🚨THE VOTES ARE IN🚨
We’ve won our election at the NLRB by a vote of 55-3.
Our newsroom overwhelmingly voted to form this union after more than a year of organizing.
We’re eager to get to the table with Daily News and Tribune management.
Twelve journalists have resigned from the Daily News over the last three months. That’s about 20% if our newsroom.
Staffers are quitting in droves.
Our owners — Alden Global Capital — don’t seem to care.
New York City should care.
Alden has canceled the Daily News’ summer intern program — even after four young journalists accepted offers.
The hedge fund, which seized full control of the paper just a few weeks ago, is now targeting the next generation of journalists as it attacks the current one.
Mayor Eric Adams just barred @C_Sommerfeldt from coming back into the off-topic series.
"Make sure security knows, he's not allowed back into this room," Adams says.
Chris is rarely called on (on purpose) during off-topic.
This morning, the Daily News Union sent an open letter to NYPD brass, demanding an apology for @NYPDDaughtry's attempt to intimidate our police bureau chief following an @NYPDnews presser last week.
THE DAILY NEWS UNION IS HEADING TO THE TABLE.
We’ll hold our first two bargaining sessions with Alden Global Capital next week.
New York: We need your support. We need a contract that keeps the Hometown Paper alive. (1/6)
Today, the New York Daily News Union is walking off the job for 24 hours. 🪧🪧🪧
We are fed up with Alden Global Capital’s constant cuts and apparent commitment to shrinking the paper.
Here are some reasons we’re taking a stand: 🧵
#defendtheNYDN
More than 100 years after The News was founded, we, the paper’s print, digital and photo employees, are seeking to secure its future and ensure its voice endures as part of New York’s constant conversation.