After losing salary increases and money in their savings accounts during the hardship of a pandemic, Vox Media employees now face record inflation and soaring cost-of-living expenses. These factors are ignored in management’s most recent counterproposals, as are proposals to address other chronic problems experienced by the Vox Media Union members: Many regularly work more than 40 hours a week; seasoned employees have gone years without promotions; and diversity and inclusion issues, especially around the retention of employees of color, remain top concerns.
All of these are important to the 350-plus members of the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) in the Vox Media Union. All have been thoughtfully addressed in the Vox Media Union’s contract proposals. And all have been watered down or rejected outright by Vox Media management.
Please take one minute to show your support for the Vox Media Union by sending a letter to Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff, asking him to settle a fair contract before the current collective bargaining agreement expires on midnight, June 13, 2022.
In Solidarity,
Team AFL-CIO