And if you want to help support journalists heading into an awful job market, please donate what you can to our GoFundMe. Thank you so much to everyone who has already contributed. ❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/support-ca...

Instead, CPBS is happy to save $ and wash its hands of the newsroom without cutting a dime of executive salaries. We’ve heard from lots of community members outraged that their donations are going to a $500K CEO paycheck. If you are too, please let the bosses know: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

@cascadepbs.bsky.social’s operating revenue is up 17% from last year, and they expect the public to believe they can’t afford a reasonable one-time severance package??

And finally, we think a company that has recently benefitted from a huge influx of new donations AND has long professed to care about local news can do more to ensure its workers can weather unemployment long enough to find new reporting/editing jobs and continue doing this critical work elsewhere.

It’s true they don’t HAVE to provide anything beyond what we bargained for in our last contract. But A) no one expected half the union to get laid off 5 months after ratifying a new contract, and B) 5 weeks of severance won’t go far in expensive Seattle, especially given our relatively low wages.

Yesterday was a dark day for local news. But we can weather dark times when we fight together. And we’re going to fight like hell over the next few weeks to get these journalists what they deserve from @cascadepbs.bsky.social

Nine Guild-represented journalists and their editors have also lost their livelihoods as a consequence of this decision. We are crowdfunding to support our affected colleagues, and you can help by donating to our layoff fund. tinyurl.com/LayoffFund

Our News and Investigations teams report deeply on crucial issues — immigration, labor, the impact of federal & state budget cuts, local politics — and with the elimination of these teams, many of these stories will go untold. Many voices in our community will be silenced.
tinyurl.com/LayoffFund

This contract, which was the product of a tough, drawn out fight, wouldn’t have been possible without the tireless support of our community. To everyone who has shown up for us these past 9 months, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. When we fight together, we win.

Our lowest-paid members were making less than $64K, and at ratification no one in the unit will be making less than $70K. We also secured additional PTO, doubled severance and stronger worker protections that will make a tangible difference in our members’ lives.

If the company can afford $2M in executive compensation and 9.5% raises for the CEO, they can afford to give us more than 2.25% annual raises (their most recent offer). We’re ready for a #FairContractNow. Are you, @cascadepbs.bsky.social?

The @cascadepbs.bsky.social CEO got a 9.5% raise in 2024, including a $103.8K bonus. Our unit members haven’t had raises since October 2023, when we got a 1.5% bump.

We were clear about our demands: #FairContractNow. And @mlklabor.bsky.social was clear that they have our backs if and when we strike. Now it’s up to @cascadepbs.bsky.social to decide if that’s necessary.

After the picket, a delegation from the unit went inside with the head of @mlklabor.bsky.social to invite our CEO, Rob Dunlop, to join us at the bargaining table tomorrow and explain to our faces why he deserves a $74K bonus while @cascadepbs.bsky.social journalists are struggling to make rent.