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Jon Schleuss @jschleuss.com · 06/11/2025

Disgusting union-busting behavior by Condé Nast. Journalists hold power to account, including at our own employers. They should be returned to work ASAP.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 05/11/2025

Solidarity with my former colleagues. As a reminder, a member of Rewire management received a $24k raise last year, and Rewire’s executive director makes more than 3x this proposed salary floor.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

To be frank: It’s insulting. Their proposed floor is $8,000 less than what our lowest-paid member makes. They want to wrap up bargaining by December, but we won’t accept less than what our members deserve.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A month ago, we proposed a salary floor of $90k to management, citing our costs of living, RNG’s wage disparities, and the fact that most of us worked second jobs in the last year to make ends meet. Yesterday, management countered—with a salary floor of $60k.

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Cameron Oakes @cameronoakes.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I am so proud of the work my colleagues and I do at Rewire. But by our calculations, management gave themselves $942,817.55 for their 7 salaries, and allotted $464,373.70 for our union's 6. We are so disappointed by this and we want more equitable pay. Details on that below ⬇️

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Natasha Roy @natasharoy.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Our union members are proud of the work we do at Rewire, but we’re incredibly disappointed and jarred by the vast pay disparity between management and the unit. By our calculations, mgmt gave themselves $942,817.55 for their 7 salaries, and allotted $464,373.70 for our 6. We deserve equitable pay.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

We want to—and do—work hard. We care about Rewire & its mission. But it’s clear to us that management doesn’t see dedication to the cause as enough compensation for themselves. We do not need to make the same salaries as management. But we do need to live decently, and we need to be paid equitably.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

“I have confidence in our leadership’s vision and believe together we can create an environment that prioritizes fair compensation for all staff members. This change presents a crucial opportunity to align our values with our actions and foster a culture of collaboration and respect.”

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

“Without trust & transparency b/w the union & mgmt, how can we expect readers to find that in our coverage? By not paying unit members their worth & not staffing the newsroom adequately, we’re failing in our mission. I hope we can come together to reach resolution & align with our org values.”

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

“I was told during my annual review, 3 months into our executive director’s tenure, that while I deserved a raise, there was no budget for one. We now know that a member of management received a $24,000 raise this year. It’s inequitable and unethical.”

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

...We have 7 managers for 6 employees. When management is out the wheel keeps turning. When a unit member is out, the quality of work decreases, projects are dropped, and deadlines are missed even with clear handoff documents.” (2/2)

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

“I’m disappointed with the income disparity and the routine lack of integrity in management. We claim a culture we do not abide by. Management sidelines and gaslights employees, and refuses to take accountability for poor practices/systems... (1/2)

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

“I feel like I’m doing work that's important to the org as a whole, but my salary doesn't reflect that. A higher salary would mean I could focus fully on this job instead of piecing together multiple incomes & it would give me the stability to plan for my future without constant financial stress.”

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

“I’ve been working a second job. Not for extra spending money, not for fun: but to cover the costs of my gender-affirming care. It’s exhausting. And obviously, I’m doing it because this care is necessary for me to live fully as myself in the type of landscape we live in today, as a queer person.”

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Here’s more from our members on why the pay disparity between unit members and management is such a problem:

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Why does this matter? Unit members are an essential part of newsroom functioning. We make sure RNG’s content is fair, accurate, transparent and accessible to our audiences. And our unit is staffed with queer folks and people of color—communities historically underpaid and underrepresented in media.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

So we’re asking for a minimum unit member salary of $90,000. And we’re asking management to forgo COLA for the remainder of the three-year contract. This will bring our members’ salaries closer to moderate income levels in the cities where we live.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Our pay is well below industry averages and median incomes in the areas we live and work.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

By our math, one member of management also appears to have been given a $24,000 raise in the last year. Meanwhile, multiple members of the unit have been told there is no budget for pay increases.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

