The unionized reporters and staff of New York's hometown newspaper, est. 2021 — also at @nydnunion.bsky.social
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We are the Daily News Union. Together, we are standing up for the people of our paper and the people of New York.
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🚨THE VOTES ARE IN🚨
We’ve won our election at the NLRB by a vote of 55-3.
Our newsroom overwhelmingly voted to form this union after more than a year of organizing.
We’re eager to get to the table with Daily News and Tribune management.
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Twelve journalists have resigned from the Daily News over the last three months. That’s about 20% if our newsroom.
Staffers are quitting in droves.
Our owners — Alden Global Capital — don’t seem to care.
New York City should care.
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Alden has canceled the Daily News’ summer intern program — even after four young journalists accepted offers.
The hedge fund, which seized full control of the paper just a few weeks ago, is now targeting the next generation of journalists as it attacks the current one.
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WATCH: @NYCMayor banning our reporter in the midst of a press conference is outrageous and an assault on freedom of the press
Mayor Eric Adams just barred @C_Sommerfeldt from coming back into the off-topic series.
"Make sure security knows, he's not allowed back into this room," Adams says.
Chris is rarely called on (on purpose) during off-topic.
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This morning, the Daily News Union sent an open letter to NYPD brass, demanding an apology for @NYPDDaughtry's attempt to intimidate our police bureau chief following an @NYPDnews presser last week.
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We hand-delivered this to the Mayor's staff moments ago.
Chris was doing his job. The only disrespect was coming from the podium.
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THE DAILY NEWS UNION IS HEADING TO THE TABLE.
We’ll hold our first two bargaining sessions with Alden Global Capital next week.
New York: We need your support. We need a contract that keeps the Hometown Paper alive. (1/6)
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Today, the New York Daily News Union is walking off the job for 24 hours. 🪧🪧🪧
We are fed up with Alden Global Capital’s constant cuts and apparent commitment to shrinking the paper.
Here are some reasons we’re taking a stand: 🧵
#defendtheNYDN
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More than 100 years after The News was founded, we, the paper’s print, digital and photo employees, are seeking to secure its future and ensure its voice endures as part of New York’s constant conversation. nydnunion.com/
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Tribune has declined to recognize our union despite support from 80% of the bargaining unit. While we’re disappointed, our supermajority is ironclad. Recognize our union immediately, @tribpub.
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This morning, the reporters and staff of the Daily News overwhelmingly approved a vote of no confidence in our executive editor Andrew Julien.
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We don't have an Albany reporter, we don't have a metro editor -- but the brain trust at Alden Global Capital saw fit to spend money on a "content intelligence program" whose artificial intelligence might be in the running for the worst editor we've ever had.
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Today management suddenly and unceremoniously fired our senior editor of audience engagement, our politics editor, a photo editor and some advertising staff for “financial reasons”.
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We’ve given New Yorkers a voice through rounds of massive layoffs, a pandemic, an uncertain industry and a chaotic era for news — and we’re doing it without a newsroom. Now we need a voice.
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Manhattan court reporter and union member @molcranenewman explains what inspired her to join today's walkout
#defendtheNYDN
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While @NYPDnews tries to justify the attempted intimidation of a working journalist with baseless accusations, we at the Daily News Union stand by our colleague's reporting and professionalism:
nydailynews.com/2024/07/31/n…
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Our union is fighting to make the Daily News the paper it should be for the working people of New York.
We’ll continue that fight, despite the news of Tribune’s deal with Alden.
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We’re asking for voluntary recognition from Tribune to begin a productive, collective bargaining process.
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Our union, with @nyguild, seeks fair compensation and job security. A staff that reflects the city’s dynamic diversity. And the resources that will allow us to do our jobs confidently and collaboratively.
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How can you help? Subscribe. Keep reading us. Tell The News how much this legacy publication means to you. nydnunion.com/support
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Our readers have taken notice. They keep sending in letters begging us to not just restore the coverage we’ve lost, but to expand the paper so we can better serve New Yorkers.
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Give us a break. In the last year alone, our bosses have cut our pay, furloughed us, shuttered our newsroom, and agreed to sell the paper to the worst owners in the business.
