rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/protect-local-journalism-at-the-buffalo-news?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-protect-local-journalism-at-the-buffalo-news' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Buffalo Newspaper Guild https://actionnetwork.org/groups/buffalo-newspaper-guild-cwa-31026 https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/288/683/normal/Screen_Shot_2021-07-08_at_5.46.36_PM.png Lee Enterprises, the out-of-state owner of The Buffalo News, is waging an assault on the 150 union workers who help produce the award-winning paper -- the people who write stories, take photographs, edit and design pages, provide customer service to our readers and get the paper delivered. Lee Enterprises wants concessions that threaten the quality of a newspaper with the largest newsroom in Upstate New York State and the primary source of news for more than 100,000 readers in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Lee Enterprises wants to ship our jobs to Mexico and the Midwest, eliminating one-fourth of the jobs performed by members of the Buffalo Newspaper Guild, the largest union at The News. The company wants the power to lay off anyone at any time for any reason and freeze union members’ pensions even though the pension is fully funded and doesn’t cost the company a dime. If you think local journalism is important for democracy and for communities to thrive, tell Lee Enterprises’ executives and board of directors to negotiate a fair deal with the Guild, one that protects the quality of journalism and customer service that readers of The Buffalo News expect and deserve. Please visit ProtectLocalJournalism.com to find out more. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/protect-local-journalism-at-the-buffalo-news