(The following letter was sent to Kristi Noem, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, on June 9, 2025 by a coalition of press organizations concerning the targeting of journalists during unrest in Los Angeles.)
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The unionized staff supporting the national organizing campaign of Starbucks workers recently ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia. Union staff at Workers United first launched their union effort earlier this year.
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May 23, 2025
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In a 171-38 blowout vote, The Washington Post Tech Guild has officially won its union election, marking a significant milestone for over 300 technology workers across engineering, product design, and data roles at The Washington Post. After weeks of aggressive union-busting tactics from Washington Post management, tech workers at The Post persevered and have been recognized by the National Labor Relations Board. This is the first successful organizing effort to take place at The Post under Jeff Bezos’ ownership.
Washington Post tech workers first announced the formation of their union on April 7, 2025.
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Late last night, the full bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit lifted a stay that had blocked a preliminary injunction ordering the U.S. Agency for Global Media to distribute Congressionally mandated funds to grantees including Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and others.
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Hundreds of NewsGuild-CWA members were recognized from more than a dozen Guild-represented newsrooms on Monday by The Pulitzer Prizes for their incredible journalism.
“Congratulations to every journalist and media worker recognized by The Pulitzer Prizes for the contributions to our craft,” said NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss. “So many union journalists were recognized this year and being in a union protects you so you can do your job to seek truth and report it. Hardworking journalists and other workers who support them — not bots and AI — are the ones who find and report the news stories we need to understand our world.”
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April 22, 2025
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction in Widakuswara v. Lake, affirming the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) was unlawfully shuttered by the administration, Acting Director Victor Morales and Special Adviser Kari Lake. The decision enshrines that USAGM must fulfill its legally required functions and protects the editorial independence of Voice of America (VOA) journalists and other federal media professionals within the agency and newsrooms that receive grants from the agency, such as Radio Free Asia and others.
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MEMBERS ONLY: We’re holding an emergency all-hands national membership meeting to defend a free press. Workers, unions, and journalists are under attack—and we’re fighting back.
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MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin Watch journalists, represented by Wisconsin Watch Union and Milwaukee NewsGuild Local 34051, have secured their first union contract, which includes meaningful gains in wages, job security and workplace protections.
Wisconsin Watch Union members this week voted unanimously to approve the contract.
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NEW YORK, N.Y.—A federal court Friday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the unlawful shutdown of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Read the full opinion and order.
The court’s order temporarily freezes the efforts by Kari Lake, Victor Morales and the Trump administration to continue decimating the Congressionally-mandated agency while the broader legal challenge proceeds.
“We are proud to stand with journalists and media workers who sounded the alarm and fought back,” said NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss. “This ruling is a powerful rebuke to an administration that has shown contempt for press freedom and the rule of law.”
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Citing unanimous support, the staff of Los Angeles Public Press on Thursday launched a union campaign. Within an hour of the staff’s announcement, newsroom management agreed to voluntarily recognize the union.
The LA Public Press Union, a unit of Media Guild of the West, would represent eight employees. MGW, the Los Angeles-based Local of The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America, represents hundreds of other journalists at the L.A. Times, the Arizona Republic, the Dallas Morning News and other news outlets in Southern California, Arizona and Texas.
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