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DO NOT CROSS THE VIRTUAL PICKET LINE
Today, DO NOT:
1) Click on Daily News stories or visit the website
2) Open Daily News alerts
3) Engage with Daily News content in any way
(We are not asking you to cancel your subscription)
#defendtheNYDN
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We’re down to two staff reporters to chase crimes on the street. Our sports department has been gutted. We lost our longtime back page editor. Our Metro editor left.
We were already hanging on by a thread after Alden issues buyouts last year. Now we can barely put out the paper
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From politics to the triumphs and tribulations of the city’s sports teams, from national news to local crime, The News is always here for New Yorkers. Now we’re asking our ownership, Tribune Publishing, to be here for us.
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Daily News owner Alden Global Capital is attempting to make changes to our health care — higher co-pays, higher deductibles, loss of HSA match — in an apparent violation of federal labor law.
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Daily News management is trying to use previously promised bonuses as an eleventh-hour manipulation tactic.
We will not be intimidated.
Our statement:
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Join us today in emailing Daily News executive editor Andrew Julien and Alden’s hand-picked manager Michael Gates to demand investment in the Daily News and better protections for the staff that works here.
ajulien@nydailynews.com
mgates@nydailynews.com
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The NYPD is pushing to encrypt police scanner transmissions, and has already begun with 10 precincts in Brooklyn and Staten Island. This affects the Daily News more than most publications-- we rely on the scanner day and night to cover breaking news.
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DAILY NEWS UNION GETS ACTION: Hedge fund Alden Global Capital backs off cruel decision, restores Daily News intern program after backlash to its cancellation.
Alden has canceled the Daily News’ summer intern program — even after four young journalists accepted offers.
The hedge fund, which seized full control of the paper just a few weeks ago, is now targeting the next generation of journalists as it attacks the current one.
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We’re fighting for a contract that makes The News a better place to work.
Our top editor @andrewjulien has refused to attend bargaining sessions.
Alden’s attorney has repeatedly claimed he and Julien “speak with one voice.”
NYC: We need you to speak with one voice right back
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🧵: Yesterday morning we were back at the bargaining table with Alden, where our initial proposal of a 10% raise was rejected and a 2% raise offered instead, along with a proposal to eliminate our 401k match, which would wipe out a 2% raise.
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Today, we officially received our NLRB election notice. We’re disappointed that EIC Robert York has chosen to unnecessarily draw this out and force a vote when we have a supermajority and there’s no doubt we’ll win. He can still do the right thing and voluntarily recognize us.
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Not the awards we were hoping to win:
NYC comptroller Brad Lander launched an Employer Violations Dashboard today, tracking labor violations by city firms. NY Daily News Enterprises LLC -- a subsidiary of hedge fund Alden Global Capital -- makes the list
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Tribune boosted its bottom line by cutting our pay and ditching our newsroom, then sold the company to vulture capitalists. All this while we gained thousands of subscribers by working our tails off — and putting our health at risk — during a pandemic.
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Make no mistake: We’re starting the NLRB process today. But Editor in Chief Robert York’s refusal to recognize us, or even meet us halfway, is a willful decision by management to delay our union’s inevitable certification and prevent us from beginning contract negotiations.
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Some of these positions have been backfilled, but the mass exodus from the Daily News has a single, clear reason: Alden has made the paper a worse place to work.
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WE FIXED IT: Obviously our successful rally had an effect on @NYDailyNews management, who felt compelled to “write” an op-ed. Unfortunately it’s full of mischaracterizations and missing key facts. As journalists we couldn’t let that slide, so we got out our red pens…
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It's been a month since our union went public. We seek job security, fair compensation and a staff that reflects the diversity of NYC.
We want to keep this newsroom alive so we can continue to serve New York’s communities.
Our mission statement 👇
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Alden emptied out our printing plant in New Jersey, outsourced the work to a plant farther away from the city.
They’ll likely sell the former plant — but we don’t expect they’ll reinvest those profits into more journalism New Yorkers desperately need.
This is their playbook.
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It's Friday, which means our union has been public for a week. @tribpub and @NYDailyNews have told us they don't plan to voluntarily recognize us, but there's no better time than now to change your mind and do the right thing.
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The best way for @tribpub and the @NYDailyNews to show us that we matter is to voluntarily recognize our union.
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The owner of the Daily News (Alden Global Capital) refuses to acknowledge Juneteenth as a holiday for its staff.
