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We’re the journalists of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle and we’re unionizing to protect our newsroom and preserve the 110-year-old mission of our newspaper.

Bozeman, MT
Joined March 2022
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We won our union election unanimously! 🎉 #unionstrong #mtnews
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Thinking of our Lee colleagues across the state today. What's happening to Montana's local news is devastating for everyone and these companies need to be held accountable.
We’re devastated by today’s news that six of our members were laid off. We were cautiously optimistic that @LeeEntNews was starting to realize the importance of investing in local journalism, but today proves Lee only cares about short term profit margins.
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CALL TO ACTION: We are fighting for a fair contract and need your support. Please email the contacts below and tell @PublishingAdams to offer us a living wage! @newsguild #mtnews
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Feel free to write your own message, but here is a sample email: Subject: Pay your journalists a fair wage I am writing to show my support for the Yellowstone News Guild and the reporters at the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. 1/2
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I value local news and believe that paying my local journalists a living wage is the best way to ensure the Chronicle continues to serve Bozeman. They deserve a living wage, and $16 an hour is not going to cut it. Stop lowballing and pay your journalists fairly. 2/2
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Yellowstone News Guild retweeted
Adams has kept its journalists under 40 hours a week since the pandemic, and it’s held steady at a slap-in-the-face 37.5 hours per week for about two years. A fair contract for our Bozeman friends is the least Adams could do.
We've been bargaining with Adams Publishing since July, but they continue to insist on paying their journalist's poverty wages. We need a fair contract now.
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We've been bargaining with Adams Publishing since July, but they continue to insist on paying their journalist's poverty wages. We need a fair contract now.
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Welcome to our colleagues at our new sister papers! We hope this is a real commitment by @PublishingAdams to invest in Montana’s local news. To do so, Adams will have to invest in its reporters and pay them a fair wage - a standard Adams is not yet meeting @bozchron. #mtnews
Chronicle's parent company purchasing Yellowstone Newspapers dlvr.it/Sbf5Lz
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.@PublishingAdams can buy 13 new papers, but won’t return its reporters to a 40-hour work week and are lowballing us on wage proposals during ongoing contract negotiations. We just want a living wage. It’s time for Adams to actually support its reporters as it expand in Montana.
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We had our first bargaining meeting with @PublishingAdams today. We presented our proposal and explained why higher wages are a necessity. We’re excited to continue to bargain in good faith! @newsguild #unionstrong #mtnews
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Yellowstone News Guild retweeted
Every new union member is a HUGE WIN for everyone 🔥
We won our union election unanimously! 🎉 #unionstrong #mtnews
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Yellowstone News Guild retweeted
Congratulations and welcome to the family! We're happy to have you.
We won our union election unanimously! 🎉 #unionstrong #mtnews
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Yellowstone News Guild retweeted
HUGE congrats to the Yellowstone News Guild ✊🏻✊🏻
We won our union election unanimously! 🎉 #unionstrong #mtnews
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We’re very excited to join the @newsguild and get to work negotiating with @PublishingAdams
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When is it National Pay Your Journalists a Living Wage Day?
It’s Hug a News Person Day so be sure to give some recognition and love to the folks who make sure you get your news every day! #CommunityNews #News #Journalism #Advertising #HugANewsPersonDay
In case you missed it: Earlier this week, we filed for a union vote! ✊
We’ve officially filed for a union election! While this is exciting, we’re already prepping for swift union busting from @PublishingAdams
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Yellowstone News Guild retweeted
Good luck to the hardworking journalists @ynewsguild. Super excited to see this unionization effort from my home state.
We’ve officially filed for a union election! While this is exciting, we’re already prepping for swift union busting from @PublishingAdams
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"The company has also taken away overtime pay, which makes it exceedingly difficult to cover the community as a functioning newsroom, @julianasukut said. The Chronicle has a 9-person staff, all of whom signed the letter declaring their intent to unionize." bit.ly/364yXPN
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