Voice Media Guild 🖇

Babe wake up, new logo just dropped! (Designed by @VMGGuild member Eric Torres) ❤️✊

5/ Miami and Phoenix need strong, independent journalism — and that all starts with a strong contract for the people who make it happen. Stand with us as we fight for the future of @phoenixnewtimes + @miaminewtimes✊

We’re also on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/vmgguild.bs…

We’re now on Instagram! Follow us to stay updated on our fight for a fair contract ✊🗞️ instagram.com/voicemediaguil…

Hey y’all! Since December, we’ve been negotiating a new contract with Voice Media Group (@VoiceMediaGroup). Today, we returned to the bargaining table. Here’s what we’re fighting for (🧵):

And: After a drawn-out battle, management has recognized Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a paid holiday after years of keeping it off the company calendar ✊ (3/?)

Exciting news! After 10 months of bargaining, workers at Phoenix New Times and Miami New Times finally have their first contracts. 🎉🎊 (1/?)

In other words:

Waiting for @Gannett to "institute a company-wide starting salary that is a living wage, embrace transparency with pay data, voluntarily recognize employees who unionize and create policies to hire and retain people from underrepresented groups" like

As our Miami unit bargains its first union contract, management has refused to recognize MLK Day as a holiday -- twice. President Reagan declared MLK Day a holiday in 1983, but @VoiceMediaGroup is living in 1982

It’s been 150 days since our union in Phoenix first requested to bargain over a contract. @VoiceMediaGroup still refuses to work with us.