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Newspaper Guild of Rochester
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Newspaper Guild of Rochester
@rocnewsguild
Representing the editorial staff of the Rochester NY D&C since 1935. 25 members strong. Member of @gannettunion & organized with @nyguild.
Joined December 2021
- NEWS: This morning our members unanimously ratified a new two-year contract, our first since 2019. It comes after more than two years of negotiations with @nyguild and a 19-day strike in April, the first in our history. ✊✊✊
- Update, in brief: even after 2 years’ experience of duplicitous bargaining by Gannett, we were floored by what they pulled today. Inserting new language into agreed-upon sections and hoping we wouldn’t notice. We did, and so there’s no contract. 1/Please listen the latest on our strike part 1
00:00 - Update: our strike begins at 12:01 am Saturday and doesn’t end until @Gannett agrees to a contract that appropriately values its journalists. Donations to our strike fund will help sustain our members while we fight for what we deserve.
- Replying to @rocnewsguild❌ Do NOT click D&C links while we’re on strike. ❌ Do NOT grant interviews to editors or scab journalists brought in to replace us. ✅ DO let @kilian_roc & @Gannett know how you feel about their tactics. With the community’s support we’ll come through stronger than ever. ✊
- UPDATE: We’ll be holding a press conference at 5 pm outside the D&C building to announce some major news. 👀👀
- Today, we start bargaining with @Gannett for a new, equitable contract, one that will support our members and strengthen the foundation of local journalism in Rochester. With the support of the @GannettUnion, @nyguild, and @newsguild, we vow to fight the good fight.
- Seven days into our strike for fair pay and working conditions, we’re OVERWHELMED by the love from our community. $25K to keep us afloat. Countless visitors and fellow picketers. So many acts of solidarity. And we haven’t eaten so well in, well, ever.
- We are on STRIKE! The @rocnewsguild and @DandC deserve better from @Gannett than the value they've placed on us. Join us in supporting local journalism and the people who make it. #faircontractnow
- The sun is shining on Rochester and these hardworking journalists. Tell @Gannett it’s wasted enough time underpaying its workers. We deserve a #faircontractnow.
- Replying to @rocnewsguildMultiple unfair labor practice charges are being filed. But: We have no trust Gannett will ever bargain fairly, and so we’re not going to wait for them to. The strike is over at midnight. We’re taking the fight into the newsroom. It’s not over.
- Replying to @rocnewsguildAmong the highlights: - 15% avg raise over 2 years, with several members getting >$10K raises, plus $1K signing bonuses for all - important protections against unfair discipline, transfer, & layoffs - an agreement that AI will not replace local journalists
- WE DESERVE A #FAIRCONTRACTNOW Tomorrow at NOON we will be picketing downtown. Join us. Meet us. Make some noise. Spread the noise. ✊✊✊✊✊
- Members of @rocnewsguild and @hvnewsguild have been reporting in #Buffalo since Sunday to compassionately report on the horrific mass shooting there for readers of the @DandC, @USATODAYNETWORK and @USATODAY - some working tirelessly 9, 10, 11 days straight. Examples:
