Hachette Workers Coalition

We're fighting for better benefits, protections, rights, increased equity, transparency, and agency at Hachette Book Group.

[Hachette Workers Coalition @HBGWorkers]

What do we, as HBG workers, want? A thread🧵

[Mark Gottlieb, Trident Media Group literary agent @Mark_Gottlieb]

“Publishing’s passion tax is finally being challenged—and the future of #books may be better for it.” My latest thoughts on #publishing’s #labor reckoning and what it means for #authors, #editors, and the #publishingindustry at large. https://t.co/rmn5dSkWzf

[Hachette Workers Coalition @HBGWorkers]

Our interview with Publishing Confidential! Read the piece here: https://t.co/yb6hh6FJhs

[Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers]

Take it from @UFCWLocal1776: You can build a union at work too!

Come to "How to Unite & Win at Work in NYC" on May 26. (Link below.)

[Hachette Workers Coalition @HBGWorkers]

An update on our campaign. #hachetteworkerscoalition

[Erik Baker @erikmbaker]

Solidarity with workers at the University of Chicago Press, who have formed the first union at one of the oldest and most distinguished academic publishers in the U.S.

[Kathy Sandler @ksandler1]

Literary Hub » Unions are having a moment in publishing. Here’s why. https://t.co/UqiuE19qTW

[Hachette Workers Coalition @HBGWorkers]

These flyers use tired talking points and misinformation, framing the union as a third party that will jeopardize our existing benefits and workplace culture. They may be union busting, but for us, it’s union or bust. The union is ALL of us, and we won’t be intimidated.

[Hachette Workers Coalition @HBGWorkers]

HBG has officially launched their anti-union campaign. In the past day and a half, they’ve started disseminating anti-union flyers via our company portal and common spaces. (cont.) 🧵

[Hachette Workers Coalition @HBGWorkers]

An update: May 5th, 2026.

[allison @mka_ultra]

unions at catapult, hachette, american library association, and now university of chicago press….! i have not felt this hopeful in so long <3 what a beautiful moment for book publishing

[Hachette Workers Coalition @HBGWorkers]

Thanks for the shoutout, Hamilton! Check out the full SubStack piece ⬇️

[Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan]

May Day is the vibe... the opposite of the vibe on this app.
https://t.co/2mtViUR8oE

[Rachel Kitch @rachelkitch]

everyone who works in publishing is overworked and underpaid, so hell YEAH i'm in support of hachette workers unionizing!!! more places should be unionized! authors (esp hachette authors) there's an open letter to show your support! @HBGWorkers

[Hachette Workers Coalition @HBGWorkers]

An update from us. #hachetteworkerscoalition

[Daily Union Elections @UnionElections]

BREAKING: 615 workers for Hachette Book Group are unionizing with @CWAUnion @newsguild @WBNG32035.

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

In a statement Wednesday, Hachette said it is “aware of employee interest in unionization and respects employees’ rights to engage in that process and we remain committed to open dialogue.” https://t.co/w2gzfJxoUd

[Sophia @skmadeleine]

myopic nyc media salary discourse happening yet again but no one is talking about how book workers are unionizing left and right . . . for shame

[Hachette Workers Coalition @HBGWorkers]

7) Expanded DEI goals in hiring and retention

8) Standardized, automatic pay increases

9) Pay band transparency

10) Higher salary floors at every level

[Hachette Workers Coalition @HBGWorkers]

What do we, as HBG workers, want? A thread🧵

[Hachette Workers Coalition @HBGWorkers]

4) A clear, neutral grievance process to mediate worker-worker and worker-manager conflicts

5) Increased overwork protections, such as higher overtime pay and capped work hours

6) The right to remote work and flexible in-office scheduling