Long Beach Media Guild
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Long Beach Media Guild
@LBMGuild
The union of @LongBeachPost and Business Journal workers. Visit our Linktree to learn how you can help. ✊
00:00- The @LongBeachPost is interviewing to replace our reporters who are on strike against the company and CEO’s unfair labor practices. We know jobs for reporters are scarce but crossing the picket line is never the right choice. SCABBING HURTS EVERY WORKER. Don’t be a scab.
- This morning @LongBeachPost and Business Journal CEO @MelissaEvansLBP began making calls to striking Long Beach Media Guild members informing them they’ve been laid off. We have been locked out of our company email accounts. Reach us at [email protected].
- Our workers were laid off with NO SEVERANCE and told their health insurance will be gone in 7 days. Help them pay for housing, food, medicine and other necessities while they continue to fight these illegal and retaliatory layoffs. Donate today:
- The Watchdog is a commitment to you by the laid off and striking journalists of the Post and Business Journal to continue reporting the day's news even when they're not being paid to. Donate to the Relief Fund and help continue the fight for local news: gofund.me/797c1fb8
- CEO @MelissaEvansLBP has finally addressed our union, in the form of an open letter to readers. The statement is devoid of accountability and responsibility and full of half truths and outright lies. Let’s take a look (🧵)
- The first story for Long Beach Watchdog was published on April 1. In our first month we produced over 80 original stories and newsletters — including news, reviews, columns and photo galleries — which were read 111,400 times by over 63,500 new readers. lbwatchdog.com/subscribe
- ❌ Don’t cross the picket line! ❌ Across the country, @newsguild members like us are on strike today. We stand proudly in solidarity with our colleagues at @PGHGuild @AustinNewsGuild & @rocnewsguild who are fighting for a better future for local news and workers. ✊
- Today we are asking you not to cross the picket line; do not click on Long Beach Post or Business Journal articles or engage with social media posts. Instead email CEO @MelissaEvansLBP at actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-m… and let her know you stand with striking workers.
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: David Lee Law to represent terminated and striking workers of the Long Beach Journalism Initiative in retaliatory termination and wage theft claims
- During an all-staff meeting with CEO @MelissaEvansLBP employees of the @LongBeachPost and Business Journal staged a walkout. To support us in this critical time, sign our petition here
- The @LBMGuild waited for over a week for our board and CEO @MelissaEvansLB to recognize our union so we could begin negotiations to save jobs. That effort was met with 9 layoffs Friday that gutted the newsroom — but we are resolved to save these papers. We need your help. 🧵
