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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

6 years

It's Official: Onion Inc.’s Groveling, Ungrateful Staffers Unionize

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

4 months

The Onion would like to congratulate its owner, G/O Media, for standing firm in its return-to-office mandate, as we can think of nowhere more conducive to best-in-class thought leadership than a fluorescent-lit room populated with the abandoned desks of terminated colleagues.

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Onion Inc Union

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6 years

A statement from the Onion Inc. Union:

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UPDATE: The seven A.V. Club workers in Chicago have decided to take their union-contract-protected severances rather than move to L.A. without a cost-of-living adjustment. A statement from the union (1/X):

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Onion Inc Union

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6 years

Devastating: These Coworkers All Wore The Same Shirt To Their First Contract Bargaining Meeting

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

4 months

Jim Spanfeller beautified The Onion office today by arranging for the removal of putrid pro-union signs that had previously desecrated the walls. Offices should be blank, windowless, and ideally crumbling to remind employees that they are trapped in a tomb of management's making.

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Onion Inc Union

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1 year

The Onion Union Begs Congress For A Sweetheart Deal With No Sick Days Like The One They Gave Railway Workers

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

2 years

Last month, G/O management told its seven Chicago-based A.V. Club employees that they either had to move to Los Angeles to work in the company’s new office there or lose their jobs. The employees were not offered cost-of-living increases. 1/X

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

4 months

Yesterday, our union delivered a strike pledge signed by over 97% of our unit to management. We are prepared to fight for the contract we deserve.

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@OnionIncUnion

2 years

They would have liked to have continued working at A.V.C. But it’s not reasonable for G/O Media to expect people to uproot their lives for a pay cut and to commute every day to an inconveniently located office for a company that treats its employees the way G/O does. 2/X

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Onion Inc Union

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2 years

The Chicago-based employees comprise seven of the nine A.V. Club staff members with the longest tenures. It seems clear that G/O Media wants to push out these veteran employees in order to replace them with lower-paid workers. 3/X

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Onion Inc Union

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2 years

The move also works to dismantle The A.V. Club’s reputation for pop culture criticism created by incisive outsiders who are unbeholden to the industries they cover, in favor of converting it into a more generic “entertainment” site. 4/X

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Onion Inc Union

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2 years

The A.V. Club will be losing its managing editor, film editor, TV editor, associate editor, senior writer, assistant editor, and editorial coordinator. These workers oversee the site’s film, TV, music, comics, and books coverage, and are essential to its daily operations. 5/X

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Onion Inc Union

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2 years

The Onion Union is saddened, but not surprised, by G/O’s actions. We demand that G/O pay all its employees—past, present, and future—what they deserve. 6/6

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

5 years

Statement from the Onion Inc. Union:

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

11 months

Our statement on today's layoffs:

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Onion Inc Union

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6 months

Our statement on today's layoffs:

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

2 years

To be clear, the Onion Union understands what “minimum” means and has fought to get members the pay they deserve from a company that rarely gives more than legally required. In short, those who replace the departing A.V. Club workers will almost certainly be underpaid too. 7/7

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

5 years

We’re proud to announce that the Onion Inc Union has a contract! We voted unanimously to ratify our first contract as a union under @wgaeast . We’re incredibly happy.

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

2 years

By refusing to give cost-of-living increases, it’s clear G/O wants these veteran employees to leave so the company can replace them with workers paid at the salary minimums as stipulated in the union contract—minimums that were bargained based on Chicago rates. 5/X

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Onion Inc Union

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2 years

The first workers expected to move were told they had until Jan. 15 to decide. None of the seven A.V. Club employees have yet told G/O management their decision. But for some reason, G/O listed three of those positions on its job site last night… 2/X

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2 years

G/O rarely pays new workers above the minimums delineated in the union contract, which was bargained with most union members in Chicago. In fact, G/O’s HR reps have told job candidates they can’t negotiate for salaries above the minimums, because “the union won’t allow it.” 6/X

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@OnionIncUnion

2 months

Our statement on today's layoffs:

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

3 years

The Onion Union is proud to have ratified our second contract! Our new 3-year agreement is the result of incredible solidarity among our members throughout a negotiating process complicated by the pandemic and remote communication.

