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January 22, 2021

The New Yorker Union Goes on One-Day Strike to Protest "Egregious" Wage Proposal
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Union members at The New Yorker magazine went on a 24-hour strike
Thursday after denouncing "management's egregious wage proposal" in
their ongoing contract talks. According to the union, the wage proposal
includes the right to decrease union members' salaries by up to 20% at
any time. In a statement, unionized employees wrote, "We are committed
to The New Yorker, which is why many of us have worked here years - even
decades - despite low and stagnant wages. However much we may love our
jobs, that love is not enough to live on."


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