The Packet/Gazette Guild

We are the reporters of the @islandpacket and @beaufortgazette, members of the first active newspaper guild in the Carolinas.

[The Packet/Gazette Guild @PacketGuild]

🐢📰BIG NEWS!📰🐢
After two years of organizing and bargaining, we’re thrilled to announce that the Packet/Gazette Guild’s contract with McClatchy has been RATIFIED! 🧵 below:

[Palm Beach News Guild 🌅 @PBNewsGuild]

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https://t.co/M7OPc8O19I

[Fort Worth NewsGuild ☀️ @FortWorthGuild]

Last week, the FW Professional Firefighter Local 440 donated $10,000 to our strike fund.

This donation allows us to continue working to get a FAIR contract from @mcclatchy and we cannot thank these firefighters enough.

As they said, one union’s fight is a fight for all unions

[NYTimesGuild @NYTimesGuild]

The needle often knows before we do. But this was management’s choice. We’ll see you at 1 p.m. for our picket and rally with @NYGuild, @NewsGuild and CWAUnion!

[Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 @PGHGuild]

We went on strike because the Blocks went too far when they forced people off their health care. We’re staying on strike because we have each others’ backs. That includes you.

They need shown what happens when they disrespect us, our work, & Pittsburgh.

https://t.co/R7FLwS1lxu

[The State News Guild @thestateguild]

Happy Labor Day everyone! While we rest and spend time with loved ones today, we also look back at all we've accomplished in our first contract. Check it out here: https://t.co/ahDaJSQa1q

[Kati Kokal @katikokal]

At the @PacketGuild, the union went public two years ago this week. It was the first modern voluntary recognition by @mcclatchy, and the first newspaper union in South Carolina.

Now, the state has a handful of successful news unions and the guild has a contract!

[One Herald Guild 🏝 @OneHeraldGuild]

���BREAKING: @OneHeraldGuild and @BHnewsguild members voted unanimously to ratify our first collective bargaining agreement. Member turnout was strong with 93% of members in Miami and 100% in Bradenton casting a vote.

[The State News Guild @thestateguild]

We have a contract! After months of bargaining sessions and a lot of work, The State News Guild membership has approved our first collective bargaining agreements. Here’s some of the highlights:

[The Packet/Gazette Guild @PacketGuild]

The Packet also is looking for a new senior editor: 3/3

https://t.co/s7pxmR9cIa

[The Packet/Gazette Guild @PacketGuild]

.@islandpacket has open positions! If you want to come work in a union newsroom near the beach, DM us with any questions! Here’s a breaking news reporter gig: 1/

https://t.co/ZmwKtkpiQX

[The Packet/Gazette Guild @PacketGuild]

And a city government reporting position: 2/

https://t.co/0EojB4iZII

[Jimena María @jimenamtb]

“We have decided we can’t keep on sacrificing our own personal lives for the company to make money and give us nothing in return,” ⁦@OneHeraldGuild⁩ co-unit chair ⁦@MaryEllenKlas⁩ said. https://t.co/pp40xju9vl

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

Today I’m joining my Miami Herald colleagues in a one-day work stoppage as we demand a fair contract from @McClatchy. We need to protect local journalism.
I support My colleagues’ requests for fair pay, maternity leave and reimbursement for the high costs of equipment & travel.

[One Herald Guild 🏝 @OneHeraldGuild]

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.

[Lucas Smolcic Larson @Lucasgsl6]

A contract I helped negotiate is finally done, and it means money in the pockets of hardworking journalists in the Lowcountry today and for years to come. Couldn't be prouder of @PacketGuild

[Kati Kokal @katikokal]

Two years ago, a group of Packeteers envisioned a future where someone could start at the @islandpacket and be paid well enough to put down roots, establish their career there and continue serving the community.

That is so much more possible because of this news. Cheers! 🥂

[Lucas Smolcic Larson @Lucasgsl6]

Also an enormous thank you to @ReillyGuild, who stuck with us through multiple negotiating teams and is someone I'll be forever grateful we had on our side of the table 🙏

[The Packet/Gazette Guild @PacketGuild]

Three-year contract*! 🐢

[The Packet/Gazette Guild @PacketGuild]

🐢📰BIG NEWS!📰🐢
After two years of organizing and bargaining, we’re thrilled to announce that the Packet/Gazette Guild’s contract with McClatchy has been RATIFIED! 🧵 below:

[The Packet/Gazette Guild @PacketGuild]

We’re so proud to have McClatchy’s first union contract in the Southeast. If you have questions about organizing your newsroom, our DMs are open and we’re happy to talk!