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Journalists & Editors vote to unionize - Owner shuts down the business
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:34 am
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:34 am
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A favorite quote of the board..."Elections have consequences."
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"Today, I've made the difficult decision to discontinue publishing DNAinfo and Gothamist. Reaching this decision wasn't easy, and it wasn't one I made lightly," said Ricketts, who founded TD Ameritrade and is worth a little more than $2 billion according to Forbes.
He added that DNAinfo, which was founded in 2009, "is, at the end of the day, a business, and businesses need to be economically successful if they are to endure."
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Last week, reporters and editors there were celebrating a successful vote to form a union. The efforts to organize began in the spring after DNAinfo bought Gothamist.
But Ricketts refused to recognize the union, which meant that the National Labor Relations Board had to conduct an official vote. In September, Ricketts explained his opposition to unions on his blog.
"I believe unions promote a corrosive us-against-them dynamic that destroys the esprit de corps businesses need to succeed," he wrote. "And that corrosive dynamic makes no sense in my mind where an entrepreneur is staking his capital on a business that is providing jobs and promoting innovation."
Nevertheless, workers overwhelmingly voted to join the Writers Guild last week
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Staff members were apparently floored by the announcement.
"It was literally like the daily flow of the newsroom came to a screeching halt," said Scott Heins, a photojournalist at Gothamist. "It was just an absolutely normal day at the office and then someone said 'oh my god the email' and then everyone checked their work email. Some of my colleagues burst into tears really quickly, others shouted. It was immediate shock when we got the email."
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A favorite quote of the board..."Elections have consequences."
This post was edited on 11/3/17 at 9:36 am
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:38 am to MSMHater
Well - the laid off workers at least have the ease of mind knowing that they are doing it 'collectively.'
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:38 am to MSMHater
There are journalists literally starving now
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:39 am to MSMHater
How will Trump get the blame?
Decisions have consequences
Decisions have consequences
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:40 am to MSMHater
I understand the urge and need for unionizing in certain sectors - but writing? Really?
Nearly every place I've lived and worked, sans a few exceptions, has been at-will. The thought of trying to organize something like a bartenders' union makes me giggle.
Nearly every place I've lived and worked, sans a few exceptions, has been at-will. The thought of trying to organize something like a bartenders' union makes me giggle.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:41 am to MSMHater
My Dad did this in 1965. He said he would just rent/lease the building out and not deal with the union BS in a manufacturing environment. That building has been leased every year since then. Thanks Dad.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:43 am to MSMHater
Lots of awesome right there.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:44 am to Crow Pie
At-will employment benefits these writers as well. If you write a groundbreaking, investigative piece of journalism, you're going to be pursued by publications who will likely pay you more money. You want the freedom to be able to up and leave without worrying about a contract termination.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:45 am to SCLibertarian
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If you write a groundbreaking, investigative piece of journalism,
The last 25 of these turned out to be lies.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:48 am to MSMHater
I guess the question to be asked is whether a collective bargaining agreement is off the table now?
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:52 am to MSMHater
Progs destroy everything they touch .
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:55 am to Lsupimp
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Progs destroy everything they touch
But usually not this suddenly. I suspect some of them were still celebrating their victory when someone showed them the e-mail.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 9:59 am to MSMHater
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I suspect some of them were still celebrating their victory when someone showed them the e-mail.
This post was edited on 11/3/17 at 10:01 am
Posted on 11/3/17 at 10:27 am to MSMHater
The owner is still giving 3 month of salary (unless they get another job). That is pretty generous imho.
Won't stop them from kvetching.
Won't stop them from kvetching.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 10:31 am to MSMHater
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"It was literally like the daily flow of the newsroom came to a screeching halt,
Well, no shite
Posted on 11/3/17 at 10:32 am to BigJim
This is like the Browns celebrating a trade and forgetting to inform the league office.
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