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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

ICYMI on Friday, @propublicaguild.org ratified our FIRST union contract! We got a ton of support over the past three years from our readers and listeners and we're so grateful. Find out more here: www.propublicaguild.org/updates/prop...

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ProPublica Guild Ratifies First Contract — ProPublica Guild

Members of the ProPublica Guild, which represents more than 150 workers across the nonprofit investigative newsroom, overwhelmingly voted to ratify our first contract on Friday, exactly three years si...

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 31/07/2026

🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.org’s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins👇

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Brandon Roberts @bxroberts.org · 31/07/2026

We have a deal with ProPublica mgmt! So thankful for all the public support we received and for the effort of all the workers who make up ProPublica. If you were withholding your donation due to the fight, it's time to help us out so we can continue doing what we do best: holding power to account

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 31/07/2026

Still, we’re proud of this contract. It will meaningfully improve our members’ lives and help make ProPublica a better place to work. We will remain vigilant to ensure the company fully follows this contract. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/prop...

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 31/07/2026

At the start of bargaining, management said many of the things we’ve won were impossible. They fought us hard on provisions across this contract, especially on topics such as AI, where they are retaining too much control.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 31/07/2026

✍️ Expanded book and creative leave options. ✅ Protections against managers, freelancers and long-term temps doing unit work. 🤝 Profit sharing when members’ work is optioned.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 31/07/2026

⏱️ Guaranteed comp time when members must work extra hours. 🌴 Vacation rollover and payout. 🏢 Flexibility in the organization’s return-to-office policy.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 31/07/2026

💰Robust layoff protections, including enhanced severance for long-term employees and an industry-leading 14-month recall commitment. ⛔🤖Creation of a committee where bargaining unit members will have a say in issues related to AI, including in the company’s AI policy.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 31/07/2026

⚖️ Substantial reforms to ProPublica’s disciplinary process, including a mandate that the company follow transparent and fair steps when disciplining a worker for performance reasons.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 31/07/2026

🏥 A guarantee to maintain health insurance quality and coverage. 🏥 Secured a new health insurance option with a better premium split that has already saved members with dependents thousands each year.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 31/07/2026

💵 A $75,000 salary minimum, up from about $62,000 when we formed our union in 2023.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 31/07/2026

💵 Many of our lowest-paid members will receive an immediate raise, followed by a 4.5% pay increase in 2027. All members are guaranteed a minimum general wage increase each year that averages above 3%. This deal will also help correct regional pay disparities.

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Cassandra Jaramillo @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Our work wouldn't be as successful without all of the unsung heroes of this organization: copy, visuals, IT, our PR team, those who retain our donors, finance, etc. Management, por favor, let's close this contract out with good pay scales and GWI.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 15/07/2026

“One of the things that I really care about is making sure that we have transparent pay scales,” says reporter Cassandra Jaramillo, “While I'm very grateful for what I'm able to earn as a reporter, it's not the same story for some of my colleagues in different departments.”

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 15/07/2026

Reporter Lisa Song says that it “just doesn’t make sense” for ProPublica management to require a rigid RTO policy. Our members work long hours and need a flexible RTO policy to do their best work.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 15/07/2026

“ProPublica should be the example for the industry,” says reporter Mark Olalde, “that means fair pay… that means layoff protections, and that means guardrails around artificial intelligence.” Learn more about our fight for a fair contract at propublicaguild.org

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Katie Worth @katieworth.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Adding my voice to those calling for a GREAT first contract between @propublica.org and its union @propublicaguild.org

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 14/07/2026

“A flexible hybrid schedule allows us to retain and support employees long term as they grow professionally and personally, building and caring for their families,” says visual editor Alex Bandoni, who worries that a rigid RTO policy will especially impact parents.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 14/07/2026

We applaud our colleagues at the High Country News Union for winning an impactful first contract! The magazine is stronger for the protections and benefits its workers have earned. ✊ newsguild.org/workers-at-h...

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Workers at High Country News–aka the GOAT union–wins first contract | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 14/07/2026

“We deserve adequate pay,” says copy editor Julie Kliegman, “That means salary floors that match the cost of living and annual increases that keep up with inflation.” Support us in our fight for a fair contract: propublicaguild.org.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 14/07/2026

It’s important that staffers “don’t feel like they have to get a second job or even leave the industry… to make ends meet,” says engagement reporter Asia Fields, who wants a strong contract both for our members and to help the journalism industry at large.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 13/07/2026

Climate reporter Katie Worth wants to see fair wages in our contract, especially for our development team. “I think it’s only fair for a small portion of [ProPublica’s increased revenue] to go toward wage increases that at least keep up with inflation.”

