Connecticut News Guild

100+ journalists at Hearst CT, advocating for each other and ready to bargain our first contract alongside @newsguild & @nyguild

[Jacqueline Rabe Thomas @jacquelinerabe]

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[Connecticut News Guild @CTnewsguild]

In the meantime, some of the journalists who Hearst has fired for unsubstantiated and unclear reasons need our help to get by and support their families now that they are unemployed.

Please consider helping them out here: https://t.co/xpiexOJoQg

[Connecticut News Guild @CTnewsguild]

If it seems to you like there are fewer journalists covering Connecticut, you’re right.

This week, those ranks grew thinner: Hearst CT unjustly fired a highly experienced reporter who was respected by his peers, sources and readers.

[Connecticut News Guild @CTnewsguild]

We call on management to reinstate our colleague – and to come to the bargaining table ready to negotiate a fair contract.

Among our demands: A fair and transparent progressive discipline policy, so our colleagues receive the respect they deserve and dismissals like this end.

[Connecticut News Guild @CTnewsguild]

@AlbanyGuild @AustinNewsGuild @DallasNewsGuild @SFCGuild @insider_ct @nhregister @StamAdvocate @rep_am We believe that the proposals we will share are a fair, equitable and attainable path toward that.

We’re prepared to bargain in good faith with Hearst. Will @hearst_np commit to doing the same?

[Connecticut News Guild @CTnewsguild]

We had our first bargaining session on Zoom on June 1, with the support of dozens of unionized Hearst Newspapers colleagues from @AlbanyGuild, @AustinNewsGuild, @DallasNewsGuild and @SFCGuild Chronicle Guild.

Here's (some of) what the bargaining committee said:

[Connecticut News Guild @CTnewsguild]

@AlbanyGuild @AustinNewsGuild @DallasNewsGuild @SFCGuild @insider_ct @nhregister @StamAdvocate @rep_am Hearst’s Connecticut newspapers have been – and should remain – the state’s paper of record that can set both national and company standards as the media landscape continues to evolve.

[Connecticut News Guild @CTnewsguild]

@AlbanyGuild @AustinNewsGuild @DallasNewsGuild @SFCGuild @insider_ct Before Hearst CT was a single, statewide news organization there were community newspapers, each one was the paper of record in their own city & town. The @nhregister has been around since 1812. The @StamAdvocate since 1829, the @rep_am since 1844.

That’s a 200-year history.