We, a coalition of 40 civil-society and press-freedom organizations, condemn the arrest and detention of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We urge ICE to release her immediately.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Staff at the Fort Worth Report have overwhelmingly voted to form a union, according to election results from the National Relations Labor Board on Monday.
Journalists and non-management staff voted 11-1 in favor of union representation as part of the Media Guild of the West and The NewsGuild-CWA.
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Five staffers at politics and culture magazine Current Affairs won voluntary recognition shortly after announcing their intention to unionize. They wrote this note to readers:
We, the staff of Current Affairs, are pleased to announce that we have unionized with the Chicago News Guild (Local 34071), an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America and the AFL-CIO. We received immediate voluntary recognition from our editor-in-chief, Nathan J. Robinson, and the Current Affairs board of directors, and are grateful for their support and cooperation as we take this step forward.
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WASHINGTON – In a major victory for federal workers, this weekend, D.C. federal judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Kari Lake had illegally served as Acting CEO of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the agency overseeing Voice of America (VOA). The Court, granting a motion for summary judgment filed by labor unions, Press Freedom Organizations, editors and journalists, ruled that the actions taken by Lake since March of 2025 are legally void. That includes the August 29, 2025 reduction in force (RIF) eliminating the jobs of hundreds of Voice of America (VOA) employees. That RIF had previously been suspended by Judge Lamberth pending rulings by the Court, and thus all the employees targeted by the RIF have remained employed.
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The NewsGuild (TNG-CWA), which is a sector of the Communications Workers of America, is hiring a Campaign Lead to support organizing. The position is currently open and the application deadline is March 22, 2026.
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The NewsGuild (TNG-CWA), a sector of the Communications Workers of America, is hiring an administrative secretary who will report to the Guild’s President and the Executive Vice President. Our targeted start date is April 6th, 2026.
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Learn what your rights are on the job if ICE comes to your workplace. Hear how CWA members responded to ICE raids in Minneapolis.
Join District 6 Human Rights, District 9 and TNG-CWA for a one-hour Town Hall focused on informing members of their rights on the job as union members and as individuals in the face of ICE presence at their workplace, in their community, or in their homes.
All CWA Members and allies are invited!
Join us on February 25, 2026, at 5 pm PT / 6 pm MT / 7 pm CT / 8 pm ET
Media Contact: dispatchnewsguild@gmail.com
Jordan Laird, cell: 440-787-6416
Columbus, Ohio — Newsroom employees at The Columbus Dispatch and Newark Advocate overwhelmingly voted to unionize, according to results tallied by the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday.
Ballots were counted after most of the newsroom voted on Jan. 14. By forming a union, journalists are fighting for equitable pay, protections from layoffs and the future of journalism in central Ohio. The 33-5 vote forces USA TODAY Co. to recognize the Dispatch News Guild.
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The journalists of the SunSentinel Guild voted unanimously to ratify their historic contract with the South Florida Sun Sentinel and parent company, Alden Global Capital, offering improved pay and job protections.
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WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, The NewsGuild-CWA joined other labor unions and a coalition of media justice groups in a petition to the Federal Communications Commission to deny the merger of Nexstar Media Inc. with TEGNA Inc.
The filed petition is available here (PDF).
The petition to deny the transfer of broadcast licenses from TEGNA to Nexstar was filed by Free Press, the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians—Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA), The NewsGuild—Communications Workers of America (TNG-CWA), the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry and Public Knowledge. In their filing the petitioners state that the merger would result in an illegal broadcast conglomerate, exceeding the 39-percent audience-reach “National Cap” set by Congress.
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