It’s a paper that serves the most diverse city in the country — but you wouldn’t know that if you worked here.
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Over 120 former @NYDailyNews journalists have signed a new petition demanding that our bosses at New York’s Hometown Paper recognize our value and agree to a fair contract nyguild.org/post/id-121-form…
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Now more than ever, New Yorkers need news they can trust from reporters who know this town. Next Thursday, we’re gathering the NYDN community – readers, current and former Newsers, any New Yorker who cares about The News – to talk about the future of our storied paper.
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Day 2 of being a unionized newsroom still feels pretty great. #DailyNewsUnion
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Union members are taking our lunch break starting now, as a group, to send a message to management that they have been out to lunch when it comes to our 401k. 🧵
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Our own @michaelgartland speaks at the picket line about his reasons for walking out 🪧🪧🪧
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Happy Monday! A perfect way to start the week (and our bargaining process!) would be for @tribpub to voluntary recognize our union so we can all start working for the greater good.
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Longtime News scribe @lmcshane says it best — the Daily News needs a new owner.
And we need one fast. The clock is ticking, and we need a responsible, local owner — not a hedge fund with no real interest in the city we serve.
nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-o…
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Voluntary recognition
Is a great way to say "I respect you"
Happy Valentine's Day, @tribpub and @NYDailyNews!
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The Daily News hasn’t had a work stoppage since 1991.
Since then, the paper has lost hundreds of employees. That includes dozens since Alden took over in 2021.
We’re standing up today to stop the cuts.
#defendtheNYDN
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The Daily News on Thursday told employees it would start recognizing their hard work with prizes of up to $1,000 in a new “quarterly journalism awards” program.
Today, union members told management we have no intention of competing for gold stars. Here’s why🧵(1/4)
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We need your help to make it clear to Alden and Daily News management that New York will not let the Hometown Paper die.
Follow us here, where we’ll provide updates on our contract fight. We’ll be asking you to lend your support as we turn up the heat on management. (6/6)
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We're ready to go to the table. Is Alden? A supermajority of our members have signed the pledge to bargain a fair contract in good faith, and demanding Alden Global Capital do the same.
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Daily News management told us today they seek to hire a reporter to cover NYC “after covid.” Meanwhile our reporters STILL make less money and have worse healthcare than we did two years ago, and the paper has no newsroom or plan to open one.
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The bosses tried to lay off a 30-plus-year employee in a “catch-up meeting.”
We successfully fought this heinous attempt, but that doesn’t excuse the action. We won’t stand for such disgraceful, not to mention illegal, behavior. ✊
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Daily News Union outside the building where we have a work share space. Alden closed our newsroom in 2020. #defendtheDailyNews
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Today, Daily News employees are picketing outside 1412 Broadway.
We don’t have a newsroom, so this rented coworking space will have to do.
Come say hi! And help us show the bosses who really makes the Daily News
#defendtheNYDN
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The Daily News has printed every day for more than 100 years.
But that streak has been in danger for months. Several print editors departed without being replaced.
The current staff says “it’s a miracle” the paper hasn’t missed a day.
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Solidarity to our union siblings as they get ready to strike at midnight!
We can no longer stand by as @Law360 and @LexisNexis repeatedly dismiss the impact inflation has had on our members who haven’t seen a raise since 2022, and demand that we accept paltry raises and dramatically increased healthcare costs.
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Storm was a great reporter and a cherished friend to so many at the Daily News.
He will be deeply missed.
nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-…
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No bonus is worth this cost. We know firsthand what happens to at-will employees with Tribune: They split you into two rooms and pick which room gets laid off. @CTGuild has our support.
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The outpouring of support for our union has been overwhelming, so now we want it in writing (would you expect any different from journalists?)
Are you a @NYDailyNews alum? Want to send in a testimonial about the importance of a union for our website? DM us!
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The News’ staff formed this union more than a year ago. We won our election 55-3 last April, weeks before the paper was sold to Alden Global Capital.
We’ve seen a round of buyouts, jobs lost to attrition. (2/6)
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Our executive editor @andrewjulien told several outlets last week he would not negotiate with our union in public and claimed anything we say should be “taken with a grain of salt.” But he also won’t negotiate with us in private. He skipped our bargaining session this morning 1/2
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Yesterday, during #BlackHistoryMonth, @NYDailynews held an important discussion with @MaynardInst on diversity. But we have shamefully few Black staffers and management must commit to hiring underrepresented groups. As a union, we’ll fight for a paper that reflects our city.
