New York Times, June 1, 2022
The union that covers about 350 workers at Vox Media, the publisher of websites including Recode, Eater and SB Nation, said on Wednesday that its members had signed a strike pledge as negotiations over a contract went down to the wire.
The Vox Media Union’s contract expires at midnight on June 13. Union members said the company had not yet agreed to its proposals. A strike pledge means the members are ready to strike if the union calls for one if a deal can’t be reached.
Seth Rosenthal, a video producer for Secret Base, SB Nation’s YouTube channel, said the union was seeking competitive salary minimums, cost-of-living raises and affordable benefits, as well as measures to acknowledge workers’ longevity at the company and a commitment to protect those proposals in case of a corporate sale or merger.
Mr. Rosenthal said that in April 2020, early in the coronavirus pandemic, Vox Media had asked staff to give up their contractual salary increases for the year but never compensated them for that later.
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