have been killed in the Israeli-Gaza war that began on Oct. 7. On Wednesday, the Executive Council of our local unanimously declared its support for freedom of the press and the safety of journalists covering the conflict:
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It's simple, Washington Post: Come to the table with a fair deal.
750+ strong in D.C. ➡️New York ➡️San Francisco ➡️L.A. ➡️And beyond
Our demands are clear. Washington Post: It’s your turn to come to the table with a fair deal.
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WBNG also won card check recognition today for the NRDC. The arbitrator certified the win for 375 bargaining unit members. Congrats to Bruce Jett and Jazmin Gargoum.
A great organizing day for WBNG and TNG.
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We are absolutely thrilled to welcome our newest union siblings at
@WashGuild
to
@WBNG32035
.
We hope
@washingtonian
management will do the right thing and voluntarily recognize this union.
We, the editorial staff of Washingtonian, are organizing with
@newsguild
to form a union and ensure that every member of our team feels they have a voice. Today, we’re asking Washingtonian’s management to recognize our union. (⅕)
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Thank you
@APWUnational
President Mark Dimondstein for standing with
@PostGuild
workers on the picket line!! ✊
#UnionStrongAllDayLong
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Management of
@washingtonpost
won't budge in contract negotiations: eliminate seniority, slash severance pay, $10/week raises, zero improvement to pension or 401k. Follow us for the latest on this 8-month negotiation.
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Solidarity with
@CTGuild
as they go on strike tomorrow to fight for a fair contract! ✊
Chicago Tribune journalists are going on strike for 24 hours tomorrow for the first time in history.
@CTGuild
has bargained for a fair contract since 2018.
Alden responded by offering functional pay cuts & fewer benefits despite the Trib's profits. We're done playing games.
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Washington Baltimore News Guild statement on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
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Welcome to our local all you beautiful workers! We’re excited to help you negotiate your first contract!!
Solidarity, friends!! ✊✊✊
We know we have been quiet, but we can finally announce that we have officially been voluntary recognized as part of the
@WBNG32035
!
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Our union siblings at
@DUPWorkersUnion
are asking for voluntary recognition from
@DukePress
and have filed for an election to make it happen.
Let’s hope Duke Press does right thing and shows respect to its workers who have firmly decided they want to unionize with WBNG! ✊✊✊
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Washington Baltimore NewsGuild’s position on the
@AFLCIO
’s “Public Safety Blueprint for Change”
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We are proud to support our striking
@PGHGuild
siblings. Their work is essential to our communities, and they deserve a fair contract!
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Unions make Hollywood work ✊
#Oscar2024
Heck of a way to open the show
@jimmykimmel
.
Thank you for recognizing our behind the scenes professionals, and that nothing moves without the crew.
#Oscars
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WBNG is deeply disappointed in the leadership
@AFLCIO
, which refuses to bargain over return-to-work safety
@RichardTrumka
pushed for safe workplaces with
@POTUS
and the AFL proudly sued over
#pandemic
protocols, but when it comes to their own workers, the hypocrisy is real.
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Solidarity with our
@newsguild
siblings at the
@NYTimesGuild
who are WALKING OUT of the workplace today.
The workers are asking YOU:
❌ Don’t read the New York Times
❌ Don’t share their articles
❌ Don’t play Wordle (or the crossword!)
all-day today through midnight.
To our readers: We did not make this decision lightly. We are deeply committed to the success of the
@nytimes
. We also know that we produce our best work when we feel valued and are treated equitably. Thank you for standing by us today.
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📢 In solidarity with
@latguild
, DON’T CROSS THE DIGITAL PICKET LINE 📢
DO NOT:
1) Click on LAT stories
2) Engage with LAT brand accounts on social media
3) Open LAT news alerts
Solidarity forever!! ✊
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WBNG stands with
@UnionatCap
as they fight for fair wages in a pricey city! Solidarity in the fight to raise the floor at
@amprog
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It's time for
@washingtonpost
to pay its workers a living wage!
