these violent delights by micah nemerever

Some employees joining the strike said that they hoped their collective action would also drive changes across the industry. On Thursday, more than 100 union members marched and chanted in front of the HarperCollins headquarters, some carrying signs that said “Passion Doesn’t Pay the Rent” and “Where the Wild Things Are Underpaid,” a reference to a HarperCollins classic by Maurice Sendak. Those concentrations were even higher among senior managers. It is also an overwhelmingly white industry, and many in the industry feel the low pay is part of what makes diversifying the industry difficult.Ī recent report from PEN America, a free speech organization, said that according to company data, 74 percent of employees at Penguin Random House were white last of year, as were more than 70 percent of employees at Macmillan and about 65 percent of employees at Hachette. Publishing has long been a low paying industry with long hours for its entry and midlevel employees, and it is based in New York, a very expensive city.

It has also demanded that the company address the lack of diversity in its work force. The union is proposing that HarperCollins raise the minimum starting salary to $50,000, from $45,000. Olga Brudastova, the president of Local 2110 of the U.A.W., which represents unionized HarperCollins employees, said that the union had decided to go on an indefinite strike after negotiations with the company stalled. In a statement, the union said its members, who have been working without a contract since April, wanted better family leave benefits and higher pay. The HarperCollins union represents about 250 employees in editorial, publicity, sales, marketing, legal and design. Unionized employees at HarperCollins went on strike Thursday, saying they planned to stop working until they reached an agreement on a new contract.

These violent delights by micah nemerever