After years without raises, of bleeding newsroom staff, and of meeting at the table to work out a contract, the Austin American-Statesman newsroom’s unionized staff went on strike today.
After years without raises, of bleeding newsroom staff , and of meeting at the table to work out a contract that would set a minimum salary and regular raises to no avail, theIt was a one-day walkout to demand a
and a defined seniority structure with built-in raises. At the same time, reporters at other papers owned by the media behemoth“If they continue to not take us seriously, we’ll do what we need to do as far as a longer strike,” saidVillalpando said they haven’t gotten any blowback from Gannett yet – “I know what their corporate line is and that’s to pretend this isn’t happening,” she said – but guild members will meet with Gannett’s lawyeragain Thursday for contract negotiations.
So far, in the negotiations that have been dragging on since 2021, Moss has hinted that Gannett might be flexible on pay but that the union and corporation will first have to come to an agreement on . That’s held them up because Gannett has refused to agree to protections against things like sexual harassment and harassment over natural hairstyles.reporters know they might need to strike longer than a day for Gannett to budge, but they also know they won’t be in it alone. A
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