The walkout meant that Vox Media's group of popular websites -- such as The Verge, Vox, SBNation, Eater, Recode, Curbed, and others -- were not publishing new content
New York More than 300 Vox Media employees staged a walkout on Thursday as staffers and management failed to come to an agreement for a union contract after more than a year of negotiations.
The walkout meant that Vox Media's group of popular websites -- such as The Verge, Vox, SBNation, Eater, Recode, Curbed, and others -- were not publishing new content on Thursday."Our unit members are taking their sites dark today to show management how important these issues are to us," tweeted the account for the Vox Media Union.Another tweet included several photos of an empty newsroom with union posters that said"Contract Now!" on walls and computer screens.
— Vox Media Union June 6, 2019 Jason Gordon, the director of communications for the Writers Guild of America East, which is representing the staffers, told CNN Business that the walkout was a sign of unity.Read More"What you are seeing right now is commitment and solidarity between Vox Media employees," Gordon said.
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