Digest 10/12/2021

How to lose a job offer by being pro-union, from freelancing to a book deal with Sesali Bowen, and more.

by | October 12, 2021

THE UNION IN THE ROOM I was offered a staff writer job at Rolling Stone’s website in January 2019. In February, it was abruptly rescinded. I was standing in the middle of the common area in Refinery29 when I got the phone call from HR at Penske Media Corporation, Rolling Stone’s parent company. This would […]

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