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Remember in October when New York Magazine published its annual Power Issue with members of the “media elite?" Well, New York Mag Union thought you might want to hear from media workers themselves.

Introducing our union Power Issue: MEDIA WORKERS TELL ALL!

As New York Mag Union negotiates our 2nd contract, we asked our members about the most pressing issues still on the table, like what makes them lose sleep:

We also asked New York Mag Union members what they thought about the media elite calling them “soft”:

Some New York Mag Union members sat for their own “elite” portraits too. (The anonymous quotes in this project do not just reflect the people who sat for photos.)

Media Workers Tell All! What the New York Mag Union wants to tell their bosses:

What the New York Mag Union really thinks about our company’s desire to potentially replace us with AI (TLDR, it’s not great):

We’re ready for New York Magazine management to come to the table with compensation that reflects the cost of living, relief for our overworked members, and AI job protections. A better future in media is possible!

“Why should your life only be about you?” A moving piece by Irin Carmon Carmon about Cecile Richards, the long-serving president of Planned Parenthood (a lifesaving source of affordable or free health care), before her death: thecut.com/article/cecile…

5,000 New York Magazine readers & counting have told @VoxMedia they plan to stand with New York Mag Union if we walk out. Tomorrow, we're back in bargaining. The time for a fair deal is now. If you haven’t signed, tell Vox you support New York’s 150 union members: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge

New York Magazine readers stand with New York Mag Union because:

5,000 New York Magazine readers & counting have told @VoxMedia they plan to stand with New York Mag Union if we walk out. Tomorrow we're back in bargaining. The time for a fair deal is now. If you haven’t signed, tell Vox you support New York’s 150 union members: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge

Tomorrow New York Mag Union is back in bargaining. The time for a fair deal is now. If you haven’t signed, tell Vox you support New York’s 150 union members: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge

New York Mag Union is back at the bargaining table tomorrow. Join over 5,000 people who signed our reader solidarity pledge if you haven't yet. We're asking @VoxMedia to stand up for quality, human-made journalism in a moment of existential industry crisis: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge

AI peaked with this. sign the New York Mag Union pledge to tell Vox Media that you subscribe for human writers, not nasty slop! nymagunion.org/reader-pledge

.New York Mag Union is back in bargaining tomorrow! sign our reader pledge to support us!! nymagunion.org/reader-pledge