The Dodo Union
LightNews LightNews
thedodounion.bsky.social
The Dodo Union
@thedodounion.bsky.social
91 followers 3 following 0 posts
Animal people of the Writers Guild of America, East ✊ 🐶 🐱
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by The Dodo Union
voxmediaunion.bsky.social
Congrats to the Vox Union and the Dodo as we begin bargaining this week ✊ We continue to demand #oneuniononecontract and bargain in solidarity, despite Vox Media's efforts to keep us separated.

Like/share if you agree we are stronger together!
Text reading "We Demand One Union, One Contract" above the combined Vox Media Union logo and below that the hashtag #oneuniononecontract Text reading: #oneuniononecontract Despite having identical patterns of demands, the same negotiating committee, and working under the same company, Vox Media is wasting time, resources, and energy by forcing wirkers at the Dodo to bargain separately from their Vox Media Union colleagues. Text reading: Bargaining sessions shouldn't feel like Groundhog Day. One Union, One Contract just makes sense. Join us in demanding #oneuniononecontract for the Vox Media Union.
January 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by The Dodo Union
wgaeast.bsky.social
We’re looking forward to welcoming PS to the Vox Media Union! ✊

As we begin negotiations today, we hope @vox.com respects their workers’ very reasonable demand to work under the same union contract as their other Vox colleagues.
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Jan 22
Nearly 3 years after being acquired by Vox Media, PS (formerly POPSUGAR) is excited to announce its bid to join the Vox Media Union. Following devastating layoffs, our prospective members are more motivated than ever to fight for an equitable, united workplace. Please share to show your support!
"In its 18-year history, PS has become known as a place for joy, thoughtful criticism, and catharsis. Following a relaunch in 2024, PS has continued to evolve and grow along with readers, but behind the scenes, staffers have endured acquisitions, structural overhauls, and several mass layoffs resulting in understaffing." "It's time for PS employees to have a greater say in these decisions that affect their workplace. We are looking forward to PS joining the Vox Media Union and we expect a swift recognition process without delay or division."
January 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reposted by The Dodo Union
voxmediaunion.bsky.social
Nearly 3 years after being acquired by Vox Media, PS (formerly POPSUGAR) is excited to announce its bid to join the Vox Media Union. Following devastating layoffs, our prospective members are more motivated than ever to fight for an equitable, united workplace. Please share to show your support!
"In its 18-year history, PS has become known as a place for joy, thoughtful criticism, and catharsis. Following a relaunch in 2024, PS has continued to evolve and grow along with readers, but behind the scenes, staffers have endured acquisitions, structural overhauls, and several mass layoffs resulting in understaffing." "It's time for PS employees to have a greater say in these decisions that affect their workplace. We are looking forward to PS joining the Vox Media Union and we expect a swift recognition process without delay or division."
January 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Reposted by The Dodo Union
voxmediaunion.bsky.social
We are overwhelmed by and grateful for the support we've received from everyone in the aftermath of Vox Media's awful end-of-year layoffs.

If you have some spare cash, please donate. All funds will go directly to those who lost their jobs last week.

www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union, organized by Ashok Selvam
On Thursday, December 5, nearly 40 members of the Vox Media Union, Thr… Ashok Selvam needs your support for Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union
www.gofundme.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by The Dodo Union
jayasaxena.com
Got a gofundme here for all our affected colleagues today gofund.me/1699cd82
December 6, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Reposted by The Dodo Union
jayasaxena.com
The way they are trying to reorganize Eater right now is, I cannot emphasize this enough, so fucking stupid. We are working to mitigate this impact as much as possible for our unit. And good job Vox Media, you just made us all even more pissed as we head into bargaining our third contract
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Dec 5
Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.
Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Media’s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of management’s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. We are incredibly disappointed by management’s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of management’s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. Many of those impacted by today’s layoffs work on Eater’s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the country’s most prominent food website, and management’s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.
December 5, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Reposted by The Dodo Union
annanorth.bsky.social
Solidarity with my colleagues at Thrillist and Eater who were laid off. Hire them!
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Dec 5
Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.
Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Media’s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of management’s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. We are incredibly disappointed by management’s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of management’s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. Many of those impacted by today’s layoffs work on Eater’s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the country’s most prominent food website, and management’s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.
December 5, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Reposted by The Dodo Union
bookshop.bsky.social
It's also extremely frustrating that we’re shuttering our fantastic travel vertical and Eater's regional coverage in a moment where the country is growing both more isolationist and polarized, when we desperately need journalists who can help us connect to our own communities and others worldwide.
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · Dec 5
Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.
Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Media’s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of management’s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. We are incredibly disappointed by management’s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of management’s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. Many of those impacted by today’s layoffs work on Eater’s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the country’s most prominent food website, and management’s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.
December 5, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Reposted by The Dodo Union
voxmediaunion.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.
Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Media’s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of management’s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. We are incredibly disappointed by management’s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of management’s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. Many of those impacted by today’s layoffs work on Eater’s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the country’s most prominent food website, and management’s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.
December 5, 2024 at 5:04 PM