to ~the union~
With New York mag unionizing today and Slate’s newly unionized staff recently authorizing a strike, here are two pieces that we’ve found p. useful for understanding the organized labor movement within digital media:
Organized Labor’s Growing Class Divide (The Atlantic) — which examines why unions are now perceived as much more of a ~hot thing~ in white collar offices vs. blue collar factories
More secure jobs, bigger paychecks: The reason for unionizing haven’t changed much in the last 80 years (Columbia Journalism Review) — which gives a lil historic overview of the way newspapers have resorted to organizing ever since the Great Depression.
Word on the street is that NY mag def. won’t be the last to do so...who else do you think’s next, Deezers??