The following is a statement from Writers Guild of America East members at Scientific American on Springer Nature’s decision to sell the publication and lay off staff: “Earlier today in an all-staff meeting we were informed that Scientific American was being sold to LabX Media Group. We are shocked by this news, which comes just three days before the NLRB will count our votes on unionizing—a vote we know we won by an overwhelming majority. We are also deeply saddened by the news that LabX Media Group wants to say goodbye to 15 of our hard-working colleagues, including 11 unit...
Really fucked up that the White House is using its infuencle to enable union-busting. Totally ass backwards from the way things should be.
As much as I do not want it to be the case an electorate of the common folk who welcomed a Trumpian outlook probably has it coming.