Our counterparts in Northern California have teamed up with non-union Bay Area newspaper workers to raise a common voice and gain bargaining power. Contra Costa Times reporter Sara Steffens wrote an email message to her coworkers in support of the Guild – a message described by local rep (and San Francisco Chronicle reporter) Carl Hall as "possibly the most eloquent and bravest message from a rank and file union leader I have ever seen." We agree!
This much is clear: Times have changed. Our business has changed, and we will have to adapt to survive. We have a new kind of owner, and we need a new way of responding. This is a significant struggle at an important time in our industry, and we have a chance to have a say in our future.
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We can sit around and mourn the demise of our industry. Or we can stand up and fight for our little corner of the world, for ourselves and our co-workers and the communities that depend on what we do.
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