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 13/07/2026

“I’m frustrated because management is not agreeing to a basic cornerstone of every union contract,” says news apps developer Al Shaw. Seniority-based layoff protections are important both for protecting long-time staffers AND for ensuring layoffs can’t be used to circumvent Just Cause protections.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 13/07/2026

“ProPublica can be extremely generous with its senior reporters,” says reporter Doug Bock Clark, “but for entry level people… they’re not getting paid enough.” We need contract language that ensures fair wages for all ProPublica employees.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 10/07/2026

“I really care about A.I. in this contract and getting really strong guardrails to protect our work,” says grants coordinator Eli Oberman. Management has said they want to have responsible A.I. policies – but we need them to put those policies in a contract!

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 10/07/2026

“ProPublica management should honor all of the years of service that so many have devoted to making [it] the investigative powerhouse it’s become,” says Nadia Sussman, who has been a video journalist at ProPublica for almost nine years. We need seniority-based layoff protections in our contract.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 09/07/2026

“It's time for management to come to the table with some real movement so we can close out this contract and get back to focusing on that work that we love doing,” says interactive story designer Anna Donlan. We need management to agree to a reasonable wage proposal now.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 09/07/2026

“I care most about a contract that will lift the salary floors of our lowest paid employees so that they can afford to live in the cities that we work in,” says research reporter Kirsten Berg. We deserve a fair contract now!

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/07/2026

Some ProPublicans are “penalized by @propublica.org’s pay structure because we live in areas deemed to be having a lower cost of living,” says reporter Max Blau. Management must agree to fairer wages in our contract.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/07/2026

Visuals editor Shoshana Gordon uses her paints, brushes, easel and other art supplies in her home office. Doing her job “really wouldn’t be possible” if she had to report to an office. We need a flexible RTO policy that ensures our colleagues can do their work wherever it makes the most sense.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/07/2026

“I started about three months ago, right after I got laid off at the Washington Post,” says audio producer Sabby Robinson, “layoff protections are really important to me.” Our message to @propublica.org management: we need strong layoff protections in our contract!

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 07/07/2026

“As a video journalist for ProPublica my job requires me to travel a ton,” says Katie Campbell, “A rigid return to office policy does not make any sense.” We’re fighting for an RTO policy that preserves flexibility so our members can keep doing their best work.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 07/07/2026

“I believe that all of my colleagues in every department … are doing invaluable work,” says regional office manager Liz Barr, “I don’t believe that any of them can be responsibly replaced with AI.” We deserve a contract that bars management from replacing workers with AI.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 07/07/2026

“We have people living in areas with wildly different costs of living and currently our pay scales don’t really account for that,” says Texas-based reporter Zach Despart. All of our union members must make a living wage.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 06/07/2026

Lisa Riordan Seville, senior video producer at @propublica.org: “We're asking for wages that allow people to take care of their families, pay the rising costs of housing and food ... so they can continue to do the kind of work that wins Pulitzers and holds power to account.”

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 06/07/2026

“In a media industry that's doing constant layoffs,” says senior YouTube producer Elizabeth Macaulay, “it means so much to know that you are secure in your workplace and that you can continue to do your best work.”

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 06/07/2026

Dan Phiffer is a software engineer who helps build the ProPublica website: “It's been very frustrating to see such a stark contrast between those efforts to get AI right, in practice, with management's vague and unfettered bargaining position.”

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 02/07/2026

“I love my job … I love the people I work with,” says reporter Duaa Eldeib, “and to continue to do that work, we need wages that keep up with inflation.” Visit propublicaguild.org to help ProPublica workers win a strong first contract.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 02/07/2026

“ProPublica is … a shining light in a very troubled journalism industry,” says reporter Anna Barry-Jester, but “management is refusing to agree to basic layoff protections.” Help us win a fair contract with strong layoff protections: propublicaguild.org

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 02/07/2026

“I’m deeply concerned about wage disparities across the newsroom,” says Jeremy Kohler, a reporter based in St. Louis. We need @propublica.org management to agree to fair wages in our contract.

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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

When I was a News Apps developer at ProPublica I worked remotely nearly all of the time. Wasn't ever mentioned as a problem, because with proper understanding between adults it's not.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 01/07/2026

ProPublica reporter Sharon Lerner likes going into the office, but “there are days when it doesn’t make sense, like when I’m making calls to another country or too busy to spend the time on the train.” We need a flexible return-to-office policy.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 01/07/2026

A rigid return to office policy just doesn’t make sense for the way we work at ProPublica. Development team member Megan Martenyi wants to see an RTO policy with flexibility that allows for everyone to do their best work.

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 01/07/2026

Ruth Talbot works on the news apps team at ProPublica: “I work with absolutely incredible, driven, dedicated, talented people here, who I trust to get their work done wherever works best for them.” Support our fight for an RTO policy that preserves flexibility: www.propublicaguild.org

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 30/06/2026

Perla Trevizo has been a reporter for 20 years. “I’ve been very, very lucky that I haven’t had to go through layoffs in my entire time as a journalist,” she said. “I hope to keep it that way.” We need job security protections to keep doing this work over the long haul: www.propublicaguild.org

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