Slate Union
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Official account for
@slate.com
's editorial union with
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pinned post!
On Monday morning, Slate was suddenly informed that six of its employeesāincluding three editors, two of whom were members of the unionāwere being laid off, just months after four other staffers were also let go. The Slate Union's official statement reads as follows:
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Vox Media Union
2 days ago
We're officially fundraising for laid-off Vox workers. Please share and donate if you can!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-la...
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Donate to Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers, organized by Victoria Song
On Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about ⦠Victoria Song needs your support for Support Laid-off Vox Media Workers
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-laidoff-vox-media-workers?attribution_id=sl:2ed713bc-dc18-4e26-b703-61776d7bc030&lang=en_US&ts=1769549821&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp17_te&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
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HuffPost Union
8 days ago
We have nine days left until our current CBA expires. Here are our contract demands, straight from the voices that make the stories at
@huffpost.com
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Catherine Partsch Conlan
14 days ago
ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
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The Slate Union is extremely happy to announce that we have a tentative agreement on a contract! This was a hard-fought effort, and the result is a stronger, better-compensated union.
21 days ago
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We want to keep Slate human! Weāve come to some compromises, but there is still work to do. Slate still has not promised adequate protections against AI-related layoffs, they wonāt agree on a definition of generative AI, and they want to be free to use our work to train AI without telling us.
22 days ago
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Our union only has seven days until our contract expires and weāre still fighting hard to secure our unitās most important priorities. Weāre determined to get those AI protections and higher salaries!
22 days ago
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Yesterday, Slate management agreed to make video editors/producers a union position! Weāre happy they met us in good faith and heard our membersā testimonies on why these roles will be crucial members of our editorial staff.
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ProPublica Guild
about 1 month ago
1/ At bargaining yesterday,
@propublica.org
management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
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Today Slateās union members joined the bargaining team in solidarity at the table across from Slateās management to hear their response to our economic and AI proposals.
about 2 months ago
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We're back at the bargaining table today. Weāve made some progress so far, but have plenty of work left to do. Just six weeks left until our contract expires. All we want this holiday season is a fair contract!
about 2 months ago
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Freelance Solidarity Project
about 2 months ago
Today, we join unionized nonprofit newsrooms across the country as they stand shoulder-to-shoulder to demand that news industry leaders agree to common-sense guardrails around the implementation of artificial intelligence to protect the integrity, quality, and accuracy of our journalism.
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jael holzman
2 months ago
politico violated its union contract through deploying artificial intelligence, an independent arbiter has found
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HuffPost Union
about 2 months ago
We received our first counterproposals from management today with disappointing language ā including no guaranteed wage increases this year and rollbacks of hard-fought language on diversity and severance. We stand united and ready to fight for the contract we deserve.
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We just wrapped another big day of bargaining. We're making progress but there will be plenty of work to get done after the holiday, especially regarding our new workplace protections surrounding AI. Grateful as always for this unionāand eager to finish bargaining with a strong contract! šŖš¦
2 months ago
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HuffPost Union
2 months ago
10 years after first organizing, it's time to bargain for our fourth contract. We're prepared, we're united and we're locked in.
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Weāre headed to the bargaining table today for our second meeting with management to discuss details of a new contract. The members of Slate Union are excited to bargain for improvements that will enhance working conditions and lives. We hope Slate management bargains in good faith with us. ā
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Aiyana Ishmael
3 months ago
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
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Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S⦠Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-vibe-staff-after-layoffs
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The NewsGuild-CWA
3 months ago
šØBREAKING: STRIKERS WIN! The order affirms what weāve said all along: The PGās lawless union-busting cannot stand. We made sure it didnāt. Weāre taking back what they stole from us. We won this strike.
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Starbucks Workers United
3 months ago
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say
#NoContractNoCoffee
with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Business Insider
3 months ago
NY Attorney General Letitia James joined a CondƩ Nast union rally, protesting recent firings that followed a staff confrontation with HR.
