We – the members of the Newspaper Guild of Detroit and employees of the Detroit News, Free Press and Observer & Eccentric – stand in solidarity for a fair contract in 2022.
It has been four years since we have gotten an across-the-board wage increase. In that time, we have lived through a pandemic, navigated a new style of work, and continued our critical work – by management’s own accounts – extremely successfully. The cost of living and inflation are at record highs. We are all asked to do more work with less resources, yet we step up every time.
Now we need support and investment from the company. Four years is long enough. We are asking Gannett to invest in its journalists in Metro Detroit and offer us a fair and reasonable contract now.
Updates
April 5, 2022
Negotiations remain ongoing behind the scenes as we continue to press for the fair compensation our newsrooms have earned. The resolve of our colleagues remains steadfast while we wait for management to provide an offer that reflects the current economic reality.
April 5, 2022
The momentum behind this petition highlights the widespread recognition that our professional commitment deserves a fair response. This growing collective backing ensures our message reaches the decision makers with the weight it requires.
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Free Press journalists took on increasingly challenging work, sometimes with true risk to our health and well-being, in the past several years with many not getting raises. This effort and dedication, key to Gannett’s continued success, deserves to be recognized through compensation. In addition, Gannett calls into question advocacy it has done for work-life balance when it forces reporters to make their personal phones their work phones. The move comes at a time of increased harassment directed at reporters and makes them more vulnerable to around-the-clock attacks. We ask for a fair contract and conditions that support the worker, and therefore an informed community.
Been at the Free Press nearly 22 years. Been laid off and and hired again and that was only possible because of a strong guild.
We are hard-working journalists and are committed to accuracy, transparency and fairness in our work. We ask that our employer stands by the same values and treats us with the fairness and respect that we deserve. It is time to invest in us - even at a fraction of the rate we invest in covering the news every day.
The best way to ensure that we can continue to inform our communities is to support the journalists working tirelessly to serve our readers. Our proposed contract is a fair and equitable way for Gannett to tangibly provide that commitment.
Our contract proposal is extremely reasonable and I want management to recognize our hard work over a very difficult couple of years. We show our commitment to the Freep/News every day, the company needs show the same support for us and our families.
We deserve a fair contract, including a raise. Our proposed contract is reasonable. We have labored for years without an updated contract and have worked tirelessly through a pandemic during one huge news story after another.
I think a raise is more than fair especially considering the Free Press regularly meets the goals Gannett sets for us.
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We – the members of the Newspaper Guild of Detroit and employees of the Detroit News, Free Press and Observer & Eccentric – stand in solidarity for a fair contract in 2022.
It has been four years since we have gotten an across-the-board wage increase. In that time, we have lived through a pandemic, navigated a new style of work, and continued our critical work – by management’s own accounts – extremely successfully. The cost of living and inflation are at record highs. We are all asked to do more work with less resources, yet we step up every time.
Now we need support and investment from the company. Four years is long enough. We are asking Gannett to invest in its journalists in Metro Detroit and offer us a fair and reasonable contract now.
Updates
April 5, 2022
Negotiations remain ongoing behind the scenes as we continue to press for the fair compensation our newsrooms have earned. The resolve of our colleagues remains steadfast while we wait for management to provide an offer that reflects the current economic reality.
April 5, 2022
The momentum behind this petition highlights the widespread recognition that our professional commitment deserves a fair response. This growing collective backing ensures our message reaches the decision makers with the weight it requires.
14 Comments
Gannett, the largest newspaper company in the country earned $3.2 billion in 2021, during a pandemic. It aims to earn $3.1 billion in 2022. Its workers in Detroit haven't had a raise since 2018 and it was only 1%. Inflation is at a 40-year high. The math proves its workers in Detroit need a fair contract and raises.
Free Press journalists took on increasingly challenging work, sometimes with true risk to our health and well-being, in the past several years with many not getting raises. This effort and dedication, key to Gannett’s continued success, deserves to be recognized through compensation. In addition, Gannett calls into question advocacy it has done for work-life balance when it forces reporters to make their personal phones their work phones. The move comes at a time of increased harassment directed at reporters and makes them more vulnerable to around-the-clock attacks. We ask for a fair contract and conditions that support the worker, and therefore an informed community.
Been at the Free Press nearly 22 years. Been laid off and and hired again and that was only possible because of a strong guild.
We are hard-working journalists and are committed to accuracy, transparency and fairness in our work. We ask that our employer stands by the same values and treats us with the fairness and respect that we deserve. It is time to invest in us - even at a fraction of the rate we invest in covering the news every day.
The best way to ensure that we can continue to inform our communities is to support the journalists working tirelessly to serve our readers. Our proposed contract is a fair and equitable way for Gannett to tangibly provide that commitment.
Our contract proposal is extremely reasonable and I want management to recognize our hard work over a very difficult couple of years. We show our commitment to the Freep/News every day, the company needs show the same support for us and our families.
We deserve a fair contract, including a raise. Our proposed contract is reasonable. We have labored for years without an updated contract and have worked tirelessly through a pandemic during one huge news story after another.
I think a raise is more than fair especially considering the Free Press regularly meets the goals Gannett sets for us.
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Gannett, the largest newspaper company in the country earned $3.2 billion in 2021, during a pandemic. It aims to earn $3.1 billion in 2022. Its workers in Detroit haven't had a raise since 2018 and it was only 1%. Inflation is at a 40-year high. The math proves its workers in Detroit need a fair contract and raises.