<div>This fundraiser was made by earnest friends and community members in support of the North Coast Environmental Center (NEC) staff strike.
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<div><strong>NEC Staff began striking on Monday, September 15th.</strong>
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<div>The NEC staff are the core of the NEC physical operations. They are the foundations of the environmental efforts and impact the NEC was built to create. The publication and production of EcoNews, coastal cleanups , environmental research, grant writing and more are all carried out by their collective efforts. Despite all their integral work in keeping the NEC operations afloat, the board of directors are threatening individuals for off-duty, personal political activity with unemployment. To combat this overreach in authority, the NEC staff has decided to unionize.
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<div><strong>From the NEC Staff statement on their decision to strike and unionize:</strong>
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<div>"Two Indigenous, Trans Staff Directors are being targeted for off-duty, First-Amendment protected political activity. Over the course of July and August, multiple staff members were told by Board leadership that the Mayor of the City of Arcata called to complain about private citizens employed by the NEC voicing outrage at anti-homeless sweeps, police violence, and continued gentrification in their City of residence."
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<div><em>The full NEC Staff Unionization Statement can be read </em><a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/loco-media/loco-media/blog/post/43221/Document_-_Mon%252525252C_September_15%252525252C_2025%2525252B2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>here</em></a><em> </em>
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<div>"It is not simply that we feel unappreciated, rather, we feel unappreciated because Board meetings are repeated corrections of inaccurate statements regarding funding sources, percentage of funding deriving from grants...many other efforts to micromanage the staff without having a working or accurate knowledge of the operational flow of the organization."
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<div><em>The full NEC Staff Second Statement can be read </em><a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/sep/18/striking-northcoast-environmental-center-staff-iss/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>here</em></a>
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<div><strong>Context </strong>
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<div>Within the last year, the majority trans and POC staff has been providing indigenous-informed, marginalized perspectives on environmental journalism that have caused backlash from their board.
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<div>Staff unionization would provide protection from board censorship and retaliation so the NEC staff may continue their efforts towards integrating perspectives of those who are often left out of the popular environmental discourse.
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<div><strong>Why Fundraise?</strong>
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<div>In the two weeks since they announced their strike, NEC Staff has been without pay or communication from their Board of Directors. Prior to the strike, employees were working with few benefits and low wages to protect them from this unforeseen financial impact. Lack of communication surrounding the board's intention to negotiate or respond to the strike has left staff in an employment limbo. We are concerned that the board will push staff to their economic limit, stretching how long they can go without pay and forcing them to choose between bending the knee and quitting.
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<div><strong>$12,000 would cover:</strong>
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<div>the missed paychecks of the five striking staff members, an anticipated 1-2 more weeks without pay, compensation for two interns who have been left in the dark by the board, and help staff pursue legal representation.
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<div>Help us support at-risk active community members in the fight against political censorship.<strong> </strong>Aide the free press from being suppressed.<em> </em>
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<div>If you can't donate , please circulate this fundraiser so it may find its way to someone who can!
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North Coast Environmental Center Strike Fund

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