The East Bay contingent was holding down the fort in person! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported us. If you missed it, there were technical difficulties but half of it is on YouTube now and (nearly) the whole thing will be available this evening.

Thank you to everyone who attended! And thank you for everyone who stuck with us on the livestream technical difficulties! We really appreciate the support and there will be more to come!

19 minutes to go until the @edsourceguild.bsky.social rally! In person across the street from the Fox Theater in Oakland or at this YouTube link! Also on Twitch but you can’t schedule a single stream on there unless you’re an affiliate for some reason!

Less than an hour to go until our rally for a fair contract from @edsource.org management! Listen to our union sister Betty Márquez Rosales!

What are you doing today at 12 pm PST? Join me & my colleagues of the @edsourceguild.bsky.social for a rally to show @edsource.org management that we are prepared to strike in our fight for a fair contract. Without it, our working conditions and the quality of work are impacted.

Noon today! Rally for @edsourceguild.bsky.social! Signing up for the Zoom is preferred but you people are generally pretty lazy so it'll also be streamed on YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram Live. Links are all in the Linktree thingy.

You could also join a few of us (me included) in front of EdSource's office at 1721 Broadway in Oakland where we'll be picketing. Please don't heckle and/or assault me during the rally!

We're holding a rally this Wednesday, April 15, at noon Pacific to support our contract campaign! You can register to attend or watch on Instagram Live, Twitch, and other streaming platforms. We need your help to get a fair contract and we can't wait to see you there!

Like many others in America, we have colleagues afraid for themselves and their families because of immigration raids. If those fears ever became reality, we don't know if we would be given the time off we need to deal with the situation and with our mental health.

Yes, you read that right. @edsource.org management is repeatedly proposing that management determine what happens if management violates the contract.

Right now, one of @EdSource.org's reporters has to only get a life-sustaining prescription until the next payday rather than a 90 day supply because otherwise they can't afford food and bills. We need substantial raises now and future raises that keep up with inflation.

"Management appears to think [shield law protections and policies for third party software] are unimportant. As an investigative reporter who receives legal threats from the powerful, I can assure you the risks are real." - @thomas-peele.bsky.social, investigative reporter

At @edsource.org, a lack of pay progression has led to arbitrary raises and systemic inequity. Our proposal fixes those inequities and sets a foundation to prevent them in the future.

In an era of skyrocketing prices and housing costs, @lashericat.bsky.social pay hasn't gone up nearly as much as her rent. We deserve raises that at least keep up with our expenses.

In our negotiations with @edsource.org they're proposing that CEO Deborah Clark unilaterally decide all grievances. In other words, management is repeatedly proposing that management will solely determine what happens if management violates the contract. We're demanding a real, neutral process.

“At @edsource.org, we only get what California offers (for parental leave), which is partial pay limited to three months.”

When our colleague's father needed surgery EdSource did not provide clear guidance, forcing them to take leave which they still haven't been paid for. Our proposals would make clear what we're entitled to while EdSource's proposals leave much of it to the same handbook that failed our coworker.

Because of EdSource's parental leave policy Sunny Xie wasn't able to spend as much time caring for her new baby as she needed. Our proposal would solve this problem so this won't happen to anyone else in the future, but EdSource has not agreed.

You can support us by telling @propublica.org management that you will honor our digital picket line once we call a strike: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Data journalist @bayareadata.press hasn't gotten a raise since 2023 so, after inflation, he's basically taken a 15% pay cut to keep working at EdSource.

"Everyone deserves equitable pay. Yet, with my current salary, I can't pay for basic necessities *and* save for retirement *and* pay rent. The math just doesn't work out." - @emmagallegos.bsky.social

It’s been 421 days since the EdSource Guild unionized, and we still don’t have a contract. Starting tomorrow, Guild members will share, in their own words, why reaching an agreement on a contract soon is so important. Please share our stories with your networks!

I have ~1,000 followers but only 81 signatures. 🤔 If you care about schools, journalism, democracy, California or supporting unions, this is a no brainer. It takes 30 seconds. Sign and pass it along!

💕 Roses are red, violets are blue, give workers the raises and the leave they need, too! 💕 Our negotiations with @edsource.org are slow and we still don't have equitable pay, work-life balance, or a fair contract. We're sending this Valentine's Day card to our bosses, please sign it to support us!

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