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NY AG Letitia James stumps for fired CondƩ Nast workers, telling the company 'I'll see you in court'
NY Attorney General Letitia James joined a CondƩ Nast union rally, protesting recent firings that followed a staff confrontation with HR.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ny-ag-letitia-james-demands-conde-nast-reinstate-fired-workers-2025-11?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=business-automated
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CondƩ Union
3 months ago
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Jake Lahut
3 months ago
Hey everyone, thank you so much for the outpouring of support. I need to pay rent, and I launched a GoFundMe
spot.fund/LahutRentFund
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Click here to support Jake Lahut's story *LahutRentFund
*spotfund is the easiest place to create beautiful and free online fundraisers. It takes just minutes to start raising money today.
https://spot.fund/LahutRentFund
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John Bull
3 months ago
Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information" They want people to assume this means game info or assets. But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to: 'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
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Alma Avalle
3 months ago
More important to me than my identity, I am also the Vice President of the NewsGuild of New York, and targeting me with a blatantly retaliatory termination like this feels like an egregious shot against our union and against media workers as a whole.
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Solidarity with our CondƩ comrades, always and forever. They deserve better and are entitled to the justice they deserve, ASAP
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jael holzman
3 months ago
Justice for Alma Avalle, Jake Lahut and the two other employees fired by CondĆ© Nast for questioning their managementās decision to fold Teen Vogue
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Starbucks Workers United
3 months ago
Union baristas are calling on allies to STOP BUYING STARBUCKS if we go on ULP strike. If our communities stand with us in action, we can take back power from the billionaires & CEOs.
nocontractnocoffee.org
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No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
https://nocontractnocoffee.org
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
3 months ago
thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co⦠Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-laidoff-teen-vogue-editors-recover
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
3 months ago
as my fellow Teen Voguers come over here Iāll be sharing their accounts, throw them a follow, offer them work, and weāll be launching a gofundme/something similar soon!
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CondƩ Union
3 months ago
We strongly condemn @CondĆ©Nastās consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazineās insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
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Clayton Guse
3 months ago
This is the first CBA the for the paper's newsroom in 34 years. This is by all measures a historic accomplishment. When we formed this union five years ago, we aimed to safeguard against the wrath of Alden, a hedge fund notorious for scrapping newspapers for parts.
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The Philadelphia Citizen
3 months ago
Big news: The Citizen just bought storied
@phillymag.com
Hereās why. Learn more:
thephiladelphiacitizen.org/bought-phila...
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ProPublica Guild
3 months ago
3/ Regardless of whether ProPublicaās board chooses to intervene, we will continue fighting for a fair contract now. You can support us by signing our petition for a fair contract now!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild
We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff canāt properly contribute...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-propublica-agree-to-real-job-protections-now
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ProPublica Guild
3 months ago
1/ Last week, we delivered a letter to
@propublica.org
's board members, urging them to direct management to agree to a fair contract now.
www.propublicaguild.org/updates/to-t...
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To the ProPublica Board: We Need a Fair Contract Now ā ProPublica Guild
Last week, we reached out to ProPublicaās board of directors to raise serious concerns about ProPublicaās harmful disciplinary process as well as our collective interest in getting a fair contract now...
https://www.propublicaguild.org/updates/to-the-propublica-board-we-need-a-fair-contract-now
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The power of organization and solidarity! ā
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Aidan Moher
3 months ago
Hey, all! Two months into striking, things are getting⦠uncomfortably tight. Iām so proud of doing my part for collective action with my BCGEU colleagues ā, but my bank account is growling and my bills are grinning. If youāve enjoyed my work and have the means to help out:
PayPal.me/aidanmoher
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Jesse
3 months ago
I donāt think people realize how absolutely fire the sbwu merch is
unioncoffeegear.com/product/neve...
