EdSource Guild

Good morning! We're on strike! ✊️ In case you missed our midnight announcement, EdSource Guild is on strike today! Please do not cross our picket line by going to EdSource's web site. Instead, please come to our noon rally at this link or streaming at the links in our bio. zoom.us/j/93464421760

20 Aug

This week marks one full year since we began bargaining. Management dragged their feet for nearly seven months just getting to the bargaining table, and they’re dragging their feet now on finalizing a contract with the EdSource Guild.

calendar.app.googleEdSource Guild Fair Contract Now Rally — Invitation via Google CalendarWe are inviting you to a public rally tomorrow Friday, August 21 at noon to tell management that enough is enough: our members need a fair contract now!

20 Aug

We are inviting you to a public rally Friday, August 21 at noon to tell management that enough is enough: our members need a fair contract now! We invite you all to join us at Friday’s rally and tell EdSource to agree to a fair contract by RSVPing here: calendar.app.google/H7FKARdfdLnC...

20 Aug

Some of us plan to also picket outside our Oakstop offices at 1740 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland. Those of you who are in town are welcome to join us there.

10 Aug

Education Beat, EdSource's award-winning podcast, just celebrated its fifth anniversary. Instead of celebrating this milestone, management has canceled it. @edsourceguild.bsky.social is deeply disappointed and strongly opposes this decision.

Today EdSource Guild is sharing the painful reality of what it looks like to not receive cost of living adjustments. Most of our members have not received any raise since 2023, while inflation has gone up 11%. But management's proposal — 2.5% for some — wouldn't even cover this year's inflation.

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It's been 555 days since EdSource Guild recognized our union. We urge management to come back with a proposal that is fair, so our members can afford to live in the communities we cover.

CEO Deborah Clark and board members Richard Whitmore, Jim Boren, Robert Sheffield, Mary Jane Burke, William Eger, Sarah Menendez , Anne Stanton and Raquel Torres-Retana: you have the power to make us whole.

Our union's wage proposal simply makes us whole after years of losing buying power. "This isn't greed. We're not asking for more. We are simply asking for the same amount. Getting to keep what we have should be the absolute bare minimum." — EdSource Data Journalist Daniel Willis

23 July

Our wages are lagging far behind inflation. Our union's wage proposal simply makes us whole after years of losing buying power. But management's proposal wouldn't even cover this year's inflation.

23 July

"This isn't greed. We're not asking for more. We are simply asking for the same amount. Getting to keep what we have should be the absolute bare minimum." — EdSource Data Journalist Daniel J. Willis

23 July

Right now CEO Deborah Clark and board members Richard Whitmore, Jim Boren, Robert Sheffield, Mary Jane Burke, William Eger, Sarah Menendez, Anne Stanton and Raquel Torres-Retana have the power to make us whole.

21 July

Our colleague Justin Allen says he hasn't been able to avoid substantial and increasing debt as a single parent who is also caring for aging parents. All we're asking for is a fair contract that keeps up with rising costs.

13 July

Under @edsource.org management’s proposal, most of us would get fewer than 18 weeks of severance if we are laid off for no fault of our own. After 38 years in the business, senior reporter Diana Lambert thinks that she – and her coworkers – deserve better.

10 July

Management has refused to grant us reasonable cost-of-living raises during nearly 18 months of bargaining, and now we’re fighting to make up the ground we’ve lost in an era of historic inflation.

10 July

“If we couldn’t get raises during bargaining, then we want it after bargaining. Right? That seems perfectly fair,” said Daniel J. Willis, EdSource data reporter. “That was rejected.”

8 July

“We’ve asked EdSource management to simply help us understand what kind of protections those vendors like Slack and Google have that can help us with the Shield Law,” said Thomas Peele, investigative reporter at EdSource. “We just get no response to those matters."

7 July

EdSource Guild went on strike to protest management's unilateral cuts to our health benefits and refusal to negotiate. We've won real gains — but management still hasn't responded meaningfully to our proposals for legal protections for our investigative journalism or cost-of-living raises.

7 July

“When we rally around our demands, when we insist on a real say in the work that we pour ourselves into every day, that’s not selfish, that’s about the integrity of journalism itself.” — Annie Sciacca, president of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, speaking at EdSource Guild’s historic strike

21 May

Thank you for standing with the EdSource Guild on May 14. Our Unfair Labor Practice Strike — the first in the Pacific Media Workers Guild unit since 1994 — was a direct response to management’s unilateral changes to our health benefits and refusal to negotiate. We couldn’t have done it without you.

21 May

Dozens of union siblings and allies joined us in front of the EdSource office in Oakland and on Zoom. Supporters donated over $3,600 for our strike fund, more than 160 people signed our pledge not to cross the digital picket line, and some of our own coworkers refused to cross it in solidarity!

21 May

We return to the bargaining table today, more determined than ever to win the fair contract we deserve!

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15 May

By the way, please resume visiting EdSource. Great journalism by great people.

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Our strike rally is complete! You can catch the VOD on Twitch until we get a clean version edited and ready on YouTube later. Thank you everyone who came, and if you didn't, you can and should still watch it. Thank you for your support!

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Pacific Media Workers Guild TNG-CWA Local 39521

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Join our EdSource Guild members today at noon for a virtual rally as they strike today!