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We've been without a contract, a newsroom, or even an all-staff meeting for 3 years.
No raises in at least 5.
Our editors never come to the bargaining table — our hedge fund owners only send their lawyers.
So last night we went looking for Exec. Ed. Andrew Julien on the UWS.
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Despite the challenges we face, the staff at The News has fought every day to put out a paper, chronicling the stories New York needs to know.
We won’t give up on this city — and we know this city won’t give up on us. (3/6)
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This comes as our diminished newsroom staff has covered the city throughout the pandemic. Some of us have caught COVID on the job and continue to suffer from long term symptoms.
Cutting our health benefits is a slap in the face. This must be bargained.
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Congrats to the journalists at Insider on going public with their campaign.
Welcome to the union wave 🌊
✊ The @thisisinsider/@BusinessInsider US editorial staff have organized one of the largest @nyguild union drives for a digital media company to secure what we've built and strengthen it.
Here's why 300+ members of our newsroom are taking this step.
insiderunion.org
ALT A graphic with the following text: "Insider is a transformational force in digital journalism. It’s a place where journalists can do their best work. It’s a place that fights to make journalism a sustainable business. And it’s a place that proves the news can be fair and accurate while also being fun and fearless. "We, the Insider editorial staff, are forming a union with the NewsGuild of New York to secure what we’ve built and strengthen it."
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Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, but the Daily News does not recognize it as one for employees.
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Today union members are sending emails asking for a meeting with Andrew Julien, Exec Editor of the Daily News, about our abysmal tech situation.
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But we’re not starting from scratch.
We’re laying the groundwork to get a fair contract — and we’re working with hundreds of other journalists across the country to fight against our vulture hedge fund owner: Alden Global Capital. (5/6)
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Bainum and Wyss say they want to invest in local journalism and care about a thriving, free press. We would welcome any buyer who commits to local journalism, especially if it keeps us out of the hands of the vulture hedge fund Alden Global Capital. nytimes.com/2021/03/27/busin…
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Our @bkriegstein called into the Brian Lehrer Show this morning about how Alden’s refusal to properly staff the Daily News hurts our ability to cover New York. Listen:
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Tribune shareholders voted to put profit and greed over local news in New York and across the country. We're disappointed in the outcome but still ready to fight. A joint statement from our unions:
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Once again, it’s clear that hedge fund Alden Global Capital—a billion dollar company—does not care about the quality of the Daily News, its workers or its readers. But today’s actions by executive editor Andrew Julien and managing editor Rob Dominguez are hurting the paper too.
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A HOME RUN: @Yankees fans loved our special baseball cards. We passed out hundreds of them at Sunday’s game to spread awareness about how @NYDailyNews owner Alden Global Capital has slashed sports staff since it acquired New York’s Hometown Paper. Watch our video:
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Much respect to @katie_honan at The City, and the Daily News' own @JosieStratman, who yielded their time — gave up their questions — so that Chris could keep trying to do his job.
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Daily News politics reporter @TimBalk explains why he and other Daily News Union members are walking out today ✊✊🪧✊✊
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Congrats to our colleagues at @therecordguild on a hard-earned blowout win!
🚨THE VOTES ARE IN🚨
We’ve won our election at the NLRB by a vote of 59-4.
After a long organizing fight, our newsroom overwhelmingly voted to form this union.
We’re eager to get to the table with Gannett. Let’s go.
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The Chicago Tribune Guild has been bargaining for over 5 years for a fair contract. Tomorrow, they say enough.
Chicago Tribune journalists are going on strike for 24 hours tomorrow for the first time in history.
@CTGuild has bargained for a fair contract since 2018.
Alden responded by offering functional pay cuts & fewer benefits despite the Trib's profits. We're done playing games.
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We thank, from the bottom of our hearts, our parent union as well as all our union siblings who have shown us unwavering support in the face of such unprofessional conduct by members of the NYPD.
When we stick together we are stronger!
“Police officers cannot trample over the U.S. Constitution and violate the rights of a free press in
a democracy [...] We call for an investigation and a public apology from NYPD Commissioner Edward A. Caban.”
We stand with @nyguild & @NYDNUnion members
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