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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 2h

@forbes.com mgt, led by CEO Sherry Phillips and CCO Randall Lane, have proposed 1.25% annual bumps for staff, not even keeping up with inflation--when many in the newsroom go YEARS without a raise. #journalismjobs @nyguild.bsky.social

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 28d

Our fearless colleagues were outside the
@forbes.com Power Women’s Summit in the rain ☔ this morning with an important gut check.

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 28d

We handed out this flyer at the 2025 @forbes.com Power Women’s Summit today to bring awareness to the blatant hypocrisy of this event. We want Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips to answer why this event is happening when Forbes has a well-documented history of pay inequity. #journalismjobs

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 28d

Our 2024 pay study also found a large racial pay gap, with the unit’s white members making nearly $24,000 more, on average, than their black colleagues. That kind of disparity doesn’t just happen by accident.

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 28d

@forbes.com has a history of pay inequity. It is beyond hypocritical of Forbes to promote itself as a champion of women while paying female staffers nearly $13K less, on avg, than male colleagues in the same roles. www.nyguild.org/front-page-d...

RACIAL PAY GAP AT FORBES WIDENS, NEW GUILD STUDY FINDS

NEW YORK – Unionized journalists of color at Forbes magazine continue to be paid less than their white counterparts – and that divide has widened, according to …

www.nyguild.org

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 28d

We sent letters to scheduled speakers, asking them to decline to attend in solidarity with us. We want to thank Anita Hill 🏆as she is no longer listed as a speaker. 🎉 We appreciate the support from those who chose not to take part in this farce.

Forbes Power Women's Summit speakers 2025.

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 28d

Our fearless colleagues were outside the
@forbes.com Power Women’s Summit in the rain ☔ this morning with an important gut check.

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 29d

Let's talk about #payinequity. At @Forbes, women make five figures less, on average, than men in the same roles -- and the gap is widening!

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 29d

Meanwhile, Forbes management says it will offer 1.25% annual increases -- not even keeping up with inflation.

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 29d

Let's talk about cheapness. 80% of the #newsroom has gone more than 18 months without a raise.

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 29d

Let's talk about our diminished newsroom. Amid an exodus of talented newsroom staff for greener pastures, Forbes hired only 4 full-time #employees in all of 2024. During the same year, Forbes hired 49 (!!) temps.

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · 29d

In honor of the #Forbes400, the Forbes Union is sharing some numbers of our own. @forbes.com has dragged its capitalist feet for far too long. It's time to give the newsroom a fair contract!! #union #journalismjobs

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Jul 28

Stand with the unionized journalists at Forbes.com, who deserve better from Lane. Fair contract NOW!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Stop the union-busting at Forbes now!

We, the Forbes Union, are a union of more than 100 reporters, editors, producers, and designers, who work hard every day to tell impactful stories about society’s most powerful and important people. ...

actionnetwork.org

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Jul 28

HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? We were out searching this past weekend for @randalllane.bsky.social, who we hear likes to watch the horses at Saratoga Racecourse. 🏇
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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Jul 16

@forbes.com CEO Sherry Phillips said she wanted a reset at the bargaining table. We are still waiting. Tell Sherry Phillips you stand with the workers and want to see the reset at the bargaining table she said she supports.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Stop the union-busting at Forbes now!

We, the Forbes Union, are a union of more than 100 reporters, editors, producers, and designers, who work hard every day to tell impactful stories about society’s most powerful and important people. ...

actionnetwork.org

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Jul 16

At the bargaining table, @forbes.com management has resisted any of our common-sense proposals that would ensure full-time staff cover the news our readers deserve.

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Jul 16

2️⃣takeaways: About 40% of the temps hired by Forbes were part-time; and @forbes.com hired 49 temps in 2024 but only 4 full-time employees 😕, down 90% from the estimated 41 full-time employees hired in 2023.
#journalism

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Jul 16

We crunched the data provided to us by @forbes.com management - and found that management has increasingly shifted to using short-term, part-time, temporary employees instead of replacing those who leave with full-timers.

Forbes Union: Temp Study: Forbes Has a Labor Problem

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Jul 16

NEW STUDY: We sent @forbes.com CEO Sherry Phillips an invite today to lunch – to discuss our new study about the labor problem at Forbes Union.

Forbes Union: Forbes Management is Union Busting

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Mar 14

So sorry!

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Mar 13

Despite @forbes.com CCO @randalllane.bsky.social's claim to want the best newsroom in media, he & CEO Sherry Phillips are keeping salaries below industry norms. Is it any wonder we've seen an exodus of staffers?

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Mar 13

We're back at the bargaining table after 3 YEARS of feet-dragging from @forbes.com, 3 YEARS of paying $$$$ to Forbes' white-shoe lawyer, 3 YEARS of hissy fits and juvenile name-calling. We are still waiting for the reset Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips promised.

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Mar 7

@forbes.com CEO Sherry Phillips promised us a reset. This is what we're getting at the bargaining table. #journalism

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Feb 27

The @forbes.com newsroom, the cornerstone of the brand, has shrunk significantly under @randalllane.bsky.social's lack of leadership. A win for our competitors. #media

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ForbesUnion @forbesunion.bsky.social · Feb 20

Repeat it with us: Diversity is strength. We want a contract where diversity and inclusion at @forbes.com aren't just words. #unionstrong

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