If this makes you as angry as it makes us, stand with us. Send
@washingtonpost
management a letter letting them know its staff deserves better:
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Big day,
@SPLCUnion
!! It’s been a long road—congrats on this milestone!! 🎉💪🎉
After over a year and a half of bargaining, we are proud to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with management on our first ever collective bargaining agreement!! 🎉🎉
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It’s time for a fair contract now!
The AFL-CIO staff union is out and informational picketing NOW for a fair contract. It’s time for the house of labor to live up to its values!
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We stand in solidarity with
@ThePUPNews
and call on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to
#SettleTheStrike
✊
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strikers have launched an advertising campaign this week that will tell the story of journalists, production, advertising, and delivery workers fighting to provide award-winning local journalism to the people of Pittsburgh.
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$42.5K isn’t an “acceptable” salary floor. It’s time to raise it.
Now.
Congrats
@penguild
! Meanwhile, Washingtonian management thinks $42.5K is an acceptable salary floor for a reporter in DC 🙄
cc
@WashGuild
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Thank you
@CWAUnion
President
@ClaudeCummings
for coming out and standing with
@PostGuild
workers on the picket line!! ✊
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NewsGuild soccer jerseys when??? 👀
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Yes!! We are so thrilled to welcome you to WBNG,
@penguild
! ✊✊✊
🚨A supermajority of newsroom employees at POLITICO and E&E News have formed a union, in the spirit of love for journalism, respect for our colleagues and hope for this company’s future.
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Happy Labor Day ✊
Happy Labor Day (weekend) from the Throwback Wayback Machine. Taking part in the 1982 Newspaper Guild protest at RFK stadium supporting NFL players right to strike.
@politicshour
@wcp
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A new study from
@PostGuild
shines a light on pay gaps, retention and diversity at The Washington Post.
The company continues to perpetuate inequities, paying women and POC less than male and white staff and employing a shrinking share of Black staffers.
Today, we’re publishing comprehensive reports that detail pay, retention and diversity at The Washington Post.
We hope their release will lead to transformation within our company, and help the push for progress in the industry at large.
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Solidarity with
@forbesunion
as they walk off the job for THREE DAYS ✊
🚨FORBES UNION HAS WALKED OUT 🚨A super majority of our members have walked off the job for THREE DAYS in protest of
@Forbes
slow-walking contract negotiations and interference with union activity. We’re demonstrating the value of our labor and we are
#FedUpWithForbes
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The
@DCist
archives are now PUBLIC 👇
Management still has to answer for the way they handled the layoffs. Solidarity with
@WeMakeWAMU
✊
We are glad that
@AmericanU
and
@WAMU
leadership unlocked DCist. Making the archives available to the public is the right thing to do. We thank you for your support.
We continue to be concerned about the way WAMU handled the shut down of
@DCist
and laid off critical colleagues.
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Washington Baltimore NewsGuild’s statement on the sale of Tribune Publishing to Alden Global Capital:
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The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions will be going out on a 3 day strike starting October 4th at 6:00 am. Members from OPEIU Local 2 could use some support tomorrow at the Kaiser Springfield Medical Center, 6551 Lousdale CT, Springfield, VA 22150.
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Thank you to
@nhannahjones
and Ta-Nehisi Coates for continually reminding minority journalists that we should never settle for less than what we deserve
At the
@WBNG32035
we fight on this issue everyday and your leadership is nothing less than inspiring
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The time for a contract is NOW ✊
PEN Guild members are calling on
@politico
management to step up at the bargaining table and
#DoBetter
.
We’ve been bargaining for over 20 months, and the time for a contract that guarantees fair wages for our hard working members is now✊
#DoBetterPOLITICO
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Solidarity with
@WeMakeWAMU
as they face a terrible blow to local media in the DC region. Workers
@DCist
deserve better.
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Welcome to the world of collective bargaining! We are so glad to have you!!
