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Representing journalists at VTDigger, a non-profit newsroom covering Vermont. Proud part of The NewsGuild-CWA.

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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
As a Guild, we feel confident that this contract sets VTDigger up for a strong future. And, while you’re here, we hope you’ll consider doing what you can to help ensure that future, too. Donate to VTDigger’s ongoing Spring Member Drive here: vtdigger.donorsupport.co/page/Spring2026. Thank you!
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Some other highlights of the new Guild-management deal: more paid time off, a yearly stipend for professional development and a more formal process for reporters to voice their opinions when top newsroom leaders get hired.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We’re also reassured that VTDigger will make enhanced benefits available to our members in the event there are layoffs because of AI.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We asked for a voice in how AI tools get used in our newsroom and now, a new committee, with reporters and managers at the table, will make sure this technology is rolled out ethically.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We’re grateful to our managers for listening to the concerns our members raised, and helping us take steps to solve some of the biggest challenges for journalists today. We asked for higher pay in the face of rising costs of living. Now, our members will see as high as double-digit percent raises.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Vermont Journalism Trust, VTDigger Guild reach second collective bargaining agreement - VTDigger
The contract raises minimum salaries by more than 30%
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We’re thrilled to share that the VTDigger Guild has reached a deal with our management on an updated contract. The agreement we’ve built together will make VTDigger a better place to work—and only strengthen the journalism our members produce every day and that our readers across the state rely on.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
News, Not Slop! Send a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/1f19...
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Tell VTDigger Management: Work with journalists on AI, not without us
We, the journalists of VTDigger, have been at the bargaining table for a year — and are close to securing a more equitable and transparent contract. But a critical sticking point remains: artificial i...
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We know that readers and small-donors also prefer human journalists – not unreliable and biased AI news. Tell VTDigger management to work with us on the ways AI is implemented in our newsroom. At stake is not only our own job security but the integrity of our local, mission-driven journalism.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Unfortunately, our management refused to consider these sensible protections. Instead, as consolation, they offered slightly longer notice if they one day choose to replace one of our jobs with AI.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
And we’re not alone. Last month, in solidarity with journalists from 15 unionized nonprofit newsrooms across the country, we published an open letter demanding our news industry leaders agree to common-sense guardrails around the use of AI.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
VTDigger management wants to implement and experiment with AI as they wish. We, on the other hand, want journalists to have a say over how these new technologies are used in our jobs and in our workplace.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We, the journalists of VTDigger, have been at the bargaining table for a year — and are close to securing a more equitable and transparent contract. But a critical sticking point remains: artificial intelligence, and the uncertainties it presents to the future of our local newsroom.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Tell VTDigger Management: Work with journalists on AI, not without us. Petition : actionnetwork.org/letters/1f19...
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Tell VTDigger Management: Work with journalists on AI, not without us
We, the journalists of VTDigger, have been at the bargaining table for a year — and are close to securing a more equitable and transparent contract. But a critical sticking point remains: artificial i...
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
We demand VTDigger pay its journalists their fair share.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
We reject the premise that our journalists should be paid the least simply because the market permits it.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
VTDigger wants to continue paying us an unlivable wage. It wants to cut its contribution to our health care premiums. It wants to gut our employment protections. All as leadership compensation has ballooned and our own ranks continue to shrink.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Our VTDigger Guild members held a coordinate lunch-out today to demand that VTDigger management return to the bargaining table with a contract proposal that addresses unsustainable inequity and turnover at the organization.
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
VTDIGGER GUILD LUNCH OUT actionnetwork.org/letters/fair...
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 12/08/2025
We took a collective lunch break today to protest @propublica.org management’s continued use of a flawed performance management system. Just this morning, a member of our Bargaining Committee was fired as a result of this system. Read more: www.propublicaguild.org/updates/we-d...
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We Demand a Pro Worker ProPublica — ProPublica Guild
We took a collective lunch break Tuesday to protest ProPublica management’s continued use of a flawed performance management system — including denying steward representation in disciplinary meeti...
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
If you're passionate about our journalism, tell VTDigger's leadership! actionnetwork.org/letters/fair...
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
June is here—and we're heading back to the bargaining table today! We'll be countering an economics proposal that management passed last month which many of our members called insulting. And we'll be following up with some heat in the coming days. So watch this space!!
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 01/05/2025
Today, we issued a letter — signed by 70% of our unit — to @sengelberg.bsky.social and @robinsparkman.bsky.social asking them to uphold ProPublica’s values of fairness, transparency and accountability at the bargaining table.
Dear Steve and Robin,
Since we unionized in 2023, we have worked hard to reach a contract that honors ProPublica's
mission. In order to fulfill that vision, our values of fairness, transparency and accountability
must apply not only to our reporting but also to our workplace.
Our proposals have sought basic contractual rights that align with those values and exist at
many other unionized newsrooms.
Instead of working with us to codify those rights, you have struck through many of our
proposals, called for broad carve outs and delayed discussion of key provisions such as
protections against layoffs and overwork. Those tactics are not in line with the ProPublica you
say you want to build.
In recent months:
● You have refused to allow stewards in performance meetings that could lead to
discipline.
● You have resisted attempts to reform our disciplinary system, rejecting a standard
approach to just cause and measures to improve transparency and clarity.
● You rejected our proposal that would ensure our jobs will not be replaced by artificial
intelligence.
What we are seeking is simple: ProPublica management must uphold its values in its own
workplace. We expect that your proposals going forward will reflect these shared values.
Sincerely,
ProPublica Guild
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VTDigger Guild @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Happy International Workers' Day! This May Day, the VTDigger Guild is relaunching our socials in solidarity with our journalism industry colleagues and the wider labor movement. Keep up the fight.
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