A week ago, reporters and editors in the combined newsroom of DNAinfo and Gothamist, two of New York City’s leading digital purveyors of local news, celebrated victory in their vote to join a union.
On Thursday, they lost their jobs, as Joe Ricketts, the billionaire founder of TD Ameritrade who owned the sites, shut them down. From the NYTimes.
America the Pitiful is just a step away
From busting all the unions that get in the rich man’s way.
Like some feudal baron who thinks vassals are his right,
He punishes employees with his monetary might.
Guilds and labor unions are now under vicious siege
By the Lords of Wall Street who prefer noblesse oblige.
But trusting to the whims of plutocrats has never yet
Provided common workers with a decent safety net.
If you are considering a union membership
Just remember you are angling for that old pink slip.
The rich don’t have a union -- not as far as I can see.
But you can bet they all belong to this conspiracy!
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