Author: The NewsGuild-CWA

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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.

Contact: press@newsguild.org

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.” 

Contact: Amanda Del Cid Lugo
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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.

PITTSBURGH – The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals enjoined the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PG) on Monday, requiring the company to—among other orders—restore the health care it illegally took away from editorial workers, addressing a core demand of the union workers who have struck for more than 29 months.

“It is further ordered that the Respondent, PG Publishing Co., Inc. d/b/a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and its officers, agents, successors, and assigns, shall: …rescind the changes in the terms and conditions of employment related to health insurance for its unit employees that were unilaterally implemented on about July 27, 2020,” the order, written by Judge Cindy K. Chung, reads.

The PG is also required to bargain with the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh-CWA Local 38061, submit bargaining progress reports to Region 6 of the National Labor Relations Board, and negotiate with the workers’ union on any changes in wages, hours, or any other terms of employment.

The Trump administration has targeted independent media in the U.S. by barring the Associated Press, seizing control of the press pool and kicking out other longstanding members of the press corps from covering White House events.