The NewsGuild-CWA condemns in the strongest possible terms the Belarus government’s grounding of a civilian plane and the arrest of journalist Raman Pratasevich, who was a passenger on the flight.
We call for Pratasevich’s immediate release and the release of Sofia Sapega, who was traveling with him.
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Thousands of NewsGuild-CWA members, myself included, were upset by Tribune Publishing’s announcement today that shareholders approved the company’s takeover by Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund known as “the destroyer of newspapers.”
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Hundreds of NewsGuild members rallied in Chicago (right), Orlando (below), Virginia Beach, Hartford and Annapolis on Saturday in an effort to derail Alden Global Capital’s planned takeover of Tribune Publishing. (A Baltimore rally was held in April.)
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Today is World Press Freedom Day, and this year’s theme, “Information as a Public Good,” couldn’t be more appropriate. It reflects the severity of the crisis facing journalism and the need to reshape our industry. We cannot let hedge funds and profit-hungry chains run journalism into the ground. News and information are essential to empowering the people to participate in civic life.
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Updated 6 p.m. April 30
We’ve seen so many impressive logos from our locals and our units over the past several years, and now we’d like to redesign the international union logo.
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There is so much amazing news from the last couple of weeks!
First up, about 1,000 workers have gone public with union drives in just the last week!
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The NewsGuild-CWA strongly condemns attacks by police on journalists covering protests over the weekend in Brooklyn Center, Minn.
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NewsGuild members at The New Yorker, Pitchfork, and Ars Technica voted — with 98 percent support — to approve a strike if negotiations with management of their publications and their parent company, Condé Nast, break down further. The vote came on March 26 after years of contentious negotiations for first contracts at each outlet.
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Recently we at the international NewsGuild-CWA retained an independent consultant to start a review with our membership at the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh to improve our culture and policies and make sure our union is safe for every member.
In the coming weeks the consultant will speak with current and former members of the Pittsburgh local union and identify areas of improvement based on members’ feedback. We’ve been coordinating with members of the Human Rights Committee at the local for several months and I’m excited to see this new phase of work get started.
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I was honored to testify before a House subcommittee on behalf of our members on March 12 about the extinction-level threat facing local news. I told members of the House Antitrust Subcommittee that in the last 16 years, 2,100 U.S. newsrooms have shut down. And there are half as many newspaper journalists working today as there were a decade ago.
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