{"id":2562,"date":"2015-06-04T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/in-a-first-for-online-media-gawker-writers-join-union\/2562\/"},"modified":"2015-06-04T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:53:00","slug":"in-a-first-for-online-media-gawker-writers-join-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/in-a-first-for-online-media-gawker-writers-join-union\/","title":{"rendered":"In A First For Online Media, Gawker Writers Join Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brian Naylor<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

For the first time, workers at a digital media company have voted to join a union. Editorial employees at Gawker Media are joining the Writers Guild of America, after a vote in which 80 employees or 75 percent voted in favor of forming a union, and 27 employees, or 25 percent opposed.
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In a post on<\/a> the Gawker website, the editorial employees say the next steps are “determining what we want to bargain for, forming a bargaining committee and negotiating a contract.”<\/p>\n

Gawker, based in New York, runs a number of websites, including Gawker, Gizmodo and Jezebel. Together they claim 64 million readers. While Gawkers move is a first in the digital world, employees of many newspapers and broadcast networks, including NPR are union members.<\/p>\n

In an earlier post<\/a> explaining why employees wanted to form a union, writer Hamilton Nolan praised Gawker as being “relatively well run”, but added this:<\/p>\n

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“The online media industry makes real money. It’s now possible to find a career in this industry, rather than just a fleeting job. An organized work force is part of growing up. I fully expect that Gawker Media will emerge from this experience stronger than it has ever been.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nGawker CEO Nick Denton issued a statement, saying he is “pleased Gawker is leading the movement in the online media world toward collaboration and inclusion.”<\/p>\n

In an op ed piece<\/a> in the LA Times<\/em> published before the vote, former New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse said a successful vote “would be a big PR boost for the ailing labor movement.”<\/p>\n

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“It will show that unions, which have focused in recent years on organizing low-wage workers, can also attract hip, highly educated workers, many of them Ivy League graduates.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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For the first time, workers at a digital media company have voted to join a union. Editorial employees at Gawker Media are joining the Writers Guild of America, after a vote in which 80 employees or 75 percent voted in favor of forming a union, and 27 employees, or 25 percent opposed.
<\/a><\/p>\n

In a post on<\/a> the Gawker website, the editorial employees say the next steps are “determining what we want to bargain for, forming a bargaining committee and negotiating a contract.”<\/p>\n

Gawker, based in New York, runs a number of websites, including Gawker, Gizmodo and Jezebel. Together they claim 64 million readers. While Gawkers move is a first in the digital world, employees of many newspapers and broadcast networks, including NPR are union members.<\/p>\n

In an earlier post<\/a> explaining why employees wanted to form a union, writer Hamilton Nolan praised Gawker as being “relatively well run”, but added this:<\/p>\n

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“The online media industry makes real money. It’s now possible to find a career in this industry, rather than just a fleeting job. An organized work force is part of growing up. I fully expect that Gawker Media will emerge from this experience stronger than it has ever been.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nGawker CEO Nick Denton issued a statement, saying he is “pleased Gawker is leading the movement in the online media world toward collaboration and inclusion.”<\/p>\n

In an op ed piece<\/a> in the LA Times<\/em> published before the vote, former New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse said a successful vote “would be a big PR boost for the ailing labor movement.”<\/p>\n

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“It will show that unions, which have focused in recent years on organizing low-wage workers, can also attract hip, highly educated workers, many of them Ivy League graduates.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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