The NewsGuild workers united for fair working conditions, fighting to save journalism from Wall Street and hedge funds. #AldenExposed #SaveLocalNews
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Allan Block likes to see and be seen in positons of prestige and power around Toledo, @CSPAN, and beyond. But as the Ohio Newsroom reports, he runs his hometown newspaper like a slumlord.
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ALT News copy and a quote from an Ohio Newsroom writeup that reads: The union is also asking the company to maintain current levels of health care coverage instead of implementing proposed cuts. It wants protections for certain jobs to guarantee they won’t be outsourced to freelancers. And it’s asking Block Communications to improve workplace conditions. “We’ve had issues with a very leaky roof. We’ve had cockroaches in the building. We’ve had mold in the air,” King said. “But really, the most important thing we’re asking for is the ability to do our jobs without fear of losing them.”
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Rents have shot up in some low-income neighborhoods in West Virginia as new property owners threaten residents with eviction notices and "pay or quit" letters.
The new owners? The parent company of "the destroyer of newspapers," Alden Global Capital cjr.org/special_report/alden…
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Thanks @dfmworkers for speaking out. Alden Global Capital is gutting newspapers across the U.S. - threatening journalism and democracy. #NewsMatters #AldenExposed
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STRIKE UPDATE: More than 1,000 @newsguild members sent a letter to scabs at the Post-Gazette telling them they are "undermining the strike by crossing the picket line." unionprogress.com/2023/02/01…
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This afternoon, in protest of @Gannett's stalling tactics and bad-faith proposals at the bargaining table, we are boycotting our weekly news meeting. Gannett must bring serious counters and start treating its journalists with the dignity they deserve. #FairContractNow (1/4)
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Incredible scene in front of the NYT — solidarity from @MediaGuildWest ✊
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The @PittsburghPG today demanded the right to wage theft via healthcare costs. They did not come in good faith to anyone out on strike, still working for them, or our community at all.
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Today we’re fighting against a way Alden Global Capital and @TribPub makes their profit: laying off media workers and leaving millions of people without access to dependable community news.
Our mission is delivering news our communities deserve. 🧵
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Insult to injury. This from the company cited by the feds for investing our pension savings in its own questionable investment funds; a clear conflict of interest.
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For a reporter in the pandemic, covering courts by Zoom is already tough. Attorneys race through details. You have to make sense of it all, quickly, on deadline, like @CasanovaReports did in the article below. But @chicagotribune made it harder. 🧵 below: chicagotribune.com/news/brea…
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Today, our message to @Gannett is simple: The pay scales in our contract are out of style.
Today, our members are dressed in fashion from the past to draw attention to the woefully outdated pay scales in our contract––which is nearly 2 years expired, we should add.
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That time when you realized that private equity was not just destroying local newspapers, but pretty much everything. @nyguild @PhillyNewsGuild @newsguild @dfmworkers Read the whole thread, and the whole series for the full picture of which my story is just a small part.
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Even in the U.S., journalists face assault, arrest and intimidation.
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BREAKING: @LACoSheriff says he is investigating @latimes reporter @AleneTchek in connection with a leak of information, displaying a photo of her at today’s newser. This is an extraordinary escalation in the sheriff’s attack not only on the paper but also on the First Amendment.
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And there is another insidious threat to press freedom: the collapse of the business model that sustained local news for decades.
In the last 10 years, the number of newspaper journalists has been cut in half, down from more than 70,000 to just 35,000.
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On #WorldPressFreedomDay we recognize journalists who risk their lives to seek truth and report it. To hold power to account. To provide information to the people so they can make the best decisions about their lives, communities and government.
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BREAKING: We’re walking out.
After more than two years of bargaining with @McClatchy, unionized journalists from the @MiamiHerald, @elnuevonerald and @bradentonherald are refusing to work for 24 hours and demanding a fair contract.
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Lee proves Alden Global's mission to decimate local news can be thwarted. “We deeply appreciate the record turnout & strong support we received from shareholders at this pivotal annual meeting. The results represent a resounding rejection of Alden Global’s campaign against Lee."
Welp, so much for Alden's "Vote No" whining after its failed hostile takeover of Lee Enterprises! Another step forward to help #SaveLocalNews. globenewswire.com/news-relea…
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From our joint Tribune Guilds town hall last night 👇#DoBetterTribune
If you missed it, you can still sign up to join our fight. We know we need each other:
bit.ly/GuildsTogether
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The unions @LeeEntNews sent a letter to Lee’s board of directors urging them to reject Alden Global Capital’s offer. Alden lies when it says it cares about journalism & communities its papers serve. Alden slashes local jobs & sucks away needed $ to fund journalism #SayNoToAlden
