--- On *Thu, 2/10/11, The Newspaper Guild-CWA /<[email protected]>/* wrote: Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 3:09 PM TNG-CWA <http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=6XI9uhbHG7mkiholPlu6tB%2FmZCArhNmt> "Hey Arianna, Can You Spare a Dime?" Over the past three years, newsrooms have jettisoned thousands of world class, award-winning journalists. Many were forced to leave the field, but others opted to remain -- a choice that takes devotion and guts in tough economic times. Unmoored from the traditional newsroom, some of the brightest and best in our field are struggling to get by without health coverage, workplace protections or practical supports. Like many other publishers, Arianna Huffington has taken advantage of the glut in journalistic talent that allows publishers to pay next to nothing – or, in the case of the Huffington Post’s bloggers – nothing. In her book Third World America, Huffington lambastes bankers whose tactics have made it all but impossible for working people to earn a living wage in these harsh economic times. We applaud her championing of the working class. But her policies at the Huffington Post contribute to the economic woes of this nation by driving down the value of journalism. AOL's $315 million buyout of the Huffingon Post comes with a $4 million annual salary for Huffington. If the Post has turned a tidy profit, it was at the expense of hard-working writers who never saw a dime for their labor. Join members of Guild Freelancers and other independent journalists across the nation in calling on Arianna Huffington to live up to her ideals and share some of her profits with the people responsible for the Huffington Post's success. Like our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/heyarianna <http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=RB55fOcGljJSay7Mi1tnpx%2FmZCArhNmt> and stay tuned for details on the next phase of the campaign. Guild Freelancers constitutes a growing unit of The Newspaper Guild/Communications Workers of America, which is organizing independent journalists nationwide to fight for fair pay and decent working conditions. The Newspaper Guild • 501 3rd Street NW • Washington, DC 20001 • 202-434-1100 You have received this message through your subscription to a Newspaper Guild e-mail list. If you did not subscribe or would like to unsubscribe click here <http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=cFhevrRwDoE5LMoArcy1iB%2FmZCArhNmt>. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