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Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh
4 months ago
Tomorrow, our unfair labor practice strike against
@post-gazette.com
marks it's third full year. Three years of fighting the most lawless union-busting campaign can be tiring, but we're never going to quit fighting. Last night, we were uplifted to see a new sign adorning the Pittsburgh skyline...
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Dorian Lynskey
4 months ago
The ending of remote working on titles like RS and Pitchfork strikes me as utterly insane. Throwing away veteran contributors for what? American journalists have always lived all over the map
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Jess Calarco
4 months ago
UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
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Chris Geidner
4 months ago
Here is the students'
@idsnews.bsky.social
report out of Indiana University, where the student media director was fired today.
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS
Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2025/10/indiana-university-daily-student-print-paper-censorship-fired
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ndpĀ āļø ndpdesign š¦ Unwritten Earths Symposium
4 months ago
I've run 5 Kickstarter campaigns (!) in the last calendar year and I support
@kickstarterunited.org
! Here's a form for creators to add their signatures to a petition in support of their strike action towards a fair contract.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Creator Petition In Support of Kickstarter United Workers on Strike
If you are a creator on the Kickstarter platform - you are probably aware that we, Kickstarter United (OPEIU Local 153), are on strike. For more information about us and why we are striking, please vi...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsn4eetbbMjDnjV2y_8w0A3ritgnjJ0EEZ632xJEdgSyZeQg/viewform?fbzx=3991096463864373200
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Writers Guild of America East
4 months ago
2nd
@hearstunion.bsky.social
contract negotiations, here we come šŖ
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Alex Ip čęø é
4 months ago
BREAKING via
@mattdpearce.com
: An overwhelming majority of Los Angeles Times journalists (over 85%) have voted to authorize their unionās leaders to call a strike if such a step is necessary to reach a new contract.
www.mediaguildwest.org/news/la-time...
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L.A. Times journalists vote to authorize newsroomās first open-ended strike ā Media Guild of the West
Eighty-five percent of the Los Angeles Times Guild, the union that represents reporters, editors, designers, photographers and other journalists at the West Coastās largest newspaper, voted this week ...
https://www.mediaguildwest.org/news/la-times-journalists-vote-to-authorize-newsrooms-first-open-ended-strike
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
4 months ago
Update: Chicago journalists and press groups today filed suit against President Trump, DHS, ICE, and CBP over federal agentsā violent response to protests outside an ICE facility in Illinois last month.
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Journalist shot with pepper balls at Illinois ICE facility protest
Journalist Raven Geary was shot in the face and shoulder with pepper balls by federal officers while reporting on protests ā¦
https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/journalist-shot-with-pepper-balls-at-illinois-ice-facility-protest/
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Public Media Fans
4 months ago
Unfortunately, the cuts continue.
@wkuhilltoppers.bsky.social
's Public Radio network was next. via Current:
current.org/2025/10/wku-...
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WKU Public Media cuts one third of staff
The cuts were made across the organization and included positions in development, editorial, operations and production.
https://current.org/2025/10/wku-public-media-cuts-one-third-of-staff/
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dell cameron
4 months ago
if anyoneās aware of how Bsky might contribute to Guevara or his family donāt keep it to yourself.
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NPR
4 months ago
Today marks the first day in public mediaās history without federal funding. And weāre not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link:
n.pr/46wamAj
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4 months ago
The editor and nearly all reporters at the Homer News, Peninsula Clarion, and Juneau Empire announced their resignations after corporate management deleted content from a story about Charlie Kirk in response to a complaint from a Republican state lawmaker.
www.juneauindependent.com/post/editor-...
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Editor, most news staff of Carpenter Mediaās Alaska newspapers resign due to censoring of story
Article about a Charlie Kirk vigil referring to controversies involving him was altered after a GOP Alaska lawmaker complained to company management
https://www.juneauindependent.com/post/editor-most-news-staff-of-carpenter-media-s-alaska-newspapers-including-juneau-empire-resign-due
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ProPublica Guild
4 months ago
Will you send our petition for a fair contract to your 5 closest friends?
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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