I've just posted some important personal and professional news about my health crisis on my website.janemcalevey.com please read and share with relevant folks in our struggle for justice. My best to you all--

Our #Teamsters Local 997 brothers and sisters in Fort Worth, Texas have been on #strike against Molson Coors since February 17! Molson Coors is offering Local 997 members raises of just 99 cents an hour while CEO pay has skyrocketed.

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We are so honored and humbled at our community coming together in #PAWlidarity for our cause! We are at 440 signatures (AND COUNTING!!) Sign here --> buff.ly/3Jf3NFR to urge our leadership to respect our collective power and unionize without interference! #1u #UnionStrong

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People who live in rapid rehousing are rallying outside city hall this morning calling for better investments in the program.

“Make the program last long enough for us to get into permanent housing.”

San Antonio Philharmonic, a union orchestra, to present Selena tribute concert ksat.com/news/local/202…

1/ The Palm Beach Post and Daily News newsrooms have lost more than 45 employees since we unionized in 2020. Many of those folks have not been replaced.

.Gannett must sign a contract with Southwest Florida News Guild 🌊, the journalists, photographers and staffers of Naples Daily News and The News-Press. When you mistreat and underpay workers, this is the result:

NewsGuild-CWA CWA

Join us in telling Gannett’s CEO Mike Reed, Gannett Chief Content Officer Kristin Roberts and local Executive Editors: Get serious, and get this contract done.

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Scoop from Sneha Dey: 25 years after the bonfire collapse killed 12 people, Texas A&M leaders are weighing bringing the tradition back to campus.

One regent has gone so far as to reach out to the parents of 1999 victims to ask for their opinions. texastribune.org/2024/04/09/tex…

47 reporters with hundreds of years of combined experience have left our newsroom in the last four years. Few have been replaced.

Meanwhile, Gannett drags its feet at the bargaining table and delays a fair contract for those of us still here.

this is labor news rarer than most eclipses:

nationwide coordinated strikes. union workers + climate activists overcoming suspicion to build democratic coordination & deep rank & file bonds.

a pleasure to help edit this for Labor Notes labornotes.org/2024/04/bus-dr…

More unethical shenanigans from Gannett:

These two stories from Democrat & Chronicle & Austin Statesman are nearly word-for-word identical, yet each story claims to have been written by the local paper.

Plagiarism? Who wrote the article? And why is one of the papers lying about who wrote it?

Our incredibly talented @Statesman photojournalists were looking forward to covering the eclipse in Austin today, but Gannett’s corporate greed took that opportunity away from them.

Don’t let local news go dark. Go to bit.ly/AASGuild to donate. #Day4 #StatesmanOnStrike

If journalism schools really are looking out for the future of journalism, they should know it exists in organized labor and be willing to help that cause. Educate young journalists on their rights and how to spot union busting and fight it.

Austin Statesman Gannett For more on why we're striking: x.com/AustinNewsGuil…

We can’t stop here. Let’s show Gannett that we have the backing to withhold our labor whenever we have to as a response to unfair labor practices. #saveourstatesman

Listen to Gary!

Scabbing is a decision to hurt other journalists and violates our ethical duty to minimize harm.

Our members are on strike in four newsrooms today. Stand with the strikers. Do not cross the picket and click-it line.

Support Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh 🗞 Long Beach Media Guild Austin NewsGuild Newspaper Guild of Rochester

It’s Day 2 of our ULP strike Austin Statesman. Don’t cross the picket or click-it line.

❌ Don’t fill temp. job openings
❌ Don’t click on stories
❌ Don’t engage in social media for paper

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