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@OnionIncUnion

2 years

To be clear, these positions are NOT vacant. But G/O isn’t being particularly subtle about whether or not it wants many of its longest-tenured employees to remain in their jobs. 3/X

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2 years

The Chicago-based A.V. Club employees comprise seven of the nine A.V. Club staff members with the longest tenures, ranging from just short of six years to more than 13 years. 4/X

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

6 years

It's been three weeks since we asked Onion Inc. and Univision management to recognize the #OnionIncUnion . It's time they recognize us.

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

3 months

More to come, but we're thrilled to announce that we've reached a tentative agreement. We're proud to bring this to our unit for ratification.

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

The writers of The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight, Late Night With Seth Meyers, and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert stand with The Onion Union! Solidarity ✊

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@OnionIncUnion

3 months

The Onion Union's contract expires at midnight tonight. We are committed to bargaining in good faith and securing a fair contract for our talented and hardworking members.

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2 months

Our statement on yesterday's sales and layoffs:

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

There are 23 days until our contract expires. RT to let G/O Media know you support The Onion Union and its right to a fair contract.

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@OnionIncUnion

2 years

It's shameful that G/O Media is refusing to negotiate with the A.V. Club workers they're forcing to relocate without COLAs or lose their jobs. The Onion Union, the @WGAEast , and AVC staff members commented for this L.A. Times story.

Why publisher of the Onion, A.V. Club is battling WGA, East

Staffers say The A.V. Club's owner, G/O Media, has not agreed to adjust their wages for cost of living increases as their jobs move to L.A.

www.latimes.com

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

There are 28 days left until our contract expires. RT to let G/O Media know you support The Onion Union and its right to a fair contract.

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

6 years

It's been two weeks since we went public and nearly three since asking for recognition from management. Please support the #OnionIncUnion !

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

4 years

We are deeply disappointed in G/O management’s decision regarding the future of Deadspin and their treatment of the GMG Union. We oppose any effort to undercut union solidarity and support GMG in its fight for editorial integrity.

GMG Union

@gmgunion

4 years

Our statement:

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

5 years

With a contract, we've made huge gains for the most exploited members of our unit. The minimum salary is now $45,000. Some employees will see a 33% increase. Salary floors for every title ensures that when we move up, it comes with a pay bump.

Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

5 years

We’re proud to announce that the Onion Inc Union has a contract! We voted unanimously to ratify our first contract as a union under @wgaeast . We’re incredibly happy.

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We came to the bargaining table with detailed proposals for a more equitable, secure workplace, but unfortunately G/O management made it clear today that they’re not looking to negotiate a contract—they want to undermine the union entirely.

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@OnionIncUnion

5 years

Good morning. It’s a great day to talk to your coworkers about unionizing your workplace.

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@OnionIncUnion

3 months

Today, The Onion Union and its allies distributed flyers outside our Chicago, NYC, and LA offices. We regret wasting time in the physical world when we should be creating digital content to be clogged with ads and SEO terms designed to game search engines.

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@OnionIncUnion

6 years

Onion Inc. has unionized. #OnionIncUnion via @AV_Newswire

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

The Onion applauds its owner, G/O Media, for its many savvy business decisions that have driven away all but our most loyal readers. We prefer an audience faithful enough to go through hell and back to access our reportage.

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@OnionIncUnion

5 months

The Onion Union applauds G/O Media's multiple attempts to erode their workers' rights. Content is nothing without great management to take credit!

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@OnionIncUnion

11 months

Our statement on G/O Media's plan to implement AI content, just days after laying off newsroom members.