Solidarity in your fight for a first contract ✊✊✊
We, the workers of
@IPS_dc
— the nation’s oldest multi-issue progressive think tank — have unanimously formed a union with
@WBNG32035
✊
We are ecstatic to have received swift, voluntary recognition from management.
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We are so thrilled to welcome the
@hillguild
and to work with them toward a more equitable, transparent and inclusive workplace! ✊🎉✊
An overwhelming majority of the reporters, social media curators, designers, copy editors and other newsroom workers at The Hill have formed a union to advance more equitable and transparent working conditions and strengthen our journalism
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Lets welcome our new union siblings at
@thestateguild
to
@newsguild
and
@WBNG32035
. As our local grows, we continue to bring in so many amazing new members.
Welcome and solidarity!! ✊✊✊
Today the staff of
@TheState
are announcing the formation of our union, The State News Guild.
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The leadership
@UFCW
cannot keep ignoring demands from
@UfcwGuild
for livable wages. Enough is enough.
ICYMI:
@UFCW
Guild Chair
@dunadanjets
released a statement on the state of bargaining, “UFCW cannot keep ignoring issues at home.”
Read the whole statement below.
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We stand with our
@UFCWGuild
Siblings at
#UFCW
who walked out over lunch today to protest their employer’s refusal to give them fair and equitable wages, telework policies, and more. Shouldn’t a union be a model employer?
#UFCWLunchOut
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Instead of respecting their workers’ attempt to start a union,
@washingtonian
management wants to hold an election.
Please sign a letter to company officials, Cathy, Mike, Susan and James, to let them know they can’t stymie their workers’ ability to seek representation:
UPDATE: Washingtonian management has sent a memo to staff informing us they will NOT voluntarily recognize a union. We need your support. Send a letter here. ⬇️
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We don't screw around. ✊
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Journalists worldwide must be protected. We condemn the killing of journalists and media workers in Gaza.
#SupportPalestinianJournalists
Today we stand with other media unions worldwide and condemn the killing of journalists and media workers in Gaza. More than 100 workers have been killed since October, the deadliest time for journalists in decades.
#SupportPalestinianJournalists
@IFJGlobal
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Labor movement staff are workers too! Show your support for our siblings
@aflcioguild
at the link below
The AFL-CIO Staff Guild is still fighting to negotiate a fair contract.
Stand with us and let management know that their priorities do not respect the hard work, sacrifice and dedication of our guild and our staff. 👉
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This is why we organize and fight back ✊
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Solidarity with
@law360union
workers on strike over layoffs that violate labor law ✊
Read their statement below 👇
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Strikes work
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Our local is growing so rapidly and we’re so proud to welcome
@PPPAUnion
to our ranks!
You’re all demanding a seat at the table and we’re happy to stand with you! ✊✊✊Solidarity!
We are so excited to announce that this morning we presented
@PPAdvocatesPA
with a demand to voluntarily recognize our union. We are proud to join our siblings at
@WBNG32035
to fight for a safe, fair workplace at PPPA.
#IStandWithPPWorkers
#PPPAunion
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📢 Join us at noon today to rally in support of our striking
@PGHGuild
siblings! 📢 Details below
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Shoutout to folks from
@mlexguild
as they join the
@law360union
picket line ✊
That’s what
#solidarity
looks like.
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Support local journalism and protect democracy by taking action below and telling
@wamu885
to reverse course 👇
If you believe in the power of local journalism to hold the government accountable, to bring levity to your day, or to tell you something new about the region you love, please consider emailing epulleyhayes
@wamu
.org to save DCist. We rely on readers and listeners like you.
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Welcome
@LBMGuild
!!! 🎉✊
ICYMI: Workers at the Long Beach Post and Long Beach Business Journal have formed the Long Beach Media Guild (
@LBMGuild
) under
@MediaGuildWest
🎉✊
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2) in other words, everyone already employed at The Washington Post should be pleased with a pay hike that won’t keep up with inflation because the richest man on the planet has increased the size of their newsroom
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Congratulations to both the EdWeek and NRDC Union Organizing Committees and bargaining unit employees. Thank you for all your dedication and hard work.
