WeMakeKPBS
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We are the @sagaftra unionized content creators working hard to make @KPBS the best it can be!
San Diego
Joined March 2020
KPBS union members have voted unanimously, with overwhelming turnout, to approve a 3-year contract with KPBS/SDSU Research Foundation management. Here’s some of what we won through the power of collective bargaining… 1/
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Strike averted at the Southern California News Group, where Guild journalists have wrung more than $700,000 in new newsroom spending out of Alden Global Capital. Many journalists here went years without raises; some hugely underpaid members will get pay hikes of over 48%.
🚨🚨We've reached a tentative agreement! Our Nov. 2 rally in Santa Ana is canceled and we are lifting our strike deadline for now. We will hold a ratification vote soon. Here are some of the gains we’ve made:
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A statement from Post Guild leadership on the Washington Post's decision to not endorse a presidential candidate
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Our members had a great time last night celebrating our new contract 🥳
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Kait is a Senior Software Engineer at @nytimes and a new parent who wants more affordable healthcare for her family, and she's #ReadyToStrike!
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"We welcome WLRN content creators to SAG-AFTRA. It’s amazing to see additional public media employees organizing for power and we look forward to the employer's response to the voluntary recognition request,” said SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.
WLRN-FM Content Creators Form Union With SAG-AFTRA https://t.co/rzq0i4Br1k
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Congrats to the workers of WLRN in Miami for becoming the FIRST public media station in Florida to unionize with SAG-AFTRA! We’re thrilled to have you join our family ❤️
Today, we — the hosts, reporters, producers, digital content creators and others — of WLRN are proud to announce our intent to unionize with @SAGAFTRA, becoming the first public radio station in Florida to do so. #WeMakeWLRN
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Google is 1. an illegal monopoly 2. that sucked ad money out of local news for years 3. to help fund $20+ billion a year in noncompete payouts to competitors 4. to ensure we all stay stuck with a monopolist search platform the answer is hell yes, they should pay us *back*
New column: Should tech giants have to pay California newspapers for their content?
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The workers at @prismreports are excited to announce that we are unionizing! #UnionStrong #Solidarity #WorkersUnite #UnionProud #StandWithWorkers #WorkerPower #UnionOrganizing
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As a steward at LAist, I’m incredibly disappointed to share that we’re losing valuable colleagues today.
@LAist announced layoffs this week & began notifying employees who will be let go today. We aren’t sure yet how many union members will be affected. But we are already losing 11 unit members and 10 more members of our staff to voluntary buy-outs. We’ll have more to say soon.
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I was one of the people laid off from @LAist yesterday. I didn’t take the buyout bc I was excited about some of the things I had in the works. I’m sad I won’t get to finish them, but I’m really proud of the work I did there and grateful for my colleagues and all I learned.
@LAist announced layoffs this week & began notifying employees who will be let go today. We aren’t sure yet how many union members will be affected. But we are already losing 11 unit members and 10 more members of our staff to voluntary buy-outs. We’ll have more to say soon.
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On top of these major victories, we also secured higher on-call pay and higher anniversary raises. HUGE thank you to everyone who emailed KPBS and SDSU voicing their support for our union. We invite you to celebrate with a donation to KPBS! https://t.co/36aN1DTOat 6/6
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After we began advocating for public transit passes, SDSU announced it would start offering us monthly MTS passes for $42 — a $30 discount. KPBS management is exploring deeper discounts, which we will continue to fight for. 5/
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For the term of this contract, KPBS has committed to not using any AI-generated voices or “digital doubles” for any content currently produced by our union members. Future AI expansions that impact our jobs must go through the bargaining process. 4/
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We won new promotional opportunities for staff in graphics, video production, web development and radio operations. And we secured the opportunity to bargain alternatives to any future layoffs (none are currently planned). 3/
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All staff will receive a minimum 5% cost-of-living raise retroactive to July 1. We also blocked a last-minute effort to tie these raises to CSU funding in the state budget. Sacramento politics have no business dictating the operations of an independent news station. 2/
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Congrats to the @sagaftra members at @WeMakeKPBS for getting a TA!
We’re thrilled to announce our union reached a tentative agreement today with KPBS and SDSU Research Foundation management for a 3-year contract. This will now go to our members for ratification, after which we’ll be sharing more details on what we secured. 1/2
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Receiving this national award for my @KPBSnews investigation is one of the greatest honors of my life. It feels amazing to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the best journalists of our time. Thank you to @PressClubDC for your recognition.
Congratulations to Maya Trabulsi (@SanDiegoMaya) of @KPBS for winning the 2024 Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting (broadcast) Award! #journalismawards
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