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@OnionIncUnion

6 years

important update on our efforts:

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

Our CEO Jim Spanfeller rightly declines to speak to his disgusting employees, but there's one group of people he'll gladly engage with: his almighty bosses at private equity firm Great Hill Partners. Click to demand Onion Union workers receive fair pay:

WGA East Members at Onion Inc. Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract | Press Room

Writers Guild of America East members at Onion, Inc. reached a tentative agreement with G/O Media on a new collective bargaining agreement.

www.wgaeast.org

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@OnionIncUnion

5 years

The Onion Inc. Union stands in solidarity with @CTULocal1 and @SEIU73 in their fight for fair contracts!

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

Thank you so much to @adamconover , @joshgondelman , and @zhubinparang for joining us at the bargaining table this morning to present a pledge from former Onion contributors to support our fight for a fair contract.

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

As America's Finest News Source for the past 258 years, The Onion could not have made it here without the managerial prowess of G/O Media, whose trailblazing strategy of blanketing webpages in blaring advertisements has led the digital media industry to where it stands today.

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

5 years

Every worker deserves a union. Yes, even those who have a bike stipend. Not only does a union protect all workers, it enshrines in a contract things employees like about their workplace—like a bike stipend! Then it’s not dependent on management’s whims!

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

The Onion applauds G/O Media for its commitment to the timeless American ideals of hard work, ceaseless production, perpetually rising output expectations, and static pay rates that lag behind cost of living—the very foundations our country was built on.

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@OnionIncUnion

5 years

BuzzFeed employees fought for this and won. Way to go, everyone.

Oliver Darcy

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News: BuzzFeed has reversed course and will now pay out PTO to laid off employees

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@OnionIncUnion

4 years

The Onion Union Celebrates Halloween By Dressing Up As Employees Who Deserve Money And Rights

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

🚨🚨🚨 There are exactly 2 weeks until our contract expires 🚨🚨🚨

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@OnionIncUnion

4 years

We do know, however, that our union is strong, and we’re going to take care of each other. We’d appreciate everyone’s support as we continue negotiations for our second contract. If you've ever said, ‘That sounds like an Onion article,’ you have to like AND retweet.

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@OnionIncUnion

5 months

Our union welcomed management’s representatives to in-person bargaining today with some custom onion union decor!

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@OnionIncUnion

3 years

As our expiration date approaches and the bargaining sessions run late into the night, this incredible show of support from our comrades in the Writer’s Guild gives us a much-needed energy boost! Thank you so much!

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

6 years

The Onion Inc Union is celebrating #NationalBossDay by returning to the bargaining table to secure a contract that guarantees fair wages, hiring practices, and benefits. Thanks to @WGAEast and all our union brothers and sisters for making this a holiday to celebrate. #1u

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

The Onion applauds its parent company, G/O Media, for its targeted termination of the many irksome editors who impede perpetual content churn with their insistence upon fact-checking and copyediting.

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@OnionIncUnion

4 years

Our statement regarding the layoffs at G/O media today:

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@OnionIncUnion

3 years

Our contract ends in two weeks so we’re asking for everyone’s support, because labor achieves no victories waiting around for management to grant them.

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@OnionIncUnion

5 years

Two weeks ago, seven Onion Inc. union members were laid off by our new owners, Great Hill Partners. Each were talented workers and valued members of their teams. But our loss can be your gains, hiring managers! Here's a look at the absurdly talented people available for hire.

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

It's impossible to foster a creative and successful media company if AI content mush is valued over the skills of talented writers, editors, and artists. This is why we're fighting for a fair contract. RT to show your support!

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@OnionIncUnion

9 months

Our statement on the exodus of Editors-in-Chief from G/O Media sites

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@OnionIncUnion

5 years

Unionize your newsroom if you haven’t already. A union won’t stop the leeching and layoffs, but it WILL get unfairly laid-off journalists fair severance packages so they can land on their feet when they’re the end result of corporate bloodletting.

