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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

2 years

We just filed a discrimination grievance against The Philadelphia Inquirer. One of our Black members is paid less than a less-experienced white colleague who is performing the same job. We've tried for months to get the company to correct this. The Inquirer has refused to do so.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

We are disgusted and enraged to report that The Inquirer has laid off 5 of our members today. This is the bulletin we sent to our members a short time ago:

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

Happy Valentine’s Day.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

1 year

Despicable, disgraceful layoffs at The Philadelphia Inquirer ( @PhillyInquirer ). A message from our president, @dmastrull :⤵️

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

2 years

It is particularly disturbing that the Guild is forced to take this action only days after The Inquirer published a detailed account of the newspaper’s history as a racist institution and its current efforts at so-called reckoning to change an entrenched culture of racism.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

2 years

Specifically, The Guild is exercising its authority under our collective bargaining agreement to file a grievance against The Inquirer for violation of Article 2, which prohibits discrimination against our members.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

The @PhillyInquirer today announced it is opening a round of buyouts in an effort to cut 10 percent of the company. If they don’t reach their target, management told us, they will lay people off. This is a devastating result of continued mismanagement and poor leadership.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

That’s right: We do this work because we love our region. But we can’t survive on love. It doesn’t pay the bills. Our members haven’t received a raise in 11 years, all while the cost of living has continued to increase. Love isn’t enough. It’s time for a raise.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

@PhillyInquirer

5 years

All of us — our reporters, editors, salespeople, pressmen, drivers and digital technologists — answer to no one but you, the people. We do this work because we love our region. Here's an update from our publisher on where we're headed in 2019 and beyond.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

4 years

LAYOFF PLANS CANCELED!! | The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia via @PhillyNewsGuild

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

Today, we asked @NLRB to re-open an unfair labor practice investigation into the Inquirer’s ( @phillydotcom ) parent company, Philadelphia Media Network. It’s based on newly obtained information that leads us to believe the company lied to us during contract negotiations in 2015.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

🚨We will not go quietly. 🚨 We sent a letter to the Philadelphia Media Network’s board of directors to notify them of our current situation where our publisher Terry Egger has refused to bargain with us in good faith during our wage reopener. Let's break down our situation👇

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

2 years

We wish publisher Lisa Hughes' actions spoke louder than her carefully penned apology Wednesday to Philadelphia’s Black residents and communities and to The Inquirer’s Black journalists, past and present.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

4 years

We’ve been in bargaining for months at @PhillyInquirer , fighting for a fair, strong contract that includes raises for everyone, new provisions on diversity, and protections for our work.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

2 years

We just filed a second discrimination grievance against The Philadelphia Inquirer. Another Black member is paid considerably less than white colleagues with less experience performing similar jobs.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

2 years

It's time to do more than just talk the talk. An easy place to start is with salaries. The Philadelphia Inquirer must pay employees of color fairly, in line with white counterparts who are performing the same job but receiving higher compensation. It’s the right thing to do.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

3605 The Philadelphia Inquirer can and must do better. Our members deserve a raise.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

2 years

In order to move forward, The Philadelphia Inquirer must do more to eliminate the discriminatory practices and the racist culture that permeate its foundation. Studies, content audits and cultural competency sessions are just a start to begin to scratch the surface.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

This is what solidarity looks like. #nolayoffs #zeroisnooffer

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

2 years

When will the Philadelphia Inquirer live up to its motto of being an "Inquirer for all?"

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

3,546 days. The Philadelphia Inquirer can do better. Our members deserve a raise.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

2 years

The Guild has requested a meeting with management as soon as possible to address this grievance. We encourage members who believe they are being discriminated against to contact us immediately. We will not keep silent on this issue.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

Refused recognition, forced to an election and to endure an anti-union campaign, 72 percent of editorial staff at the Allentown Morning Call voted today in favor of unionizing. Congratulations! You have the full support of the NewsGuild-CWA behind you @mcallguild @news_guild

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

Less than a week after The Inquirer announced a desire to have employees increase their days working in the office in the spirit of "collaboration, inclusion, and sense of urgency about our work" ...

