FIGHTING BACK AGAINST AI with worker action AND solid contract protections. Last year, ZDCG took action online and in-person to gain AI guardrails. We swarmed Slack, spoke out at the bargaining table, and took to the streets to picket.

ZDCG demands accountability for continued attacks on media workers in Gaza:

Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain. Not this time. Not anymore.

Ziff Davis just reported their "strongest quarterly revenue growth since 2021," up 9.8% to $352.2M, with gaming and entertainment up 7.5% YOY. So why were 8 of our members and 23 members of @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social just laid off? bit.ly/3H0Osvb

Today, IGN laid off eight extremely valuable members of our union and workforce via directive from our parent company, Ziff Davis. This, after two incredibly successful live events IGN Live and SDCC, and yet another corporate acquisition. Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:

Breaking: Ziff Davis is doing layoffs today, affecting 15% of the union. The majority of the workers being laid off are at CNET, along with several across ZDNET, Mashable, and Lifehacker. Ziff Davis has been on a buying spree this year, acquiring 5 other companies. www.theverge.com/news/715220/...

Today, the multibillion-dollar Ziff Davis is slashing its staff of 23 valuable ZDCG colleagues — just weeks after it finalized even more corporate acquisitions and boasted about profitability being "up." Ziff Davis is putting its spending spree ahead of its own workers. 👇

An update: management has chosen not to recognize our Product, Engineering, and Humble Bundle colleagues as part of IGNCG, instead insisting on a time-consuming NLRB hearing, which took place last week. Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.

Our @forbesunion.bsky.social members crunched the numbers -- and found that @forbes.com is relying heavily on temp workers instead of filling vacancies with full time workers. More here..... nyguild.org/post/union-f...

4/ If you’re covering these protests and face unsafe conditions or targeting, you’re not alone. We defended journalists and Guild members attacked by police during the George Floyd protests, and we are ready to do so now. newsguild.org/journalists-...

3/ CPJ press safety kit: cpj.org/safety-kit/

2/ Situational Awareness Guide: cpj.org/2023/07/situ...

1/ Journalists' guide to protective gear: cpj.org/wp-content/u...

The White House wants Congress to take back approved funds for public media. Good jobs and local and educational programming - including shows written by our members at PBS - are at risk. Let your Congressperson know you OPPOSE slashing public media funding! Call (202) 224-3121 ☎️

A WIN FOR PRESS FREEDOM: On Thursday, NY State lawmakers passed the “Keep Police Radio Public Act,” which would ensure media access to police radio transmissions….. nyguild.org/front-page-d...

Tell your Representative to vote NO on H.R. 4 before Congress votes. Call (202) 224-3121 ⬇️

The United States is supposed to be a leader in supporting a free press and protecting the rights of journalists to do their jobs. We stand with our @withmeaa.bsky.social family and condemn the shooting of journalist Lauren Tomasi.

As protests unfold in LA, journalists are reportedly being targeted with rubber bullets and tear gas. The right to report doesn’t disappear in a crisis. That’s when it matters most. ⬇️Here are journalist safety tools from @pressfreedom.bsky.social

if you want to support us, and we hope you will, please share the original post around with a public call to IGN Entertainment to voluntarily recognize these fine folks as part of our union, just as they voluntarily recognized us just over a year ago.

overjoyed to welcome my colleagues in IGN product, engineering, and Humble to join us. has been so wonderful getting to know them and discovering that we all ultimately want the same things, and want to fight for them together. IGN forever.✊

Our little union is getting a bit bigger! Today, we proposed the addition of our product, engineering, and Humble Bundle folks into our unit. Join us in welcoming our peers and asking IGN Entertainment Inc. management to voluntarily recognize their addition into our union!

Heck yeah, we love new union siblings! ✊🏻

A very warm welcome to our newest members!

We're happy to share that CNET and ZDNET are joining ZDCG! We're proud that more media workers will be protected under our contract!!! 💪✊ nyguild.org/post/the-new...

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We expect @sesameworkshop.bsky.social to uphold our shared values of fairness, transparency, and respect by recognizing our union and collectively bargaining over our working conditions and the terms of yesterday's layoffs.

The NewsGuild-CWA and several Guild locals joined the Society of Professional Journalists (@spj-posts.bsky.social) in condemning recent government attacks on a free press. The White House must lift its ban on @apnews.com and stop obstructing journalists from reporting news to the American people.

solidarity with co-workers brings me joy www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Places to work quietly, conduct a sensitive interview, or even take a call or meeting are in increasingly short supply. If Condé management was really serious about “productivity,” we would already have the space we need to work. What this is really about is control.

As of 3/3, @CondeNast is enforcing a 4-day Return To Office policy to enhance “productivity." This plan will have the opposite effect. We have detail-oriented jobs that operate on tight deadlines. Condé sold office space during the pandemic, so most of us don’t have our own desks.

To support our action, tell management that you’re with the union! If Condé wants productivity, employees need flexibility! Global chief content officer Anna Wintour: [email protected] CEO Roger Lynch: [email protected] Chief People officer Stan Duncan: [email protected]

We are THRILLED to welcome our colleagues from PS into the Vox Media Union after they won voluntary recognition from management! We continue to support our colleagues at The Dodo in their fight to join our unions as well. #oneuniononecontract www.wgaeast.org/ps-popsugar-...

‼️TOMORROW: We're rallying in DC for federal workers! Are you? Join us here: actionnetwork.org/events/march...

🚨: Trump just fired Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black woman on the NLRB, illegally stripping the agency of its decision-making power. Wilcox is suing to be reinstated and restore worker protections. newsguild.org/trump-destro...

If possible, please consider donating to the talented reporters, editors and designers impacted by this decision ✊#SolidarityForever www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

A statement from the HuffPost Union @wgaeast.bsky.social on this week’s job cuts

Devastated to be back again with a statement on today's layoffs at Vox.com. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who lost their jobs today.

A huge day today!!!

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Starbucks Workers United baristas will begin escalating strikes through Christmas Eve beginning in 3 of Starbucks’ most important markets: Seattle, LA, and Chicago. We are calling on allies to join us at 3 "anchor" picket lines TODAY, Dec. 20th. Each day, we'll announce more locations!

BREAKING: Starbucks baristas with @sbworkersunited.org are ON STRIKE nationwide, this striking store launched their picket line in LA. This comes the day after Amazon workers with @teamsters.bsky.social launched a nationwide strike. Don't cross the picket line. #NoContractNoCoffee

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SO happy for our @nytguildtech.bsky.social members!