Anyone up for breaking a strike?

[da man]

From Romanesko:

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=13436

Get your scab resumes ready.

 

[da man]

Oh yeah, here's the ad.

http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?sc=&CiBookMark=1&sd=&dv=dv&sfascc=newspaper+reporters+temporary&IPath=ILK&sname=&job_did=J3I56G61FLZB22043WS&jrdid=&lpage=1&pg=&jobcount=1&strcrit=QID%3dA6653274765677%3bst%3dA%3buse%3dALL%3brawWords%3dnewspaper+reporters+temporary%3bCID%3dUS%3bSID%3dALL%3bTID%3d0%3bENR%3dNO%3bDTP%3dDRNS%3bYDI%3dYES%3bIND%3dALL%3bPDQ%3dAll%3bJN%3dAll%3bPAYL%3d0%3bPAYH%3dGT120%3bPOY%3dNO%3bETD%3dALL%3bRE%3dALL%3bMGT%3dDC%3bSUP%3dDC%3bFRE%3d3%3bCHL%3dAL%3bQS%3dSID_UNKNOWN%3bSS%3dNO%3bTITL%3d0%3bJQT%3dRAD


Wow, that's a long link.

 

[steveu]

Naaa, think I'll pass. Best of luck to Philly's workers in their showdown.

 

[Angola!]

Seeking experienced/ professional Photographers, Artists, Image Technicians, Copy Editors, Page Designers, Reporters, and News Assistants. Newspaper experience a plus! $17-$20/hour + OT + Per Diem. Paid travel, out-of-town work. Must pass drug test.

That is the wildest ad I have ever seen. Some schmuck in college will probably think this is their lucky day and take them up on it only to be blackballed for the rest of their lives.
I also enjoy the part about "out-of-town work" like that is the coolest thing ever. I enjoy a work trip every now and again, but generally road trips for work mean a whole lot of work and not a vacation like most people seem to think it is.

 

[BYH]

This guy says go for it.

 

[deadliner]

Can't imagine taking a job under those circumstances.

 

[slappy4428]

Maybe they can hire the people who went into Youngstown...
I know people who scabbed there, then denied it. Maybe they can deny it again

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

slap -- No mention of high-priced columnists who wrestle with their consciences over JOA's and...?

 

[Bruhman]

as a lifelong gannetteer, i've never worked in a union shop. but i could never cross a picket line.

my moms has been a union official in ny for most of her career. she'd kill me.

 

[slappy4428]

slap -- No mention of high-priced columnists who wrestle with their consciences over JOA's and...?

Forgot about that... was thinking more along the lines of an executive editor of a to-be-nameless Midwest mid-sized daily, currently in the seventh month of a sports editor search who was called on a landline in the Youngstown Vindicator. When asked to confirm he was in Youngstown, he refused. Then he was reminded that he was on the house phone and not his cell phone and was pretty well busted.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

I feel bad for most people in New Orleans affected by Katrina, but not those people which we speak of in this thread.

 

[Almost_Famous]

What if you're a freelancer, and you don't work for them full-time?
Not sure if that's an option ...
Would you still be blackballed?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Hey, Mitch Albom did it...

 

[da man]

What if you're a freelancer, and you don't work for them full-time?
Not sure if that's an option ...
Would you still be blackballed?

A terrific question. Could we perhaps get a consensus on this issue from the many respected journalists -- and the rest of us -- who frequent this site?

 

[daemon]

What if you're a freelancer, and you don't work for them full-time?
Not sure if that's an option ...
Would you still be blackballed?

A terrific question. Could we perhaps get a consensus on this issue from the many respected journalists -- and the rest of us -- who frequent this site?

You could be a homeless street poet who eats crickets for dinner. It doesn't matter.

If you crossed the picket line to work at either paper, you'd never have a normal life as a journalist again. Especially with this site around. Doesn't matter if you are a 21-year-old kid with a history degree from Hackensack Community College or Norman ****ing Mailer.

If you have any aspirations of a future in journalism, you aren't even thinking about it.

 

[Bubbler]

Some schmuck in college will probably think this is their lucky day and take them up on it only to be blackballed for the rest of their lives.

I'm in the Guild and would never think about crossing a line, but the above statement strikes me as naive hyperbole. So does daemon's post, which was written just before mine.

Crossing a line might get you blackballed in a Guild shop, but there are many more non-Guild shops. Very few people doing hiring at a non-Guild paper would take scabbing into account. Some might take it as a badge of honor.

The damage done is to a scabs' career is overblown. Does that justify doing it? Hell no. But don't try to make this into a make-or-break career move, the only affect scabbing has is on the scabs' conscience, and even that's highly debatable.

 

[shotglass]

Some schmuck in college will probably think this is their lucky day and take them up on it only to be blackballed for the rest of their lives.

I'm in the Guild and would never think about crossing a line, but the above statement strikes me as naive hyperbole. So does daemon's post, which was written just before mine.

Crossing a line might get you blackballed in a Guild shop, but there are many more non-Guild shops. Very few people doing hiring at a non-Guild paper would take scabbing into account. Some might take it as a badge of honor.

The damage done is to a scabs' career is overblown. Does that justify doing it? Hell no. But don't try to make this into a make-or-break career move, the only affect scabbing has is on the scabs' conscience, and even that's highly debatable.

Bubbler is right. In fact, in many places, those throwing the "scab" word around would get shouted down by colleagues who are more interested in a harmonious workplace.

Would I cross a picket line? No. Then again, I don't have to worry at this point in my life about having to put food on the table for my family.

Do I feel sympathy for a Rick Reed, who's still paying for it 10+ years after the fact? Yes, I do.

There are two sides to the union picture, and too few people see both sides. Many just follow the party line ... just like many do the same thing in politics, without thinking about the specifics.

And one last thing. If there are some Teamsters who have nothing to do with the newspaper out there, trying to keep the "scabs" from crossing the line ... it would almost be worth it to walk past those people. It's not their workplace; they should stay the hell out of there.

 

[Bubbler]

Rick Reed was a scab in the public eye, he'll never shake that reputation -- right or wrong.

Most scabs in any other workplace are known only to their co-workers or those who they crossed, and when they move on, they are 95 percent likely to have a totally new lease on life, in this business or out of it.

That's why the notion that becoming a scab is fatal to one's career is naive.

 

[writing irish]

Those who would cross a picket line are scum in my book.

However, there are many parts of the country where unions are hated...by rich and poor alike. There are also parts of the country where unions have gone the way of the eight-track and just aren't on any kind of radar (economic, social, political, cultural). There are also some parts of the country where unions never showed up to begin with. In the town where I live, I feel safe in guessing that almost no one (management or worker) would give a **** if someone had scabbed.

 

[da man]

As far as the career effect goes, one should remember that the people doing the hiring are management, which means crossing a picket line isn't as likely to hurt your future job prospects as one might think.