CIEL Unite statement on ICE

It’s been eight months since we signed our voluntary recognition agreement, and we’re finally sitting down at the table to start bargaining our first contract!

🚨 STRIKE ALERT: Journalists at Science News are on strike and holding a 12-hour picket outside of the office! After 560 days of bargaining, the Science News Media Guild (@sn-media-guild.bsky.social) is demanding and fair contract NOW!

#BlocchiamoTutto. Against governments’ silence, against genocide, against impunity. As workers across Italy call for a #GeneralStrike, CIEL UNITE shows its unwavering solidarity with the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, striking workers in Italy, and all those resisting genocide.

Monday night our colleagues, along with supporters from unions at Business Insider, @newyorkerunion.bsky.social, NY Times and @law360union.bsky.social, gathered outside the @ire.org 50th anniversary gala to distribute flyers supporting our contract campaign. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/help...

We held officer elections! CIEL Unite is proud to have elected five members of CIEL staff to run our union representative executive council. Congratulations to our elected union admin, bargaining chairs, and stewarding chairs. #InternationalWorkersDay

CIEL Unite is grounded in the same principles that guide our staff. We believe in: ✊ building long-term power, ⚖️ advancing justice, and 👭👬🧑‍🤝‍🧑 ensuring representation. We’re looking forward to meeting CIEL at the bargaining table and working to find creative solutions to advance our core values.

Since launching CIEL Unite in February, @cielorg.bsky.social management quickly moved to voluntarily recognize a unit that includes staff based in the United States 🇺🇸 and Switzerland 🇨🇭 Full statement:

📣 📣 📣 📣 NEW 📣 📣 📣 📣 Workers of the @cielorg.bsky.social have come together to form and announce a union with @wbng.org. Members of CIEL Unite are thrilled to be able to exercise their right to unionize and form a better workplace for current and future staff. ✊