The Anchorage News Guild won their NLRB election today in a 13-4 election vote in favor of the union. Anchorage journalists will join the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, a local union of The NewsGuild-CWA.
The journalists and news staff at Anchorage Daily News filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board in September and have now pulled off a historic win, becoming Alaska’s first unionized newspaper.
“I’m so proud of my coworkers for coming together to form the only newsroom union in Alaska,” said Megan Pacer, Digital Audience Producer for Anchorage Daily News. “I’m excited to work with them on pursuing a fair contract that allows all of us to continue serving readers for years to come.”