Workers at CBS are walking out. The unionized team that runs CBS’ streaming service launched a 24-hour strike in New York and San Francisco after negotiations with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly imploded. Despite multiple days of good-faith negotiations and a strike pledge signed by 95% of members, management continues to offer worse terms than in previous contracts.
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Unionized Journalists at the Anchorage Daily News have ratified a 2 year first contract with the paper’s owner Ryan Binkly. This marks the first union contract at an Alaska news publication.
Newsroom employees unionized in November 2024, joining the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, which also represents journalists in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
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Media Contact: Dylan Manshack, dmanshack@cwa-union.org | 202-445-4033
WASHINGTON — The NewsGuild-CWA joined a class action lawsuit with the ACLU of Minnesota, Status Coup News, longtime Minneapolis residents and others to uphold the rights of the Minnesotans and journalists who have been obstructed and targeted by the federal government for exercising their First Amendment rights. The suit is supported by pro bono partners Ciresi Conlin, Forsgren Fisher, and Riach Law.
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The NewsGuild-CWA is sponsoring a digital security training with the Freedom of the Press Foundation at 2pm ET February, 26. The training will last about 90 minutes and cover steps journalists can take to protect their devices, their sources and their materials from hackers or other organizations trying to surveil the work of journalists and media workers.
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The Washington Post on Wednesday announced a devastating number of layoffs to journalists and other workers, decimating one of the most important newsrooms in the country. Management is targeting more than 300 workers in their layoffs, including illegally attempting to lay off tech workers who are in the process of bargaining a first contract.
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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is outraged and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and by the government’s escalating effort and actions to criminalize and threaten press freedom under the guise of law enforcement.
Unionized staff at the Alliance for Youth Action have proudly ratified a first contract with 100% of members voting yes.
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Unionized nonprofit staff at Warehouse Workers for Justice have ratified a first contract, securing a 6% raise upon ratification.
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Update: We didn’t share Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco’s name at the time of this press release to protect him and his family. But now his family is public. We join his family, friends, coworkers and fellow Guild members in calling for his immediate release. The best thing you can do is donate to support his family and his legal fight. Donate to support Paco
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Member remains in ICE custody in Texas
MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday, January 9, ICE arrested a member of our union, the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild, TNG-CWA Local 37002, as part of Operation Metro Surge.
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Journalists at The Courier Journal have overwhelmingly ratified their first-ever union contract, marking a major milestone for newsroom workers at Kentucky’s paper of record.
The ratification caps years of organizing by Courier Journal journalists, who voted by a landslide margin to form the Courier Journal Guild in 2022 and join the Indianapolis NewsGuild, TNG-CWA Local 34070. Since winning, members have bargained with parent company USA Today Co. (Formerly Gannett) amid repeated rounds of layoffs and cost-cutting across the company. The contract represents a critical step toward stability, fairness and a stronger future for local journalism in Louisville.
