Journalists across 11 Southern California newsrooms have voted to ratify a contract proposal after authorizing a strike.
NATIONAL — The Southern California News Group Guild announced today its members have voted to approve their first contract, with 93% voting in favor of ratification. The agreement comes on the heels of the Guild’s strike authorization vote in September.
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Yesterday, I joined our picket line at the New York Times in the largest tech worker strike in U.S. history. The energy was extremely high, culminating in a rally at 1 p.m. in front of the Times. We’ve got 675 colleagues in the New York Times Tech unit, which unionized in March 2022 and has been fighting for a first contract ever since.
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The Anchorage News Guild won their NLRB election today in a 13-4 election vote in favor of the union. Anchorage journalists will join the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, a local union of The NewsGuild-CWA.
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Yesterday morning, Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance crossed our picket line at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which is America’s current longest-running strike.
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On Thursday, Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance crossed the picket line at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which is America’s current longest-running strike.
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Journalists at Military.com voted unanimously 10-0 to unionize in a balloting that was tallied last Thursday. They will join the Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035 of The NewsGuild-CWA.
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Journalists at the Austin American-Statesman secured a tentative agreement last week after years of negotiations and a marathon 21-hour session with owner Gannett. The deal, which needs to be ratified by members, comes after more than three years of negotiations, numerous unfair labor practices (ULPs) and relentless pressure from Guild members on management.
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The Racine NewsGuild was voluntarily recognized by Lee Enterprises as part of the Kenosha Newspaper Guild bargaining unit in early October less than three weeks after the Racine (Wisconsin) Journal Times newsroom announced its plan to unionize.
The Kenosha-Racine bargaining unit will soon begin negotiating for a fair contract.
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This past weekend I joined several dozen other folks supporting our family at the Baltimore Sun during the “Rally for the Soul of the Sun” near the harbor. The Sun was bought by David Smith, executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, in January.
Continue reading “Newsletter: This is what two years on strike looks like”This past weekend I joined several dozen other folks supporting our family at the Baltimore Sun during the “Rally for the Soul of the Sun” near the harbor. The Sun was bought by David Smith, executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, in January.
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At least 128 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Israel-Gaza War since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). All but five of those killed were Palestinian. Four journalists and media workers were Israeli and one was Lebanese. More than 41,000 other Palestinians have also been killed, according to Reuters. The majority of those victims identified by Palestinian health authorities are women and children.
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