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@OnionIncUnion

5 years

Heading in strong to hour 14 of bargaining.

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3 years

We bargained for 6 hours tonight but did not reach a deal. We're down to a few key issues. With only 2 more days until our contract expires, we're doing everything we can to get a contract that’s fair for our members. We’re almost there!

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@OnionIncUnion

5 months

Yesterday, G/O media management left bargaining several hours earlier than expected and went back to NYC. We thought we'd surprise them back at their office with a little treat!

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@OnionIncUnion

5 years

“The BVWU campaign, which grew out of the radical anti-capitalist labor union Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), hasn’t just defied the odds — it has completely rewritten the rules of what is possible in a modern union.” Extremely cool. Well done, @BVWkrUnion .

ThinkProgress

@thinkprogress

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These Burgerville employees organized the first official fast-food labor union in the country

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Onion Inc Union

@OnionIncUnion

4 months

The Onion has long reported on the many valuable contributions of CEOs within their respective industries. As we bargain for a new contract, we can't help but be reminded of the many great CEOs who have led the way with their cruelty, greed, and bloodlust.

CEO Has Big Ideas To Grow Company’s Problems

NEW YORK—Laying out several new initiatives and detailed plans for implementing them in the upcoming weeks and months, Janneson Media CEO Adam Hamlin revealed to his staffers Thursday that he has...

www.theonion.com

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

The Onion demands fewer rights and urges G/O Media to replace The Onion's workforce entirely with artificial intelligence. AI is a gorgeous efficiency tool that should replace human workers in all sectors, not just digital media.

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@OnionIncUnion

5 years

Our statement on the recent lawsuits involving G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller.

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@OnionIncUnion

5 years

This is what it looks like when management refuses to pay decent wages and provide severance. The workers make the workplace; they deserve fair pay and benefits.

Vox Media Union

@vox_union

5 years

@voxmediainc The Vox Media Union has walked out today. Here’s what it looks like in the New York office.

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4 months

Click this link to let G/O Media CEO @Jimspanfeller know you stand with the Onion Union:

WGA East Members at Onion Inc. Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract | Press Room

Writers Guild of America East members at Onion, Inc. reached a tentative agreement with G/O Media on a new collective bargaining agreement.

www.wgaeast.org

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@OnionIncUnion

5 years

Happy birthday to us! We’re celebrating one year as an official union. (We were recognized on 4/20/2018.) It’s been a transformative, busy year fighting for our rights in a precarious industry. One thing we know for certain: In a union, everyone gets a piece of the cake! 🎂✊

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@OnionIncUnion

4 years

We’re all scrambling to adjust during a pandemic, and not every brainstorm will work, so we forgive them that their best idea this time around was to erode basic labor protections.

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@OnionIncUnion

5 years

We’re back at the bargaining table today! We’re united, we’re motivated, and we want to get our first contract done.

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@OnionIncUnion

5 months

Just finished this week's stretch of bargaining. We weren't expecting to have to fight tooth and nail for basic things like not being replaced by AI and remaining protected from online harassment. Retweet and tag @GOMediaInc to show your support.

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@OnionIncUnion

3 years

We’ve got 72 hours until our contract expires, and we know a strong, united front gets it done!

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@OnionIncUnion

3 years

We sat down with @GOMediaInc management today for our third bargaining session. They said they were ”flabbergasted” by our proposals. That’s funny, because we’re ”flabbergasted” that it’s been three weeks and they still haven’t responded tangibly to anything we’ve offered.

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5 months

On November 9, G/O's management laid off 15% of The Onion Union's members. For those looking to make an excellent addition to their staff, we’d like to highlight our former colleagues who are now looking for work. Reach out to them directly with any opportunities!

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3 months

With three days left of bargaining, management refused to be physically present during in-person sessions. We can think of no greater indignity than having to look employees in the eye when they are nothing more than faceless numbers representing wasted cost on a spreadsheet.

