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Unionized staff at the New York Times protest in front of the company's offices in NYC.

New York Times and The Athletic workers demand company scrap Kalshi deal

With a unanimous vote, the Times Guild Unit Council and The Athletic’s contract action team approved the following statement:

As unionized workers at The New York Times, we are deeply concerned by the company’s potential deal for The Athletic to partner with Kalshi, a company whose prediction markets have been described by New York officials in our reporting as an “illegal operation.”

Any partnership between Kalshi and The Athletic would threaten our journalistic independence across the company. Despite management’s claim that The Athletic and The New York Times are separate business entities, the journalism and the work are intertwined, as any reader can see.

Prediction markets such as Kalshi, which allow users to place bets on real-world events, pose as reliable sources of data but operate without the accountability of independent, fact-based reporting. An investigation by New York’s attorney general found that Kalshi’s prediction market platform is an “illegal, unlicensed gambling operation” that exposes users to “serious personal and financial risk.”

Forbes Union wins first contract four years after unionizing

NEW YORK – Unionized editorial staff at Forbes have ratified their first contract in a deal that sets strong editorial integrity protections, establishes a new $68.5K salary floor, includes gold-standard job security protections, and more.

Forbes Union, which represents close to 90 reporters, photo and video editors, ratified the three-year contract on Sept. 1.

“We refused to accept any deal that didn’t honor the value we bring every day to Forbes,” said Andrea Murphy, unit chair and statistics editor for Forbes. “This contract is the direct result of our union’s perseverance and solidarity.”

ProPublica Guild wins first contract on third anniversary of its union recognition

NEW YORK – NewsGuild of New York-represented staff at ProPublica have won a first contract with the nonprofit investigative newsroom in a deal that gives staff up to 24% raises over the life of the agreement, mandates transparency around the use of AI, protects hybrid work, offers significant health-care savings and more.

The ProPublica Guild, which represents more than 150 reporters, video journalists, development professionals, copy editors and other staff, overwhelmingly voted to ratify their four-year contract on Friday.

“This contract is a major step forward for our members,” said Agnel Philip, a data reporter and unit chair of the ProPublica Guild. “What we won is a testament to our hard work and shows what we can achieve when we stand together.”

ON STRIKE: Unionized staff at ProPublica walk off the job

NEW YORK – Unionized staff at investigative nonprofit newsroom ProPublica walked off the job Wednesday in a one-day strike, setting up picket lines outside the company’s New York City headquarters, as well as in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Unionized staff at ProPublica vote to strike

The NewsGuild of New York-represented workers at the nonprofit newsroom take action after management’s persistent refusal to agree to a fair contract that includes industry-standard “just cause” job security protections and guardrails around the use of AI.

NEW YORK – Unionized staff at one of the nation’s largest nonprofit newsrooms, ProPublica, have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. Workers have been bargaining for more than two years for a first contract.

Staff at Fortune magazine win historic three-year contract with NY Guild

Highlights include increasing wages a total of 11% over the life of the deal, salary floors that lift the lowest-paid workers, “just cause” job protections, and more.

NEW YORK – Unionized editorial staff at Fortune have won their first contract for both digital and print employees, a deal that lifts wages a total of 11% for the life of the deal, sets new salary standards, provides job security protections, and more.

Daily News Union pushes back as Alden Global Capital begins mass layoffs

“These layoffs, which are the direct result of the repellent corporate greed that Alden Global Capital is known for, are being done without any concern for the future of the New York Daily News.”

The NewsGuild of New York reaches tentative first contract agreement with Alden Global Capital for journalists at the Daily News

NEW YORK – Unionized journalists at the Daily News have reached a tentative agreement with the paper’s owner, Alden Global Capital, for a first contract that includes new, life-changing salary minimums, 6% wage increases over six months and new benefits for part-timers.

Union ratification on the two-year contract deal will be held in the coming days, bringing to a close three years of contentious bargaining with the owner of the nation’s second largest newspaper chain. The union, which represents the tabloid’s print, digital and photo employees, organized as a bargaining unit of The NewsGuild of New York in 2021.

Members and supporters of the Bergen Record posing on zoom supporting the union

Unionized journalists at three Gannett newspapers in NJ win contract deals

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.

Unionized Gannett journalists in NJ overwhelmingly authorize walkout

Editorial staff at The Bergen Record, represented by The NewsGuild of New York, are fed up with the newspaper chain’s refusal to agree to a fair contract with living wages, despite three years of bargaining.

NEW YORK – Journalists represented by The NewsGuild of New York at the Bergen Record voted overwhelmingly to walk out, a move precipitated by Gannett’s chronic union-busting and unwillingness to agree to a fair contract with livable wages.