Author: Philadelphia NewsGuild

The 10 reporters that make up the Bucks County Courier Times and Intelligencer voted Thursday to unionize with the NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia in a resounding 8—1 vote.

In a newsroom where over half of reporters work second jobs and no reporters under 40 can afford to leave family homes, workers look forward to negotiating with management — which has acknowledged the low wages— in order to live and raise families in the communities we serve.

The following statement was made by the Philadelphia NewsGuild on the kidnapping of a Guild member by ICE:

Last week, ICE detained our Union sibling in Minneapolis. As proud members of the Philadelphia NewsGuild, we condemn the latest heinous act of violence in a long line of attacks from the Federal government. Agents kidnapped and transferred a fellow TNG-CWA member of Local 37002 to El Paso as part of Operation Metro Surge.