Reporters at Schneps Media are forming a union, they announced Monday morning, citing low pay and high turnover at the local media chain that has grown in recent years to include more than 100 newspapers, websites, and other media properties across the New York City metro area, including amNewYork, the Queens Courier, the Brooklyn Paper and the Bronx Times.
According to reporters involved in the organizing drive, 85 percent of the bargaining unit, which consists of 27 editorial staffers across Schneps publications, have signed cards in support of the union. They delivered notification of their intention to unionize to Schneps management on Monday morning. Schneps Media did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Hell Gate.
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