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

Today we delivered a petition of 255 signatures to our publisher to demand no layoffs. The @PhillyInquirer has already offered voluntary buyouts to several of our colleagues. Our signatures were given to, & accepted by, our Vice President of our People and Culture (HR) team.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

This follows the elimination of 32 Guild members in February in what technically was a buyout but would have been layoffs had those employees not accepted buyouts. That's nearly 40 Guild members put out of work this year. That's some kind of people-focused, creative management.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

1 year

It is with a mix of disgust and outrage that I report that four of our members, three from the newsroom and one from advertising, were laid off this morning.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

...today the company informed five Guild members who have been extraordinary contributors to our mission that they are being laid off. So much for collaboration and inclusion.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

We were owned by a nonprofit, without the insidious slash-and-burn tendencies of hedge funds and absent the pressure of having to satisfy shareholders, we were told.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

2 years

Here's the message we sent:

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

Again, let me remind you that when this company's ownership was taken over by the Lenfest Foundation, there was much boasting about how we were now different from other newspaper companies.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

Four of those employees are in the newsroom -- three in photography and one in sports. The fifth is in the support center.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

6 years

Philadelphia Media Network, home of @PhillyInquirer , @phillydotcom , and @PhillyDailyNews , cut ties this week with @Follow20nine , which had been hired to help rebrand the company and its products. There were significant concerns about 20nine’s blindspot on race and ethnicity.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

In other words...

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

4 years

WE HAVE A DEAL!!!! | The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia via @PhillyNewsGuild

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

And yet, The Inquirer is resorting to the same inhumane, callous, lazy, uncreative playbook that such forms of ownership turn to again and again -- cutting employees.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

One has been a generous and valuable contributor to a number of committees the Company at one point described as important to The Inquirer's culture, including the parental caucus, which achieved impressive gains in parental leave in our last contract negotiations.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊 🎊to The Philadelphia Inquirer🎊 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊 for making it to 3,700 days without giving our members an across-the-board raise. No, not even cost-of-living increases. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

1 year

We sold a printing plant and got a $10 million forgivable pandemic-assist loan from the government, and still our leadership can’t figure out how to run this company without layoffs.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 months

CONTRACT IS RATIFIED

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

Another was an esteemed Lenfest fellow, touted as a "comprehensive management development program providing career coaching and executive leadership resources to Philadelphia-area media professionals of color ...." Remember The Inquirer's pledge to become more diverse? Ha!

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

1 year

My heart breaks for our four members. Keep them in yours today — and prepare for a fight to get what we deserve at the bargaining table. In solidarity, @dmastrull

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

3 years

We support our friends at WHYY!!

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

In numerous meetings with the company over the last several weeks, Guild executive director Bill Ross and I have pleaded with the company to reconsider a course that only serves to demoralize employees and send a message to the outside world that we're a failing company.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

Unsubscribe from crushing morale. Subscribe to appreciating and motivating the people who make your company run.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

...with a big middle finger and an unmistakable message: "We don't care what you think. We're going to do what we want."

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

3591 The Philadelphia Inquirer can do better. Our members deserve a raise. @dlboardman Doesn't this disgust you??

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

2 years

Merry Christmas

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

“This goes far beyond sad. It’s sickening and disgraceful.” The message our president, @dmastrull , sent to members earlier today:

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

Unsubscribe from short-sided, uninspired decisions. Subscribe to innovative solutions.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

Unsubscribe from expensive branding campaigns bragging about The Inquirer as an indispensable information source. Subscribe to investments in employees, who make those words true.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

But The Inquirer has chosen to respond the same way it did to employee surveys that gave high scores to the company's hybrid work policy that required employees to come to the office just one day a week ...

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

The Jim Hightower Column They Don't Want You to Read

The progressive pundit's criticism of "hedge-fund scavengers" buying struggling newspapers was blocked by his distributor.

www.texasobserver.org

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

Unsubscribe from cold-hearted cuts. Subscribe to hard-working employees.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

Unsubscribe from being an industry follower of tired, lazy tactics. Subscribe to being an industry leader others look to for inspiration.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

7 years

We stand with our brothers and sisters @nytimes @nyguild to protect quality journalism. People over profits.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

4 years

NewsGuild, Inquirer agree to tentative labor pact with first raises in over a decade via @phillyinquirer

NewsGuild, Inquirer agree to tentative labor pact with first across-the-board raise in years

The across-the-board pay raises in 2021 at The Inquirer would be the first since August 2009 for newsroom reporters, photographers, digital producers, audience engagement and other editorial staffe...

www.inquirer.com

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

It thinks this is how it is going to foster an environment that retains current employees and attracts new ones. It needs to follow its own branding campaign and "unsubscribe" to such foolish, ignorant notions.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

The announcement explaining the hybrid policy ended by stating “we are better together.” So why are you showing our members the door? The Inquirer must do better.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

So do everything in your power not to lay any of them off.

Patrick Kerkstra

@pkerkstra

5 years

. @PhillyInquirer journalists today filed compelling reports on explosions, floods, a heart-wrenching funeral, Russian hacking, the courts (from common pleas 2 supreme), streets funding, breakdancing, the NBA draft, the Philly orchestra & a couple dozen other topics. On one day.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

3,565. The Philadelphia Inquirer can do better. Our members deserve a raise.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

Over the last few months, The Inquirer has touted its brand campaign that aims to get the region to subscribe to the organization by unsubscribing from a bunch of other stuff. We have a few messages for The Inquirer about what it can unsubscribe from:

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

Time to take it to the street.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

Memes are funny, but 10 years without an across-the-board pay raise for the journalists who produce the high-quality journalism isn't.

