🚨🚨🚨At the end of an all-day bargaining session yesterday, we told management they have a deadline of 12:01 am, Monday, Nov. 4, to bargain in good faith and present us with an acceptable proposal or we will begin our ULP strike.
"I voted yes because we work hard for this company and they should treat us with dignity and respect — not with empty words."
- Mindy Schauer, @themindyschauer, Photographer
Journalists play a crucial role in upholding our democracy, and the hardworking men and women of @SCNGguild are no exception.
Hoping negotiations will promptly result in a fair contract that rewards their excellent reporting.
Coming out from the shadows to ask you to support all of those who GRIND to get you great news for terrible pay!
Many of them do it for the love of the game, but that don’t help pay rent 🫡
We stand with @SCNGguild in demanding Alden Global & MediaNews Group pay employees a livable wage to cover one of the nation's most expensive regions. Journalists shouldn't have to choose between affording rent, healthcare & groceries. #LocalNewsMatters https://t.co/RPAFkhqyq6
Over 90% of the 125 journalists across the 11 newsrooms represented by SCNG Guild participated in a strike vote.
A landslide 94% voted to authorize union leaders to call for a strike.
Read more here: https://t.co/QzdHZBO1Cb
#SaveSoCalNews
@TheRyanHamilton I experienced an identical pregnancy 27 years ago and I cannot, repeat, cannot, imagine the additional stress you both went went through. I’m so sorry even though these words aren't enough.
We stand with our brothers and sisters at @LBMGuild ✊🏼 We urge @LongBeachPost management to recognize the guild, rescind the layoffs and come to the bargaining table. ✊🏼
Great story and photos by our @themindyschauer, who spent months following students at Sunburst Youth Academy as they attempted to turn around their lives. Take some time with this one from the @ocregister and @SoCalNewsGroup. You won’t regret it.
The Daily Pilot is a subsidiary of the L.A. Times, and faces an uncertain future in the face of upcoming layoffs.
So today, we are joining our colleagues at the Times and walking out. ✊