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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Happy #MayDay from the Bird Union! Thank you for all the support. Solidarity with all workers around the world.

Bird Union graphic of a cartoon male Greater Sage-Grouse with his fists raised. The words BIRD UNION! are above and below him. All is on a red background. Image by Maddox Wolfe.

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Nicolas Gonzalez @nicosgonzalez.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Audubon Science team is hiring! These positions are fully remote, full time, and represented by @thebirdunion.bsky.social. Salary ranges included in the following job descriptions Senior Manager, Quantitative Science audubon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Audubo...

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Senior Manager, Quantitative Science

Position Summary: The Senior Manager, Quantitative Science will be responsible for leading and executing analyses that measure the biological impacts of Audubon's initiatives. This will include develo...

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CWA @cwaunion.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

A meme featuring Patrick from Spongebob. He says, "Take the power from the bosses and give it to the workers."

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 22/11/2024

Enjoy birding on the weekend? Thank a union. And a bird.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hello new users! We’re the union for the hardworking folks at the National Audubon Society. What is your favorite bird?

Animated gif of two American woodcocks dancing in place. They are brown, football-shaped birds with a long thin bill. The larger one is holding a pride flag with big white letters reading “BIRD UNION.” The smaller bird is holding a tiny trans pride flag. Credit: Alex Tomlinson.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hello new users! We’re the union for the hardworking folks at the National Audubon Society. What is your favorite bird?

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Thank you, unions.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Some of what we secured: - Up to 7% salary increases per year - $3450 bonus through the life of the contract - Increase in Audubon’s contributions to healthcare costs - 12 weeks of paid parental leave (up from just 2!) - 17 shop stewards - Just Cause Discipline - Grievance and Arbitration Process

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Incredible work by @thebirdunion.bsky.social, which persevered through an incredibly dirty fight with Audubon's management to deliver the organization's first ever unionized contracts. As a former Audubon contributor, I'm very, very proud of them.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

We are proud to announce that our membership voted UNANIMOUSLY to ratify a three-year contract, our union’s first! More details to follow. We’re extremely grateful for all of the support you’ve shown us throughout the last 2.5 years of bargaining and escalations.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

We are so grateful to our many community allies for your support of our essential conservation work and our union. We are calling off the strike scheduled for September 10-12th.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

NEWS: After more than 2.5 years of bargaining and mounting a nationwide strike threat, we have come to a tentative agreement with Audubon management. The 3 year deal is a direct result of the dedication and hard work of our membership. We will proceed with a ratification vote.

Bird Union strike shrike perched on barbed wire with a picket sign announcing that a tentative agreement has been reached with Audubon management.

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Andy McGlashen @amcglashen.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

Almost unbelievable news. Cannot adequately express my gratitude and love for my colleagues who made this happen. A better world is possible.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

ICYMI: Audubon Society CEO Dr. Elizabeth Gray would rather join Elon Musk and others in attacking federal labor law as unconstitutional than settle the multiple Unfair Labor Practices that Audubon management has committed. More here and below: cwa-union.org/news/release...

Graphic with text reading “Audubon calls National Labor Relations Act unconstitutional” above a photo of a Loggerhead Shrike.

Graphic with excerpts of Audubon’s legal response to the NLRB complaint confirming their illegal behavior. The response says labor law is unconstitutional. Three headshots of notorious union busters Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Audubon CEO Elizabeth Gray adorn the graphic.

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 07/05/2024

Audubon Society has rolled out superior benefits to non-union staff, in what many see as anti-union retaliation. “It feels like I have to choose between having a family and staying at this organization. And that is a lot of power to give your employer.” inthesetimes.com/article/bird...

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Bird Union Workers Tell Audubon Union Busting Won't Fly

More than two years into the fight for a new contract, union members say the National Audubon Society appears to be punishing them by withholding better benefits.

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Mike Royce @mikeroyce.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

EXCELLENT piece on the shameful union-busting tactics being practiced by REI, Starbucks, Trader Joe's and the National Audubon Society (!) and how the NLRB needs new tools added to its arsenal to fight them prospect.org/labor/2024-0...

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Election Deniers in the C-Suites

Workers can win union elections, but companies pull out all the stops to prevent them from obtaining a first contract.

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Chimney Swiftie @owlathomelarper.bsky.social · 03/09/2024

The Bird Union has been trying to negotiate a fair contract w/Audubon for 2 1/2 YEARS and they're going on strike next week. Join a picket line: actionnetwork.org/event_campai... Contribute to the strike fund: www.gofundme.com/f/support-bi... Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

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Join the Bird Union on Strike!

Join Bird Union members on the picket line!

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 05/09/2024

Appalling multi-year battle against workers. When I say the Non-Profit Industrial Complex can f' right off, here's what I mean. Net Assets of Audubon Society = $566,011,134* Over a half a BILLION dollars in assets. Do you feel me now? *June 2023 tax filing

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Revenue
$156M (2023)

Expenses
$159M (2023)

Total Liabilities
$47.6M (2023)

Total Assets
$614M (2023)

source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

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kylie, themeny of the state,,, @kylie.hater.club · 06/09/2024

I will wake up ass early to go join @thebirdunion.bsky.social on Tuesday because Wednesday I will be hungover from a debate watch party, and I’ll see what SAG solidarity gear I can find that isn’t collecting dust in the back of my closet. If you would like to join: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

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Join the Bird Union on Strike!

Join Bird Union members on the picket line!