The total management salary budget for 7 people is $942,817.55, while the unit salary budget for 6 people is $464,373.70. The average management salary is $134,688.22. Meanwhile the unit salary averages to $77,395.62. It’s only $71,269.67 without the highest-paid unit member, who makes six figures.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Currently there are seven members of management and six unit members at RNG. But management salaries make up 67% of the salary budget (excluding one employee who is neither a member of management nor the unit). Meanwhile, RNG unit members’ salaries account for only 33%.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Since we last shared an update on bargaining, we’ve received additional information about management salaries at Rewire. The TLDR: The pay discrepancy between management and union members is deeply unsettling.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 19/08/2025

Please support my former colleagues in working to make their workplace a more equitable one. And perhaps consider whether you want to continue supporting “progressive” personalities who are pro-union everywhere but their own workplace.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 19/08/2025

I am still paying off debt from a mistake Rewire made in my tax withholding in 2023, an issue that affected two union members that year. In addition to offering us zero help, management took so little care in “investigating” the issue that it happened to a third person the following year.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Management keeps touting a new era of RNG, and we’re excited to be part of that. But they continue to ask us to take on more work without offering appropriate compensation. We’re asking them to show up to the table in good faith and get serious about addressing RNG’s historic pay equity issues.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Management pitched these counterproposals as a compromise. But we view them as an opportunity to appear conciliatory while avoiding having to commit to legally-actionable wage increases.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Cost-of-living adjustments aren’t enough — and they go significantly further for members of management who make six-figures. And instead of giving us equitable raises, management is proposing to give a little more money for phone/internet services + an extra $250 for professional development.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

By contrast, our co-chief content officers each made $131,797 and $120,212 in 2024. We estimate our new executive director makes $188K (we don’t have an exact number, because management refuses to share it with us). projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Instead, we’re each considered low-income in the city we’re required to live in. We could instead move to D.C., where the average salary is ~$130K, or Chicago, where it was recently estimated that a single adult needs to make ~$98K to not live paycheck-to-paycheck. But we’d need permission to move.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

With the exception of one person, no one in our unit makes more than $75K. Most of us live in NYC, and, famously, it’s expensive. To be considered moderate income in the city, each of our members would need to make at least $90,720, according to the city government.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Management keeps saying they can’t afford to adopt our economic proposals. But they’re hiring contractors left and right to handle podcast and video production, they won’t share the full breakdown of the organization’s budget, and now they’re teasing layoffs — after hiring new managers.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We’ve proposed multiple remedies, including back pay for those who effectively worked two jobs at RNG, annual raises beyond the paltry COLA, and covering more of our health-care premiums.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

A fourth member has not received a merit raise since being hired in 2022 — all while managing an increasing workload, including fundraising campaigns, creating graphics, and launching a new newsletter.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

For nearly a year, one unit member created every single website graphic and produced our flagship podcast. Another managed every single one of our social platforms. And third edited every single story and ran the website. All with no support and no additional pay.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

When we set out to negotiate a stronger contract, we wanted to prioritize pay equity, dignity, and fairness — heavy on pay equity. Until recently, most of our six-person unit worked without a manager for more than 6 months, taking on our old supervisors’ responsibilities without appropriate pay.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

🧵 We’ve been bargaining with management for the *entire* summer, and we wanted to give y’all an update. (Spoiler: No, we don’t have a tentative agreement.)

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

We’re prioritizing dignity & being valued as we enter bargaining. We ask for respect as employees. At last week’s offsite, mgmt presented RNG values, incl respect. But management’s long been held to different standards. One leader publicly insults us in several posts — while making ~2x our salaries.

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

It's a tough job made even more difficult by the fact that our unit members make just a fraction of management's salaries. Most of us can't live in major cities without taking on freelance work to supplement our incomes. We hope to have your support as we enter bargaining with management soon!

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

👋 We wanted to introduce ourselves! We are the editors, producers, and development strategists who make Rewire News Group what it is: A source for essential reproductive justice news.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 16/05/2025

Go follow my former colleagues at @rngunion.bsky.social! They need your support for their upcoming contract fight

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Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Hello world! The RNG Union is small but mighty, and we look forward to bargaining a new, fair contract soon.

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