Maine writer delays guide publication to assist hanging editors
PORTLAND, Maine – A Maine writer says she’s supporting hanging employees in New York by holding off on publishing her newest guide.
Monica Wooden says 250 union workers with HarperCollins have spent the final yr making an attempt to barter a contract with no success.
The staff are in search of a elevate in base pay from $45,000 to $50,000, Wooden found. Wooden’s editor will probably be taking part within the strike, which she found after an unfamiliar firm consultant contacted her.
“This e-mail is available in saying ‘Are you able to please approve the duvet?’ and it’s not from any person I do know, so I referred to as my editor, and her cellphone was not [on], that they had disconnected and all that, so I referred to as my agent who stated, ‘HarperCollins is on strike,’” Wooden stated. “The least I can do to assist is in my means, by declining to cooperate with the publication of my guide till the strike is over.”
Wooden says she’s using out the strike till her guide could be printed by her editor and the hanging workers she’s labored with, not replacements.
There’s no signal of that strike ending anytime quickly.
HarperCollins was unable to be reached for remark.
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