After rejecting Society for Science’s latest contract proposal, members of the Science News Media Guild—a unit of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild—held a 24-hour strike on Wednesday to demonstrate their unity in the fight for a fair contract.
Striking staff work at Science News and Science News Explores, both of which are produced by the educational nonprofit. Pay equity and flexibility around in-office work remain core bargaining concerns for members.
“We’ve been at the negotiations table for more than a year and a half and have been clear about the support our workers need to be able to continue doing our jobs well. Over and over, Society management has demonstrated that they are not hearing us and do not value our concerns,” said Jill Sakai, a managing editor.
“I can only imagine how much our work would have benefitted if the Society had supported us these last 558 days instead of fighting against our needs,” added staff writer Nikk Ogasa.
- AFL-CIO Daily Brief