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Source: HuffPost

Vox Media Employees Walk Out On Final Day Of Union Bargaining

Several hundred Vox Media employees staged a walkout and stopped writing and publishing stories in an effort to pressure the company to sign their union contract.

On Thursday, Vox Media Union shared photos of an empty New York newsroom after hundreds of employees walked out on the last scheduled day of bargaining for the union. It said it was still pushing the company ― which owns Vox.com, Eater, Polygon, The Verge, Recode and SB Nation, among others ― to agree to terms on raises, severance pay, limits on subcontracting and wage scales.

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