Courtesy Picture / San Antonio Report Union
Employees on the San Antonio Report showcase their new union T-shirts.
The San Antonio Report has voluntarily acknowledged its worker union, staff and administration on the nonprofit information group confirmed Friday.
The San Antonio Report Union’s 15 members met with administration Thursday in what staffers described as an open and productive dialogue. In the course of the dialogue, administration acknowledged the union, whereas staffers mentioned they’re going to proceed to demand the reinstatement of Viewers Editor Sandra Santos, who was laid off Wednesday in a price range lower.
The San Antonio Report’s employees staged a day-long walkout over Santos’ termination. Employees additionally filed a grievance with the Nationwide Labor Relations Board, accusing the nonprofit of illegally eliminating the place throughout an organizing push — a declare administration denied.
San Antonio Report Union representatives mentioned they’re transferring forward with the NLRB grievance. Even so, they continue to be hopeful about Thursday’s talks.
“We felt just like the assembly we had yesterday was a really trustworthy dialogue, and we’re each excited to get to the bargaining desk,” photojournalist Bria Woods mentioned.
San Antonio Report Writer and CEO Angie Mock echoed the emotions in emailed assertion.
“We look ahead to working collectively to make sure that the Report is a precious information supply for generations to return,” she mentioned.
San Antonio Report staff introduced plans to unionize in a Wednesday, Jan. 17, tweet. They gave administration till the next day to acknowledge their group, however Mock subsequently informed the Present they did not give her sufficient time to debate the matter with the nonprofit’s board.
Senior Reporter and union member Iris Dimmick mentioned either side are dedicated to long-term enhancements on the 12-year-old information group. Amongst different issues, staffers are pushing for higher pay fairness, improved transparency, extra refined human assets processes and a strengthened dedication to variety, fairness and inclusion.
“On the finish of the day, the union, the employees and administration wish to come out of this a stronger newsroom,” Dimmick mentioned.
The organizing push comes as different newsrooms, together with these of each the nonprofit Texas Tribune and the for-profit Los Angeles Occasions, climate latest layoffs and price range cuts. Staffers on the Tribune on Wednesday introduced their very own plans to unionize.
San Antonio Report and Tribune staff initially deliberate to publicize their organizing efforts concurrently, in keeping with Woods. Nonetheless, the San Antonio Report employees pushed up its announcement date in anticipation of looming cuts.
“We had been in communication with the Texas Tribune newsroom, and we celebrated with them once they went reside,” Woods mentioned. “We stand in solidarity with one another.”
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