We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today.
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Good morning! All day today my colleagues and I will be on STRIKE. You can help us send a message! Please do not visit ProPublica's website and tell management to give us a fair contract so we can get back to work: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Too often AI is used in newsrooms without a human behind it, undermining our credibility and spreading misinformation. The NBC Guild supports the NewsGuild of New York (@nyguild.bsky.social) and The NewsGuild (@newsguild.org) when we say: No AI slop in the newsroom!
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Our union is unwavering in our commitment to a fair and equitable newsroom at @NBCNews.com and @TODAYshow.com, and we will continue to enforce our contract to ensure our members’ rights are protected.
We are extremely concerned that management appears to have selectively laid off workers in violation of the contract. After meeting with @NBCNews.com representatives last week, we were left with more questions than answers.
These layoffs included the beat reporters that cover Black, Latino, Asian-American, and LGBTQ+ communities. Some of these roles have been immediately reposted, but with no guarantee that our members will be rehired.
NBC News laid off over 30 of our members this month, using the excuse of the Versant spinoff to continue prioritizing extreme corporate profits over the workers that create the value behind @NBCNews.com and @TODAYshow.com.
Dear Katrice and Geraldine, We are deeply concerned about the manner in which The Marshall Project has been treating our members and approaching the bargaining process. Recently, The Marshall Project leadership has betrayed our organization’s values and compromised our position in the industry and the journalism we pursue. It’s time for that to change. The guild has worked tirelessly and in good faith on proposals that would keep high-quality health care affordable for Marshallers. We have also been steadfast in asserting that all recognized members deserve due process and fair treatment required under the law. The organization, in turn, has increasingly taken anti-worker stances that have eroded trust and created a culture that makes it difficult to do the work that makes us proud. Since the organization has taken such a hardline stance, refusing to work with the guild on the items listed below, we will be filing unfair labor practices with the National Labor Relations Board and stepping up our public efforts to make it clear that we demand fair treatment.
The following recent actions by the organization have taken an immense toll on the workers of The Marshall Project: 1. The organization has repeatedly denied steward representation to a member facing a Performance Improvement Plan and possible termination, as well as denying another member representation in their termination meeting last week. This denial is illegal, egregious, and completely out of line with standards across our industry and the labor movement going back decades. We are shocked that the organization would take such a hypocritical and prohibitive stance on this, given our mission. The union has filed an Unfair Labor Practice about this illegal violation of members’ Weingarten rights and demands that members be allowed steward representation in any meeting they feel is appropriate. 2. The organization has caused a retaliatory ripple effect with its actions against one employee that has touched an entire newsroom in Cleveland with negative effects that go against the stated purpose of collaboration with local media and our ability to make good on promises we made to readers. When the organization recognized members it had a duty to follow the law and not proceed with layoffs without bargaining. We have filed an Unfair Labor Practice for the illegal layoff of employees and management retaliation.
3. The organization made a unilateral change to our outside employment policy without bargaining, changing expectations to require managerial approval. We have always maintained a workplace where outside work is permitted and the organization’s sudden termination of Chris Vazquez without a steward, without an opportunity to stop the freelancing project, and without severance is unjust and defies our values. 4. The organization is employing a strategic erosion of status quo through small changes to past practice while we bargain our first contract, including erasure of our cost-of-living adjustment, a significant change to our health insurance, and modifying the evaluation process. The organization has inconsistently complied with requests for information, which does not reflect good faith in bargaining. The Marshall Project, in retaining union-busting law firm Kauff McGuire & Margolis, is willingly participating in the erosion of worker protections across our industry, a project that takes advantage of the current anti-worker political environment. When The Marshall Project voluntarily recognized our union last year, it touted a “longstanding commitment to a fair, equitable and inclusive workplace, with generous benefits.” We are demanding a return to these values.
Today, we sent a letter to @themarshallproject.org leadership expressing concern about their denial of bargaining obligations. Management has repeatedly denied members Weingarten rights, engaged in an illegal layoff, and more — we need your help to demand that management bargain in good faith.
Almost 350 people have already signed our petition demanding a fair contract. Join them here and let Alden know NY is a union town: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Our petition of ex-Daily Newsers is continuing to build momentum with many more signing since this morning. Join us and tell the @nydailynews.com and Alden we deserve a fair contract: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
We just joined Bluesky today!
Union member holds up a sign saying FAIR CONTRACT TODAY.
Hello Bluesky!
Tuesday, after an overwhelming 94% ratification vote, we secured the FIRST union contract for the digital newsrooms of NBC News, NBC News Now and the TODAY Show.
We are proud of the work we do, and we're excited to continue that work with the protections of a strong first contract.