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business1 year ago

"Staffers in Limbo: Inside Condé Nast's Central Editorial Group Amid Layoff Uncertainty"

Dozens of Condé Nast staffers, marked for layoffs, have been placed in a "central editorial group" as contract negotiations with the NewsGuild of New York continue. The workers, who are still being paid their full salaries, have been assigned rote tasks such as summarizing past coverage and creating profiles of public figures. The union and the company are locked in contentious labor negotiations, with no end in sight, and both sides have filed unfair labor practice charges against each other. The workers in the centralized group are in a state of suspension, unsure of when the situation will be resolved.

via Hollywood Reporter|
#business#central-editorial-group#conde-nast
business2 years ago

Gannett journalists strike for leadership change and fair pay.

Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the US went on strike to demand an end to cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country's biggest newspaper chain. The strike involves hundreds of journalists at newspapers in eight states, including the Arizona Republic, the Austin American-Statesman, the Bergen Record, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, and the Palm Beach Post. The walkouts coincided with Gannett's annual shareholder meeting, during which the company's board was duly elected despite the NewsGuild-CWA union urging shareholders to withhold their votes from CEO and board chairman Mike Reed as an expression of no confidence in his leadership.

via The Associated Press|
#business#gannett#journalism
labor-media2 years ago

Gannett journalists strike over pay and cuts.

Journalists at two dozen Gannett-owned newspapers across the US staged a walkout to protest pay and working conditions, with the NewsGuild noting that their ranks have been decimated by cuts required to finance a merger with another major newspaper company four years ago. The walkout is said to be the largest labor action in Gannett's history, with workers focusing their ire on CEO Mike Reed, who they accuse of undercompensating them for years. Gannett says it is committed to a new strategy that will unlock public service journalism that appeals to readers, but concrete details are sparse.

via NPR|
#gannett#journalism#labor-media
business2 years ago

Gannett Journalists Stage Mass Walkout.

Hundreds of journalists from Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the US, walked off the job on Monday, demanding a change in leadership and accusing CEO Mike Reed of decimating local newsrooms. The labor action, the biggest in Gannett's history, included workers from about two dozen newsrooms and is timed to coincide with the company's annual shareholder meeting. The NewsGuild, which represents over 1,000 Gannett journalists, sent a letter to shareholders in May urging a vote of no-confidence against Reed, criticizing the company's merger with GateHouse Media in 2019 and Reed's high compensation.

via Chicago Tribune|
#business#ceo#gannett
business2 years ago

Gannett Journalists Stage Historic Walkout Over Working Conditions.

Hundreds of journalists from Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the US, walked off the job on Monday, demanding a change in leadership and accusing CEO Mike Reed of decimating local newsrooms. The NewsGuild, which represents over 1,000 Gannett journalists, has urged a vote of no-confidence against Reed at the company's annual shareholder meeting. The union criticized Gannett's merger with GateHouse Media in 2019, which loaded the company with debt, and Reed's high compensation despite job cuts and "depressed wages" for remaining journalists. Gannett has struggled with declining revenue and has closed dozens of publications since the merger.

via The New York Times|
#business#ceo#gannett
business2 years ago

Gannett journalists to strike nationwide in protest of CEO.

Journalists at roughly two dozen newsrooms run by Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the U.S., will go on a mostly one-day strike on June 5 to protest the company's leadership and cost-cutting measures imposed since its 2019 merger with GateHouse Media. The measures include job cuts, shuttering of newsrooms, squeezed pay and benefits, and a failure to negotiate pay and working conditions in good faith. The walkout will coincide with Gannett's annual shareholder meeting, and some newsrooms will strike for two days or more.

via The Associated Press|
#business#cost-cutting#gannett
business2 years ago

Gannett journalists strike against CEO.

Journalists for the largest newspaper chain in the US, Gannett, will go on strike next week to protest budget cuts and call for a no-confidence vote against CEO Mike Reed. The walkout is expected to be the largest in the company's history and follows a smaller protest in November. Gannett merged with the GateHouse chain in 2019, leading to job cuts and leaner newsrooms. The company froze hundreds of positions and laid off 400 employees last summer, and in December laid off 6% of its roughly 3,400-person news staff.

via The Washington Post|
#business#executive-pay#gannett