BREAKING: We have a contract!!!!! Last night we ratified our first contract after more than two years of negotiations.

“I support our local journalists at The Herald and share my unwavering support for a successful outcome to contract negotiations, especially in this new day where just the act of being a journalist is an act of bravery.” - Paula Rhyne, Everett City Council

Officers and activists from SPEEA joined members of other #unions and pro-labor groups at a picket supporting
@everettnewsguild.bsky.social in its effort to win a fair contract from the Everett Herald

Thank you to everyone who supported us at our picket yesterday! Your support lets our bosses know that the community has our back, not theirs.

#Solidarity: SPEEA joins @everettnewsguild.bsky.social picket, calls on Everett Herald management to lift pay for journalists above poverty line.

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Fun fact: When I started at the Everett Herald in 2000, I made $20 an hour. Today -- 25 years later -- the Everett Herald is offering its newsroom workers a base salary of $20.50 an hour.

Get real, people.

I'm standing with @everettnewsguild.bsky.social and I urge you to do the same.

Happy Labor Day!! Help us celebrate by joining us this week at our informational picket Thursday, Sept. 4 at Colby and Hewitt. Bring signs, wear red, make noise, support local news!

FOR RELEASE: Everett Herald journalists to hold downtown Everett informational picket

WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 4 at 6pm
WHERE: Intersection of Hewitt and Colby in Everett
WHY: To let our bosses know we deserve a fair contract!

Community members welcome!

UPDATE: The Everett NewsGuild is calling on Herald subscribers to support their contract fight as Carpenter Media Group continues to offer low wages and tie meager raises to story quotas. (1/5)