“These layoffs, which are the direct result of the repellent corporate greed that Alden Global Capital is known for, are being done without any concern for the future of the @NYDailyNews.” More from our @NYDNUnion's statement https://t.co/feR5zS8W5p
ATTN: Today's arrests of Georgia Fort and Don Lemon are an escalation to criminalize press freedom under the guise of law enforcement.
The First Amendment is not optional, and journalism is NOT a crime. We demand their immediate release!
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🚨 STAFF OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART VOTE TO UNIONIZE 🚨
Staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY, have voted by a 76% margin in a National Labor Relations Board election to unionize with UAW Local 2110. The ballot tally was 542 yes votes for the union with 172 votes against. The ballots of an additional 100 people remain sealed because they were challenged by the Museum which objected to inclusion of these staff in the union. The eligibility of staff in these positions will be determined through a mutually agreed upon arbitration process after the union is officially certified by the National Labor Relations Board.
Workers at the Museum had been organizing for over four years before the election, over concerns about job security, pay equity and greater transparency about employment policies.
“I’ve worked at The Met for 31 years and I truly love it but our expertise and our labor have real value deserving of recognition,” said Stephanie Post, a Digital Archivist, “By unionizing, we aren't just protecting our own jobs—we are building a collective voice to ensure every staff member, now and in the future, gets the respect and protection they deserve.”
”We won because we were able to convince our colleagues that they don't have to accept whatever is offered to them, that their experience and hard work has earned them a seat at the table,” said Rebecca Capua, a conservator who has worked at the Museum for sixteen years.
The unit is composed of staff across fifty different departments of the Museum and includes curators, conservators, librarians, sales specialists, visitor experience coordinators, development officers, archivists, digital and IT staff, and more.
Jonathan Farbowitz, a conservator said: “I’m so inspired by the way Met staff across departments have come together to make this historic victory happen.”
Tiffany Camusci, Data Analyst added: “There is no stronger feeling of solidarity than working together with my colleagues to establish our union.”
Thousands of museum workers have organized since the pandemic. Local 2110 UAW in @UAWRegion9A already represents workers at multiple art museums and other cultural institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the MFA, Boston, the Guggenheim, the Whitney Museum, the Jewish Museum, the Portland Museum of Art, MASS MoCA, the Hispanic Society Museum and Library, the New York Historical Society, the Shed, the Emily Dickinson Museum, the Tenement Museum, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Film at Lincoln Center, Film Forum and Anthology Film Archives.
“Organizing with my Met colleagues was an incredible, galvanizing experience that I will never forget,” said Alison Clark, a Collections Manager in Asian Art who has worked at the Museum for over 20 years. “Unionizing with UAW Local 2110 is only our first step and we look forward to negotiating a fair and equitable contract that reflects staff needs and priorities.”
After years of wasting millions of dollars losing court battles in attempts to deny their workers’ basic rights, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced today that it would be closing on May 3.
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Journalists help keep New Yorkers safe! @nyccouncil is ensuring journalists maintain access to encrypted NYPD scanners so we can keep the public informed. It’s time for @GovKathyHochul to ensure the same for all New Yorkers across our great state.
https://t.co/iHosUwVevT
Today is the last day to contact @GovKathyHochul to urge her to sign the Keep Police Radio Public Act! If you can't get through on the phone line, you can leave an online comment here: https://t.co/17gFIFtWaZ
🧵Every day our members rely on access to police radio transmissions to respond quickly to shootings, fires, buildings collapses, natural disasters and other major emergencies so that they can quickly report on and share vital safety information to the public….
Please share widely! We need @GovKathyHochul to sign the Keep Police Radio Public Act so journalists can continue to inform their communities about events happening all around them!
🧵Every day our members rely on access to police radio transmissions to respond quickly to shootings, fires, buildings collapses, natural disasters and other major emergencies so that they can quickly report on and share vital safety information to the public….
Hi 👋 It has been a while since you’ve heard from us, but we’re standing side-by-side with other @nyguild shops to send a clear, simple message: News, not slop. Readers deserve journalism crafted by human hands.
Here's how we've been fighting back during collective bargaining 👇
RELEASE: NewsGuild journalists are sounding the alarm – media companies are undermining public trust with unethical AI in the newsroom.
Today, we launch #NewsNotSlop, a national campaign kicking off a Week of Action on AI, December 1–5.
https://t.co/T8KBPcTH6j
RALLY WITH US: Today at 1 PM ET join us outside @BusinessInsider HQ and let’s tell management we stand for people-powered journalism, not AI slop. #NewsNotSlop@newsguild
Stand with us and the entire @newsguild as we demand that media companies protect the integrity of our work. Join the nearly 1,600 people who have signed the #NewsNotSlop petition https://t.co/i7VuWurMmk
This year we’ve seen employers pile on the AI-generated slop in our workplaces. In many cases, these AI deployments undermine the editorial ethics and standards journalists at @newsguild strive to uphold. 1/
This is a very important issue for all newsrooms. We're standing with @newsguild and @CWAUnion members across the country who are resisting companies' ill-advised efforts to use AI in inappropriate ways in newsrooms. Link to petition below ...
You deserve coverage of the news you care about by human beings. Not AI slop.
Join @newsguild, support real journalists, and take the pledge to tell news organizations that you don’t want AI slop in the newsroom.
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