Local US newspaper workers allege Hearst is trying to ‘destroy unions’

Workers at local newspapers owned by Hearst allege the company is trying to “destroy unions” amid claims of widespread anti-union tactics, including violating union contracts and bad-faith bargaining.

The Albany Newspaper Guild, which represents the Times Union newspaper in Albany, New York, said it had been more than 17 years since the union had a contract and there had been little progress toward reaching a new one.

Wendy Liberatore, president of the Albany Newspaper Guild and the Saratoga county reporter at the Times Union, said the lack of pay increases at the newspaper had burdened employees who struggle to afford a higher cost of living, including higher deductibles for their healthcare plan. She also said that workers were concerned about Hearsteventually outsourcing jobs to AI.

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