Back in April, they officially started working with The News Guild of New York:
Since its founding 27 years ago, WIRED has prepared readers and viewers for the promises and upheavals of the future. Now it’s time to secure our own place in that future. We are proud to announce the @wired editorial staff has formed a union with @nyguild. 1/ pic.twitter.com/0TTwTHUMad
— WIRED Union (@wiredunion) April 22, 2020
And now, according to Anthony Lydgate, a sufficient number of staff has signed union cards:
An overwhelming number of @WIRED employees have signed union cards.
There are two ways this plays out:
1. Condé Nast recognizes us voluntarily
2. We take it to the NLRB and win in a landslideEither way, there will be a @wiredunion.
Let’s stop this nonsense and get to work. https://t.co/tNL6S0Oj7U
— Anthony Lydgate (@anthonylydgate) May 18, 2020
(Featured image is “In The Nick of Time” by tim ellis . Used under creative commons license.)
We went out for a lovely little drive yesterday (just up to Cascade and back to town… we never got out of the car) and we were just enjoying the beautiful day and listening to the radio and…
Golly, we noticed how few ads there were. Like, there were more ads than listening to college radio (of course) but there weren’t a whole lot more. Back in the before time, you couldn’t make it two songs without hearing an ad for one of the local car dealerships or fast food restaurants… but now? Nope. A whole bunch of places doing “we’re all in this together (buy carpet when you think about that sort of thing again)” ads or ads for one of the local tire stores.
And not a bloc of 3 minutes worth of ads, either. More like 3 commercials in a row and then we were back to the music.
Maybe it’s because it was Sunday.Report
You know, those few times I’ve been out driving around lately, I too have noticed a lot more “rock block!” or “Case Of Songs, 24 songs in a row, no commercials!” or “and now for the Afternoon Music Set, taking you through to two!”Report
Yawn. Unions don’t help when the industry is undergoing fundamental restructuring.
Learn to code.Report
Saw this flit across my timeline:
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This ignores that everyone with a smartphone is a photographer and everyone who can type is able to post stuff on line.
Their problem is when everyone is a journalist then no one is.Report