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Waandishi wa habari wa Kampuni ya Reuters wametangaza mgomo wa siku moja kupinga ongezeko dogo la Mishahara katika kipindi hiki cha Mfumuko wa Bei
Wanahabari hao wanadai Mwajiri wao hakujadiliana nao ipasavyo nyongeza ya mishahara, ambapo Shirika hilo linadaiwa kupendekeza Mikataba ya Miaka 3 wenye uhakika wa nyongeza ya malipo ya kila mwaka ya 1%, ambayo haiendani na mfumuko wa bei uliofikia 9%
Mgomo huo unakuja ambapo hivi karibuni Wafanyakazi wa Vyombo vya Habari nchini humo wamelalamika kutotendewa haki na Waajiri wao.
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journalists in the US are preparing to launch a daylong strike Thursday, the first walkout in decades among the media company’s long-unionized staff.
Employees plan to start a 24-hour strike at 6 a.m. New York time Thursday after claiming the company didn’t fairly negotiate pay increases, according to the Communications Workers of America’s NewsGuild, which represents US-based Reuters reporters, photographers and video journalists. The group said about 90% of the 300 or so Reuters employees it represents agreed to participate.
The news organization proposed a three-year contract with guaranteed annual pay increases of 1%, according to the union, which would erode employee spending power against a backdrop of 9% inflation. Members of the guild believe Reuters managers aren’t working with them in good faith, and have also filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board. They join an expanding group of media workers that have recently pushed back against what they characterize as unfair treatment by their employers.
“In 2020 we were all asked to step up,” said energy reporter Tim McLaughlin, a member of the union’s bargaining committee. “Everyone just rose to the occasion, and we thought - wrongly as it turns out - that we would get something in return.”
In an emailed statement, Reuters said it was “fully committed to constructive negotiations with the NewsGuild” to reach a contract. “These conversations are ongoing and we will continue to work with the Guild committee to settle on mutually agreeable terms,” the company said.”
Reuters employs around 2,500 journalists in close to 200 cities total, according to its website. The guild represents employees at outlets including the Washington Post, Politico, and Bloomberg LP’s subsidiary Bloomberg Industry Group. Bloomberg LP, parent of Bloomberg News, competes with Reuters as a provider of financial news and services.
The Reuters strike comes amid a wave of increased activism and organizing among media workers. The NewsGuild has prevailed in unionization elections in recent years at publications such as the Los Angeles Times. It also mounted strikes during the past year at outlets including Buzzfeed, the Miami Herald and, during Black Friday, the New York Times Co.’s Wirecutter product-review site.
Reuters employees timed Thursday’s walkout to coincide with the company’s second-quarter earnings announcement, hoping to maximize attention from management and customers. While one-day strikes often do more to impact companies’ public image than their operations, the guild said it expects the strike to disrupt Reuters’ newsgathering work by forcing management to rely on reporters abroad or editors to cover the day’s events.
In its statement, Reuters said, “We have extensive contingency plans in place that will minimize this brief disruption and are confident that we will deliver the highest quality of service to all our customers.”
SOURCE: BLOOMBERG
Wanahabari hao wanadai Mwajiri wao hakujadiliana nao ipasavyo nyongeza ya mishahara, ambapo Shirika hilo linadaiwa kupendekeza Mikataba ya Miaka 3 wenye uhakika wa nyongeza ya malipo ya kila mwaka ya 1%, ambayo haiendani na mfumuko wa bei uliofikia 9%
Mgomo huo unakuja ambapo hivi karibuni Wafanyakazi wa Vyombo vya Habari nchini humo wamelalamika kutotendewa haki na Waajiri wao.
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journalists in the US are preparing to launch a daylong strike Thursday, the first walkout in decades among the media company’s long-unionized staff.
Employees plan to start a 24-hour strike at 6 a.m. New York time Thursday after claiming the company didn’t fairly negotiate pay increases, according to the Communications Workers of America’s NewsGuild, which represents US-based Reuters reporters, photographers and video journalists. The group said about 90% of the 300 or so Reuters employees it represents agreed to participate.
The news organization proposed a three-year contract with guaranteed annual pay increases of 1%, according to the union, which would erode employee spending power against a backdrop of 9% inflation. Members of the guild believe Reuters managers aren’t working with them in good faith, and have also filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board. They join an expanding group of media workers that have recently pushed back against what they characterize as unfair treatment by their employers.
“In 2020 we were all asked to step up,” said energy reporter Tim McLaughlin, a member of the union’s bargaining committee. “Everyone just rose to the occasion, and we thought - wrongly as it turns out - that we would get something in return.”
In an emailed statement, Reuters said it was “fully committed to constructive negotiations with the NewsGuild” to reach a contract. “These conversations are ongoing and we will continue to work with the Guild committee to settle on mutually agreeable terms,” the company said.”
Reuters employs around 2,500 journalists in close to 200 cities total, according to its website. The guild represents employees at outlets including the Washington Post, Politico, and Bloomberg LP’s subsidiary Bloomberg Industry Group. Bloomberg LP, parent of Bloomberg News, competes with Reuters as a provider of financial news and services.
The Reuters strike comes amid a wave of increased activism and organizing among media workers. The NewsGuild has prevailed in unionization elections in recent years at publications such as the Los Angeles Times. It also mounted strikes during the past year at outlets including Buzzfeed, the Miami Herald and, during Black Friday, the New York Times Co.’s Wirecutter product-review site.
Reuters employees timed Thursday’s walkout to coincide with the company’s second-quarter earnings announcement, hoping to maximize attention from management and customers. While one-day strikes often do more to impact companies’ public image than their operations, the guild said it expects the strike to disrupt Reuters’ newsgathering work by forcing management to rely on reporters abroad or editors to cover the day’s events.
In its statement, Reuters said, “We have extensive contingency plans in place that will minimize this brief disruption and are confident that we will deliver the highest quality of service to all our customers.”
SOURCE: BLOOMBERG
