UPDATE: We’ll be holding a press conference at 5 pm outside the D&C building to announce some major news. 👀👀

I want Gannett and management to know I just renewed my Austin Statesman subscription out of solidarity with Austin NewsGuild.

Austin NewsGuild Cat Vasquez Gannett Gannett's finally rejoining the 96.2% of employer's offering matching contributions. It's shameful that Mike Reed has raked in millions over the years after using COVID as an excuse to take away this important benefit to employees.

The Austin NewsGuild won a ULP against Gannett when they tried to take away the match shortly after unionizing. I stand with the guild in their effort to retain the 2.5% match!

“Hello everybody! The Word of The Day is ‘Solidarity.’ S-O-L-I-D-A-R-I-T-Y. Solidarity!”

Guild members at the Austin American-Statesman have 2.5% 401(k) match from Gannett, which is 2.5% more than non-unionized papers currently get.

Gannett expects a ‘thank you’ for providing a 1% match for its employees in July, & it wants Statesman employees to accept the same —

Fewer subscribers means an even reduced investment by @gannett in Austin Statesman. You can subscribe and also support the newsroom staff in other ways (see Austin NewsGuild ). Please don’t give up on our daily.

I’ve seen some folks on here take the labor misbehavior of Austin Statesman’s parent company @gannett as a reason to stop subscribing to the paper. Please don’t. The journalists in that newsroom are still doing great work and need our support for that work. 🧵1/

This is the kind of commitment to community that Gannett bosses (and their hired union-busting thug lawyers) will never understand. Gary Craig works the story while on strike. Tough luck, Democrat & Chronicle. Send one of your scabs, if they can find Syracuse.

Disappointed in the out-of-state scab editors currently manning the Democrat & Chronicle for missing this scoop. Or maybe - just spitballing - there’s some value in having experienced local journalists who know their community? 🙃✊

Solidarity with Newspaper Guild of Rochester from Austin! 💜🦇💜 Support local journalists fighting for fair contracts from Gannett!

This thread! 🔥

Gannett This is embarrassing and Austin residents and Statesman readers deserve better

Yesterday's eclipse strike showed the power union journalists hold when they withhold their labor.

But we're not done yet. While Austin NewsGuild returns to work today, Newspaper Guild of Rochester, @lbmguild, & @pghguild remain on strike.

Support striking journos ⬇️
newsguild.org/how-to-support…

Watchdog groups say Texas Sen. Ted Cruz 'brazenly violated' Federal Election Campaign Act statesman.com/story/news/pol… via Austin Statesman

.@Statesman journalists just ended a four-day ULP strike in protest of Gannett’s bad-faith bargaining. Here are the unethical & embarassing ways @Statesman management & Gannett tried to cover up our absence from the paper, misrepresenting & creating errors as they did. 🧵