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@OnionIncUnion

4 months

Since its formation, The Onion Union's bargaining unit has shrunk from 80+ members in 2018 to 33 members in 2023. Our unit is 40% of what it used to be, thanks to layoffs, attrition, and G/O Media's habitual refusal to allow vacated positions to be backfilled.

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@OnionIncUnion

10 months

Our members were out at the solidarity walk and rally in Chicago today in support of the @sagaftra @WGAEast @WGAWest strike! ✊✊✊

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@OnionIncUnion

3 years

Today we’re talking to Onion Union members about what they’re fighting for. Tell us, what does the #onionunion contract mean to you?

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@OnionIncUnion

3 years

The majority of Onion Union members call Chicago home. We condemn Chicago PD for the murder of Adam Toledo. We condemn Mayor Lori Lightfoot for her unequivocal support of CPD. Our thoughts are with Adam, his family, his community, and our city.

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@OnionIncUnion

6 months

It's our first day of bargaining, and the committee is ready! ✊🏼💪🏼 We’re thinking of our recently laid-off colleagues as we continue the fight to make Onion Inc. a greater place to work.

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@OnionIncUnion

1 year

We joined the picket line today to support our striking colleagues at @wgaeast and @wgawest #WGAstrong

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@OnionIncUnion

6 years

The Onion Inc. Union stands in solidarity with the #PrisonStrike2018 effort, today in its third day. Everyone, incarcerated workers included, deserves basic labor rights. We call for an end to prison slavery. More info here:

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@OnionIncUnion

5 months

It's been 48 days since the most recent layoffs at G/O Media. We have 35 days until our contract expires. We've got each other's backs!

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@OnionIncUnion

4 years

As a union with the @WGAEast , which is a member of the @AFLCIO , we believe the AFL-CIO should disengage from police unions and stop giving resources to enemies of labor

Dave Jamieson

@jamieson

4 years

On a call with the AFL-CIO and leaders of some of its biggest member unions. Sure doesn't seem to be much appetite to expel police unions from the federation. As fed president Richard Trumka put it, "The answer is not to disengage and condemn."

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2 years

And while G/O Media may have planned to make L.A. The A.V. Club's home base two years ago, it was never presented as a mandatory relocation. Only when the "invitation" was extended in December was it made clear that staff must move or lose their jobs.

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Today, members and friends of The Onion Union braved the rain and distributed hundreds of flyers outside G/O Media's offices. Send a letter to G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller demanding a fair contract for The Onion Union!

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@OnionIncUnion

2 years

The Onion Union stands in solidarity with our GMG colleagues who are striking today.

GMG Union

@gmgunion

2 years

As of March 1, GMG Union is officially on strike. We're asking people not to click on—or contribute content to— @Gizmodo , @Jalopnik , @Jezebel , @Kotaku , @Lifehacker , and @TheRoot . Learn more about our fight for a fair contract with @GOMediaInc :

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3 months

Supporting our allies at @CTGuild who are walking out today. The Onion Union stands in solidarity with you!

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5 years

Gannett has a “bad fourth quarter” and responds by punishing hard-working journalists who have fuck-all to do with corporate finances. Journalism should not work like this. Fuck all the way off, @Gannett .

Poynter

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5 years

Gannett slashed jobs across the country today

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3 years

One of our biggest wins was getting our full-time remote contractors converted to full-time employees. These are people who have been employed by the company for years but were kept as contractors because they worked remotely.

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4 years

Many media CEOs have done the right thing in the global pandemic and made big cuts to their own salaries before laying people off, but not G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller, who laid off six union members. Here's how his pay cut stacks up:

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6 years

Today, the members of the Onion Union came together to celebrate collective bargaining and unionization in the digital media industry with some pizza, thanks to @WGAEast ! Happy Belated Labor Day!

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