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

@lenfestinst

5 years

support local journalism

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

4 years

Who delivers personal protective equipment to Inquirer members who need it on her day off by Uber and train? Guild President @dmastrull does. #aboveandbeyond

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

#shame

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

As our bulletin noted, at the same time that The Inquirer is laying off valued colleagues and crushing morale, it is telling employees to come back to the office for collaboration and collegiality.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

1 year

We hear over and over how our ownership here at The Inquirer “is different,” that ownership by a nonprofit does not involve the same financial pressures as ownership by for-profit companies and greedy hedge funds.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

#nolayoffs The Inquirer can do better.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

We chanted "No Layoffs" as we marched through our newsroom, bringing attention to the current state of our newsroom and our company as a whole. #Philly

Amy S. Rosenberg

@amysrosenberg

5 years

“No layoffs!” Exceptionally unified ntm talented @phillynewsguild employees demonstrate in the Inquitrt newsroom before delivering petition to door of (absent) publisher Terry Egger.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

1 year

Cuts that follow the other kind: buyouts. But what a view the new offices will have! Just sayin'.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

3560 The Philadelphia Inquirer can do better. Our members deserve a raise.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 months

Inquirer employee union approves three-year contract via @phillyinquirer

Inquirer employee union approves a three-year contract

The NewsGuild president said it was the union's best contract in 20 years.

www.inquirer.com

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

4 years

2020 NewsGuild Inquirer Executive Board members officially take office. Congrats to all!

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

4 years

Our members deserve raises that allow them to meet the costs they face every single day. We believe in the Philadelphia Inquirer. We believe in local news. We stand with the people who make it happen. The Inquirer can and must do better.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

4 years

“Imagine if there wasn’t #LocalNews to tell these stories. It could happen soon unless we take action to #SaveTheNews . @newsguild ” #nomorelayoffs

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

6 years

Stand up to Alden, the Wall Street hedge fund strip mining 200+ newspapers: #AldenExposed

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

1 year

None of it makes a damn bit of difference when you are a company sending employees to the unemployment line.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

So proud of @PottstownNews for his passionate speech today at the Capitol. #StopWallStreetLooting

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

9 days

Speaking of that expensive ad campaign…

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

1 year

What a dark day this is, coming on the heels of company meetings touting the excitement of the new office we'll be opening next week. The nourishment stations! The chairs! The views!

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

1 year

And yet, look at us, doing the same unimaginative, inhumane thing as all those other owners: putting committed employees out of work.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

6 years

@latguild The Executive Board of @TNGLocal10 support you! Vote yes! #latguild

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

30 municipalities to cover. Award winning Pottstown Mercury reporter Evan Brandt. Yes, we said 30. #savelocalnews #AldenExposed #WPFD2019

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

To our members: We’re sorry we allowed them to lie to us. But we’re holding them accountable. And we’re going to keep fighting for the pay raises you deserve and haven’t received since 2008.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

This is what a leader looks like. #kickingassandtakingnames

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

Congratulations to our sisters and brothers @latguild on your historic first contract! Your hard work and unity has motivated all of us. Well done!

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

4 years

@PGNewsGuild Congrats!! Enough is Enough.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

Our guild president @dmastrull : This is The @PhillyInquirer . For 190 years it has protected this city, has informed this city, and has educated this city. We had the audacity to celebrate 190 years last week, but this week we’re showing employees the door.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

8 months

Happy Labor Day 2023 to our members and their families. Have a safe enjoyable weekend. Thanks for all you do, and supporting your union.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

7 years

News workers around the country fighting to protect democracy from a greedy hedge fund - we stand with them #AldenExposed

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

Democracy depends on journalism. Don’t let hedge funds like Alden Global Capital destroy local and regional newspapers owned by @Gannett . Join the campaign to #SaveLocalNews at . #AldenExposed

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

3 years

Protecting local news outlets preserves democracy by keeping communities informed and holding power to account. We can only perform this essential role if we protect journalism jobs. Include the #LJSA tax credit in the #reconciliation bill. #SaveLocalNews #SaveTheNews

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

On a mission. Over 250 Guild members say NO to Inquirer layoffs.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

This long Labor day weekend, we honor and thank our wonderful hardworking members for the extremely difficult important work you all do. Enjoy time with your families and be safe.

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The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

@PhillyNewsGuild

5 years

We support our sisters and brothers at the Sun. Stay strong! Happy Labor day. #standwiththesun #weareonevoice

The Morning Call Guild

@mcallguild

5 years

Allentown supports the staff of the Sun in their fight for a FAIR contract. #StandWithTheSun #WeAreOneVoice

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