Freelance Solidarity ProjectOf all the things that run on low pay and exploitation, Hollywood is one.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/sag-aftra-wga-strike-why
#WGA #WGAStrike #WGAStrong #mediaWork #union #labor #solidarity
Veteran labor journalist Steve Zeltzer talks with L.A. Times reporter Matt Pearce, president at Media Guild West.
https://youtu.be/XcbRpQtQ1YA
#mediaWork #mediaWorker #labor #union #solidarity #WGAStrike #GannettWalkout
Journalism, AI, Strikes, & AB 886CA Journalism Preservation Act With Matt Pearce, Pres of MGW
“‘[T]here is … the very real fear — which the WGA strike is so successfully highlighting — that much of the work that digital media workers currently do, both as freelancers and in staff roles, is likely to be first on the chopping block once these LLMs get robust enough,’ [FSP member @AlexisKG] Gunderson says. ‘Which, in too many cases, they already are.’”
#mediaWork #mediaWorker #freelance #labor #solidarity #WGAStrike #WGAStrong
In Central FL and writing — or taking photographs, producing podcasts, creating illustrations, making video, doing graphic design, handling social, etc. — for a living?
Have a beer with freelance comrades in Lakeland tomorrow: Sat. May 13, 1–3pm, Swan Brewing.
https://www.swanbrewing.com/our-location.html
Some soaking in the sun, some drinking, some strategizing about collective power and industry transformation. You should come.
#mediaWork #mediaWorker #freelance #labor #solidarity #craftBeer #CentralFlorida
An update on ongoing Daily Kos Guild negotiations: https://mediaworkers.org/daily-kos-guild-alleges-bad-faith-in-buyout-layoff-negotiations/
#labor #union #mediaWork #DailyKosGuild #NewsGuild #CWA #CWAUnion
“We, members of the NewsGuild of New York, are coming together to address critical issues affecting trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming workers in our newsrooms.”
Beyond #NYTTransSolidarity: the #NYGuild extends the call for media worker solidarity on trans rights. Members can sign here: https://bit.ly/transnewsguild
#journalism #mediaWork #solidarity #trans #labor #union #NewsGuild
Join Members Of The NewsGuild of New York Organizing For Trans Rights
February 17, 2023 We, members of the NewsGuild of New York, are coming together to address critical issues affecting trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming workers in our newsrooms. We are concerned about bias in reporting on trans issues; inconsistent standards for reporting on these issues; and a lack of transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming editorial staff. We are uniting to confront these issues across our newsrooms, including at The New York Times. Many of us—along with many members of the public—have observed the devastating influence of the anti-factual, biased coverage of transgender life from leading media organizations. Our goals as a group include building and sharing ethical reporting standards around trans issues, drawing on the work of the Trans Journalists Association; developing strong contract language that ensures trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming journalists are considered for staff positions and are supported in those jobs; and establishing these supports not only in editorial roles, but across newsrooms and media organizations, including for tech workers and in publishing. We are committed to working together as Guild members to ensure that our newsrooms are safe and equitable places for trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people to work, and that the work we produce informs readers, viewers and listeners clearly, factually and humanely. We also emphasize that when we come together as Guild colleagues to engage in this work, it is concerted activity protected by the National Labor Relations Board. We invite you to sign up below to join us at our next meeting to further this conversation. In solidarity, Allegra Kirkland, Teen Vogue (shop steward, the Condé Union) Alma Avalle, Bon Appétit (bargaining committee, the Condé Union) Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue Cody Corrall, BuzzFeed News (unit chair, executive committee member) Crispin Long, The New Yorker (shop steward, grievance committee) Dorian Barranco, Insider Union (shop steward) Emma LeGault, Insider Union (unit chair) Emma Specter, Vogue (shop steward, the Condé Union) Gaylord Fields, Condé Nast (edit unit chair, the Condé Union) Indigo Olivier, The New Republic (unit council) James Factora, Them Joan Yang, The New Republic Lexi McMenamin, Teen Vogue Lil Kalish, BuzzFeed News Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic (unit council, shop steward) Nozlee Samadzadeh, New York Times Tech Guild P. Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue (shop steward, the Condé Union) Quispe Lopez, Them William Antonelli, Insider Union (shop steward) Read more: Letter to The New York Times from a collective of New York Times contributors (February 15, 2023) Letter to The New York Times from GLAAD along with 100+ organizations and leaders “calling on the New York Times to improve their coverage of transgender people” (February 15, 2023) The Times’ response to the GLAAD statement from Charlie Stadtlander, the New York Times’ director of external communications (Nieman Lab coverage, February 15, 2023)
A fund has been created by the @Vox Media, Thrillist and The Dodo unions to support laid-off members. The fundraising goal is $100k; they’re currently at 10%. Please contribute if you can.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/vox-media-layoff-fund-2023
#union #solidarity #layoffs #mediaWork #Vox #VoxMediaUnion #Thrillist #ThrillistUnion #TheDodo #DodoUnion
pdbAlso newly firing up on Mastodon: @niemanlab, who a few days ago ran this great short piece about journalists and labor solidarity by my #FreelanceSolidarityProject / NWU union sibling Eric Thurm.
‘Publishers may tout the civic accomplishments of their papers, but journalistic values of transparency and openness fall by the wayside when they’re applied to keeping bargaining sessions open.’
https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/journalists-think-of-themselves-as-workers/
#pressFreedom #journalism #union #labor #mediaWorkers #mediaWork
Alisa PerrenGreetings! I'm a professor at UT-Austin, where I teach courses in #mediaindustries and #TVStudies. My research focuses on film, TV, & digital media production and distribution.
I also am Co-Director for the Center for Entertainment & Media Industries at Moody College.
#introduction #mediastudies #mediawork #Hollywood #mediahistory
If you’re a freelance media worker in N. America, you can add your name here as a demonstration of solidarity with the NYT NewsGuild, now preparing to walk out Thursday: https://forms.gle/5eKVZFr7fejk9nAp6
From the National Writers Union’s Freelance Solidarity Project, of which I’m a member.
A summary account of events & issues to date at Axios:
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/02/nyt-union-contract-walk-out-new-york-times
#union #labor #laborSolidarity #solidarity #NYTNewsGuild #equitablePay #mediaWork
Freelancers won't cross the picket line: Pledge solidarity with the New York Times Guild!
After more than 20 months of bargaining with New York Times management, more than 1,000 unionized workers still do not have a fair contract. In order to get what they deserve — including protected pensions, fully funded healthcare, and wage increases in line with inflation — they’re ready to walk out on December 8, 2022. The Freelance Solidarity Project of the National Writers Union stands in solidarity with the Guild. As a union of media workers committed to raising labor standards across the industry, FSP and NWU believe that the working conditions of freelancers are intrinsically bound up with those of staffers. In that spirit, we freelancers pledge to support our Times colleagues by not performing work for the publication during the walkout or during any future Guild work stoppage, including a strike. We will honor the picket line. The Times Guild and FSP-NWU ask that freelancers avoid performing work for The New York Times during the walkout period, from midnight on Thursday, December 8, until midnight the following day — as well as during any future work stoppage. This includes working on stories and communicating with Times management. We also ask that freelancers encourage their audiences to support the workers during the walkout and future strikes, and sign and share the Guild's pledge to tell Times management: give your employees the contract they deserve.