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Union members at @thelancet.com and its affiliated journals will go on strike Sept. 22 for one day with further action planned for the following week, after pay negotiations with parent publisher Elsevier fell apart. It's the first strike in the journal's 200-year history.

retractionwatch.comLancet union declares first-ever strike over staff wagesUnion members at The Lancet and its affiliated journals will go on strike Sept. 22 for one day with further action planned for the following week, after pay negotiations with parent publisher Elsev…

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cooperativescience.bsky.social
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It's insane to me that these scientific publishing companies can be making so much money over doing so little, with absolutely insane margins, and yet they will still be tight fisted with worker wages to the point of self-inflicted injury. It's just such an unforced error.