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✊🏻 I AM ON STRIKE ✊🏻 Come to our rally at noon! It’s on Zoom if you want to interact or Twitch, YouTube, and IG Live if you just want to watch. Links in @edsourceguild.bsky.social’s bio. AND DO NOT CROSS OUR PICKET LINE I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH

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🚨 EDSOURCE GUILD IS ON STRIKE! 🚨 Today—Thursday, May 14—EdSource Guild is on a one-day work stoppage due to the unilateral changes to our insurance and the lack of progress on key contract issues. PLEASE DO NOT CROSS OUR PICKET LINE AND VISIT @edsource.org TODAY! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

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Emma Gallegos

✊I’m on strike!✊ Interested in supporting? Read the thread below and share 👇

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🚨 STRIKE ALERT! 🚨 Do not visit EdSource today!

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zoom.usEdSource Guild Strike RallyJoin us at noon Pacific to rally for a fair contract for EdSource's workers.

We'll be having a noon Pacific rally on Zoom at this link or on YouTube, Twitch, or IG Live at the Linktree in our bio.

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12 May

I put this up on the Instagram and the TikTok but I’m putting it here too for us elder millennials. @edsourceguild.bsky.social voted unanimously to authorize a strike and here’s why I voted yes.

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Gabe Fernandez

13 May

I would like to interest you all in some local labor solidarity that you can be a part of with the fine folks at EdSource

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EdSource Guild members have unanimously voted to authorize a strike. We've been negotiating a contract for 16 months, and now management unilaterally changed our health plans without negotiating with us. Please sign to tell EdSource you won't cross our picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

9 May

gofundme.comDonate to Support EdSource Guild: Stand for Fair Wages, organized by Emma GallegosIt’s been well over a year since the EdSource Guild unionized, but we still… Emma Gallegos needs your support for Support EdSource Guild: Stand for Fair Wages

9 May

Once you've signed the pledge not to cross our picket line, if you'd like to do more you can contribute to our strike fund.

cjr.orgFighting the machine.Journalists across the United States are fighting for contracts that address AI use: “We don’t want it to be done in our name, literally.”

1 May

Thank you to @riddhisetty.bsky.social and @columjournreview.bsky.social for including us along with the other unions fighting to protect ourselves and our organizations from misuse of AI!

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Journalists across the United States are fighting for contracts that address AI use: “We don’t want it to be done in our name, literally.” Read @riddhisetty.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/fig...

29 Apr

One theme of our rally was management's proposal on grievances and arbitration. Well, we're pleased to announce that our pressure worked! We have a tentative agreement on a grievance procedure that's fair to employees and ensures the eventual contract is honored. Thank you all for your support!

28 Apr

It seems like every week another news organization rolls out an AI project and gets mass public backlash. @edsource.org needs a newsroom AI policy that ensures we can use new technology strategically while protecting our work from serious hazards.

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21 Apr

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The East Bay contingent was holding down the fort in person! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported us. If you missed it, there were technical difficulties but half of it is on YouTube now and (nearly) the whole thing will be available this evening.

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Thank you to everyone who attended! And thank you for everyone who stuck with us on the livestream technical difficulties! We really appreciate the support and there will be more to come!

Thank you to everyone who attended! And thank you for everyone who stuck with us on the livestream technical difficulties! We really appreciate the support and there will be more to come!

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19 minutes to go until the @edsourceguild.bsky.social rally! In person across the street from the Fox Theater in Oakland or at this YouTube link! Also on Twitch but you can’t schedule a single stream on there unless you’re an affiliate for some reason!

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Less than an hour to go until our rally for a fair contract from @edsource.org management! Listen to our union sister Betty Márquez Rosales!

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Lasherica Thornton

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What are you doing today at 12 pm PST? Join me & my colleagues of the @edsourceguild.bsky.social for a rally to show @edsource.org management that we are prepared to strike in our fight for a fair contract. Without it, our working conditions and the quality of work are impacted.

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linktr.eeEdSource Guild Official: Instagram, Facebook, Twitch | LinktreeWe are NewsGuild‬ Local 39521: The journalists of EdSource, the biggest, best source of education news in California. We still do not have a contract.

Noon today! Rally for @edsourceguild.bsky.social! Signing up for the Zoom is preferred but you people are generally pretty lazy so it'll also be streamed on YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram Live. Links are all in the Linktree thingy.

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You could also join a few of us (me included) in front of EdSource's office at 1721 Broadway in Oakland where we'll be picketing. Please don't heckle and/or assault me during the rally!

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We're holding a rally this Wednesday, April 15, at noon Pacific to support our contract campaign! You can register to attend or watch on Instagram Live, Twitch, and other streaming platforms. We need your help to get a fair contract and we can't wait to see you there!

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drive.proton.mePress Release for EdSource Guild RallyJoin us on April 15 at noon Pacific to demand a fair contract!

And here's a link to our press release, if you can't read the text in the screenshot above.

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All our other social accounts, including the ones you can watch the livestream on, are listed here. Smash that like and subscribe button, as they say!

us02web.zoom.usRegister for the EdSource Guild RallyJoin us on April 15 at noon to demand a fair contract!

Here's the link to register if you want to join rather than watch the livestream.