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This is an important victory for free speech rights at work, beyond the very unique circumstances of Kunkle’s situation. Everyone should have the ability to criticize their employer, not just the co-chair of a union bargaining unit.
#1u
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Ending the week welcoming
@observerguild
and
@ecustaffunion
! They make the Charlotte Observer and End Citizens United/Let America Vote work and we’re so proud they’re organizing with us ✊
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Stop dragging your feet
@Spotify
and deliver a fair contract!
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When workers come together, they can create so much good from the bad.
You inspire us. Solidarity!
🚨 We have big news 🚨
First, the bad: Management is shutting down The Appeal, effective today.
The good: Our union secured a generous severance package for our coworkers and negotiated with management to let us relaunch as a worker-led news outlet.
Here's our full statement:
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Welcome to the Washington Baltimore NewsGuild! We are elated for you today and look forward to helping you all ratify your first contract!
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Welcome and solidarity to
@jvpunion
!
We’re here!!! The staff at
@jvplive
unanimously voted to unionize & received immediate recognition. We’re thrilled to join
@WBNG32035
!
#UnionStrong
More on why we’re organizing here:
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A newspaper without a functioning copy desk is less reliable and trustworthy. Reporters and copy editors need to work together. Don’t put the copy editor hundreds of miles away.
Hannah. Peter. Nathan. Tom. Chris. To our corporate owners, these are just names on a page. To us, they're family. Lee Enterprises wants to outsource our copy desk to a hub hundreds of miles away. Ten of our members are going to lose their jobs unless we do something about it.
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And certainly not the last ✊
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Staff
@SEIU2015
are on strike. We know that even when you work for a union, you still have to fight for your own rights too. Solidarity
@pnwsu2015
✊
Staff union members are HOLDING THE LINE. Join us in LA in telling management to stop ULPs. Come on
@SEIU2015
Labor unions are better than that.
#UnionsStrong
@aprildverrett
@ArnulfoSEIU2015
@RexRichardson
@JeremyBWhite
@JonahFurman
@arielboone
@MaryKayHenry
@SEIU
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Congrats,
@condeunion
! Totally agree, the future of media is unions! ✊
We want to create a better, more equitable workplace at
@condenast
. So today we're uniting in solidarity to
#UnionizeConde
. We ask management to swiftly and voluntarily recognize our union. Find out more about supporting our union at
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Sign
@NYTGuildTech
's petiton below 👇calling on
@nytimes
management to protect trans and gender-nonconforming workers 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
We call on
@NYTimes
CEO Meredith Levien and Publisher AG Sulzberger to agree to contract terms that protect trans and gender-nonconforming workers in the NYT Tech Guild union. We are asking the public to support us in this effort by signing our petition:
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🎉 Our siblings
@mrssunion
came together and WON 🎉
Big news: The M+R union just ratified our 2nd contract 📢 And it's really good one! 📢
💯% of our unit voted YES on this contract that reflects our values, and we’re thrilled to share some of the highlights (and how we won them!) 🧵
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We salute the 40 journalists
@KCNewsGuild
who decided to band together and unionize.
You have our unwavering support. Solidarity !! ✊✊✊
Good morning, Kansas City! We are here together as journalists of the
@KCStar
, proudly carrying on a newspaper tradition that has served the Kansas City community for more than 140 years. To protect and preserve that tradition, we have united to form the
@KCNewsGuild
.
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We are so glad to have you all join us !! Solidarity in gaining recognition and a first contract !!
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Staff at
@RAICESTEXAS
are forming a union with us in order to improve their wages, benefits and working conditions.
@RAICESTXUNION
is fighting for a voice at work, solidarity!! ✊✊
🚨BREAKING:🚨 Today, as
@RAICESTEXAS
staff, we’re formally announcing our organizing efforts in order to win a secret ballot Union Election - a federally protected right.
So why does RAICES, the largest immigration non-profit in the state of Texas need a union?
Buckle up 🧵👇🏽
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