Forbes Union

On Sunday, our members placed flyers around Forbes Vice Chairman Mike Perlis’s hometown. Mike has been absent from bargaining for years, despite our calls for fair wages and protections. Management has no excuses. Forbes employees deserve a fair contract, and we will win one.

Stop stonewalling, Sherry and @forbes!!! Many in the newsroom have gone YEARS without a raise, while Sherry proposes piddly annual increase nowhere close to the inflation rate!!!

At the bargaining table, @forbes is the anti-union machine you might expect, digging in its heels when the union arrives ready to negotiate.

Our colleagues were back last weekend in the hometown of @Forbes CEO @SherrysPhillips to spread the news that she is a union buster who continues to deny our members a fair contract. 👎

Stop stonewalling, Sherry and @forbes!!! Many in the newsroom have gone YEARS without a raise, while Sherry proposes a 1.5% annual increase, not even close to the inflation rate!!!

At bargaining this month, the @forbes management team was in full refusal mode, coming to the table with exactly nothing when the union arrived ready to negotiate with six counters.

Our fearless colleagues braved the snowstorm last weekend to visit the hometown of @Forbes CEO @SherrysPhillips and spread the news that she is a union buster who continues to deny our members a fair contract. 👎

Today, our @forbesunion is releasing its third pay study. The main takeaway: Racial pay disparity at @Forbes has not only not improved over the last three years but has worsened. Read more here nyguild.org/post/racial-pa…

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👇 @Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips hasn't been to a single bargaining session. Instead, she sends proxies who speak for her and this is the kind of thing that comes of it.

Can we talk about the illogic and short-sightedness of @forbes's temp workforce churn? This is on CEO Sherry Phillips and CCO @RandallLane, who have not shown the kind of leadership the newsroom deserves. #journalism #journalismjobs #cheap #newsroom @nyguild

Wondering why @forbes, led by CEO Sherry Phillips and CCO @RandallLane, has seen an exodus of talented journalists recently? This right here. #journalismjobs #journalists

@forbes mgt, led by CEO Sherry Phillips and CCO @RandallLane, have proposed 1.25% annual bumps for staff, not even keeping up with inflation--when many in the newsroom go YEARS without a raise. #journalismjobs #hellno

@Forbes mgt, led by CEO Sherry Phillips and CCO @RandallLane. has proposed ridiculously cheap 1.25% annual salary bumps for staff, not even keeping up with inflation when so many in the newsroom have gone YEARS without raises. #journalismjobs

We handed out this flyer at the 2025 @Forbes Power Women’s Summit today to bring awareness to the blatant hypocrisy of this event. We want Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips to answer why this event is happening when Forbes has a well-documented history of pay inequity. #journalism

Our 2024 pay study also found a large racial pay gap, with the unit’s white members making nearly $24,000 more, on average, than their black colleagues. That kind of disparity doesn’t just happen by accident.

@Forbes has a history of pay inequity. It is beyond hypocritical of Forbes to promote itself as a champion of women while paying female staffers nearly $13K less, on avg, than male colleagues in the same roles. nyguild.org/front-page-det…

Our fearless colleagues were outside the @Forbes Power Women’s Summit in the rain ☔ this morning with an important gut check.