NEW YORK – Journalists at three newspapers in New Jersey represented by The NewsGuild of New York, have voted 98% to ratify their first contract with Gannett, lifting long-stagnant wages by over 25% on average, and averting a planned walkout.
The Record Guild, which represents 68 journalists at The Bergen Record, The Daily Record and The New Jersey Herald, ratified the deal Sunday night.
The agreement with the nation’s largest newspaper chain is the culmination of more than three years of contentious bargaining, petitions, walkouts and rallies. The union organized in 2021 and began bargaining in January 2022.
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