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

Please join us on the picket lines next week between September 10-12! Where there are birds, there are Bird Union workers to protect them, and where there are Bird Union workers, we gather to protect each other too. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

Picket locations in Anchorage, Audubon Pennsylvania, Boulder, Burlington, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Durham, Fort Collins, Los Angeles

Picket locations listed: New Orleans, New York, Oakland, Phoenix, Richmond Vermont, rockland Maine, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Santa Fe, Seattle, Washington DC

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 05/09/2024

It has been really, deeply sad to watch the Audubon organization — which I’ve done work for in the past, and had some real respect for — go to such despicable lengths to stop its employees from unionizing. They could have decided to make a deal at any point. Instead they decided to go to war.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 05/09/2024

I'm a simple man. When I see a strike fund, I donate to a strike fund.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 06/09/2024

Just told all my Tuesday plans to fuck themselves so that I can speak at @thebirdunion.bsky.social's rally

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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 05/09/2024

Me when I find out the audubon society has joined Elon Musk and the most notorious union busting law firm in questioning the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Act 🪶 cwa-union.org/news/release...

A furious looking bushtit about to take flight toward the camera

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 05/09/2024

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Florian Verdier @floriannechekuv.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Épisode particulier aujourd'hui où l'on revient en grande partie sur les actions menées par le syndicat @thebirdunion.bsky.social (et un peu de Moa) CDLS épisode 78 "Grève Générale" par Florian et Sophie, bonne écoute à tous ! 🎥: youtu.be/Lfd1iOvQeN4 🎙️ cdls.lepodcast.fr/cdls-numero-...

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

The Audubon Society’s staff union is going on strike! An independent group of current and former Audubon workers have launched a GoFundMe to support Bird Union members who walk out. Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-bi...

Bird Union graphic announcing strike dates for September 10-12. A red square with an image of a Loggerhead Shrike perched above the words “BIRD UNION STRIKE”

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Chris Tebbens @christebbens.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

OK, I donated because the people that support the organization are important for all of us to support!

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Neil but ready for fall (the season or “of the regime”) @burghpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

Working in the environmental NGO community can be extremely rewarding but it can also be exploitative. Good on Bird Union for fighting the good fight. Kick them a few bucks if you can (or should I say BILLS?) (I’ll show myself out)

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📫 New myGov Inbox message @r4v5.imgay.lol · 24/08/2024

the only good kind of bird strike!

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Sam Feldman @srfeld.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

I just donated to the strike fund for @thebirdunion.bsky.social, the union representing hundreds of workers at the Audubon Society, who may be forced to strike next month after management's repeated labor law violations. The bigger the strike fund, the more likely they win without having to strike.

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Support Bird Union Members on Strike, organized by Hannah Waters

My name is Hannah Waters and I’m a former member of the Bird Union-CWA Local 1180 a… Hannah Waters needs your support for Support Bird Union Members on Strike

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

“What I said to [Audubon CEO] Elizabeth Gray was, ‘It’s too late for me. Don’t let it be too late for others. Because this is gonna keep happening. You’re going to lose amazing staff.’” - Eva Lark, former Audubon worker Hear Eva’s story and many others here: inthesetimes.com/article/bird...

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Bird Union Workers Tell Audubon Union Busting Won't Fly

More than two years into the fight for a new contract, union members say the National Audubon Society appears to be punishing them by withholding better benefits.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

It’s been nearly 4 months since Audubon Society CEO Elizabeth Gray decided to withhold annual pay increases for Bird Union members. These are increases we *already earned* through our work the year prior. Another shameless attempt to union bust after 25 MONTHS of bargaining.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

Today, the talented, UNIONIZED staff of Audubon magazine is at the National Magazine Awards after being nominated for the *sixth* year. They consistently produce quality journalism and—along w/the rest of us—deserve a fair contract. Don’t you agree, Dr. Elizabeth Gray?

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Andy McGlashen @amcglashen.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

How long has @thebirdunion.bsky.social been fighting Audubon’s union-busting nonsense to negotiate our first contract?

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 09/01/2024

Audubon Society CEO Dr. Elizabeth Gray yanked back annual pay raises for union members last month right before the holidays. Now her office is hiring for an image consultant who may be paid up to $195,000/year Here’s some image advice for free, Dr. Gray: stop your union busting. Now.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

If you’d like to show your support for a fair contract for the workers at the National Audubon Society, please sign and share this petition. It goes directly to our CEO and to every single executive team member and board member. actionnetwork.org/letters/bird...

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Birding Community: Show Solidarity with The Bird Union

Audubon Workers Deserve a Fair Contract Now!

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 14/12/2023

Bird Union members are currently flooding Audubon staff slack with this image 🪶

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

The Audubon Society was one of our favorite clients ever because of the great people we worked with. It is a bummer how they are treating the workers who do so much for the birds and the environment.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Bird Union members earned our annual pay increases through our labor this past year. Audubon CEO Elizabeth Gray’s decision to yank these away (during the holidays no less) is a retaliatory and shameful attempt to bust the union while we negotiate our first contract.

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Jen Garrett-Ostermiller @jengo.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

As a proud union member and birder, I support the workers and have signed this petition. I invite you to do so too.

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Birding Community: Show Solidarity with The Bird Union

Audubon Workers Deserve a Fair Contract Now!

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

The latest in Audubon CEO Dr. Elizabeth Gray’s efforts to bust the Bird Union is a decision to withhold annual pay raises from all union members. These are wages our members have *already earned* thru our labor. Money we counted on. Announcing this during the holidays just adds insult to injury.

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The Bird Union 🪶 @thebirdunion.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Hello! We are the workers of the National Audubon Society. We work to protect each other as well as protect birds and the places they need. We unionized in 2021 with the Communication Workers of America (@cwa.org), and it’s been a very long road dealing with union busters at Audubon. Solidarity! 🪶

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