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Hachette Book Group employees win election for largest union in trade publisher history

Media contacts:
Kathleen Floyd, WBNG Communications: kfloyd@wbng.org
Hachette Workers Coalition: info@hachetteworkers.com

More than 600 workers at Hachette Book Group, the third-largest trade publisher in the United States, voted in a decisive victory 388-130 to unionize with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild. The newly certified Hachette Workers Coalition will now begin negotiating its first collective bargaining agreement with the company.

Hachette workers are now the largest union in trade publishing history and the second of the Big Five publishers to unionize.

AAJCollective members ratify landmark first contract with with Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC

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Kathleen Floyd, WBNG Communications: kfloyd@wbng.org

WASHINGTON– The AAJCollective, the union representing staff at Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (AAJC), has ratified its first-ever collective bargaining agreement. This hard-won contract delivers transformative improvements for workers across the organization.

The agreement, reached following more than a year and a half of negotiations and a March 2026 one-day walkout, establishes a strong foundation of fair wages, robust benefits, and meaningful job protections for all bargaining unit employees.

Workers of ACLU DC pose for a photo with signs supporting their union.

ACLU of DC staff union wins landmark first contract after nearly three years at the bargaining table

This was originally posted by the Washington-Baltimore News Guild on May 15.

WASHINGTON– The ACLU of DC Staff Union has ratified a first contract, securing a landmark agreement that delivers sweeping gains in wages, benefits, job security, and workplace flexibility following voluntary recognition in May 2023. The contract stands as one of the strongest first agreements won by any union local in the region.

“We spent nearly three years at the bargaining table fighting for a contract that reflects the value of the work we do every day to protect civil liberties in the District,” said Yvonne Slosarski, bargaining committee chair. “This agreement delivers for every member of our unit, and it sets a new standard for what nonprofit workers can and should win.”

Graphic with the POLITICO and E&E with the words "AI for us not against us"

VICTORY: POLITICO agrees to shut down both AI tools at center of landmark arbitration

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Media Contacts:
Kathleen Floyd, WBNG Communications — kfloyd@wbng.org
PEN Guild — politicoeenewsguild@gmail.com

WASHINGTON– The POLITICO and E&E News Guild (PEN Guild) members have earned a resounding final victory in one of the most significant labor-AI disputes in American journalism: following months of negotiations between PEN Guild leadership, the Washington-Baltimore News Guild (WBNG), and POLITICO management, the company has agreed to shut down both artificial intelligence products at the heart of last November’s landmark arbitration ruling.

POLITICO will shut down Capitol AI Report-Builder, a tool that produced branded policy reports for POLITICO Pro subscribers without any editorial review, despite generating glaring factual errors. It also will not revive the “Live Summaries” AI feature, which generated error-riddled unedited coverage of major political events, including the 2024 Democratic National Convention and Vice Presidential Debate. Both uses were found by an arbitrator in November 2025 to have violated PEN Guild’s collective bargaining agreement.

Hachette Book Group employees announce largest unionization campaign in trade publisher history with NewsGuild

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Media Contacts:
Hachette Workers Coalition: info@hachetteworkers.com
Kathleen Floyd, WBNG Communications: kfloyd@wbng.org
Jeff Jones, LAJC Director of Communications: jeff@justice4all.org

New York, NY; Boston & North Adams, MA; Philadelphia, PA; Chapel Hill, NC; Nashville, TN; Lebanon, IN; Boulder, CO; Oakland, CA; Portland, OR; Toronto, CAN. – The employees of Hachette Book Group (HBG), the third-largest trade publisher in the USA, announce they have unionized with Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild-CWA Local 32035, of the AFL-CIO, in order to ensure better benefits, protections, and rights for workers, as well as increased equity, transparency, and agency in the workplace.

Guild statement on federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center

The Washington-Baltimore News Guild stands in solidarity with our members at the Southern Poverty Law Center as the organization faces a federal indictment rooted in politics rather than the law. To characterize the SPLC’s use of confidential informants as fraud, at a moment when this administration has made no secret of its hostility toward the SPLC, raises serious questions about the integrity and motivation of this prosecution.

AAJCollective workers walk out, demand fair pay in first contract

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Kathleen Floyd, WBNG Communications, kfloyd@wbng.org

WASHINGTON– The members of AAJCollective walked out of work today and are officially on strike until midnight.

After 1.5 years of bargaining, workers are still fighting for a first contract that guarantees fair wages. Management has failed to meet demands for equitable pay and has proposed language that would cap annual salary increases at 3%, with most employees receiving raises of less than 2.5% per year.

Chemical & Engineering News Guild wins union election in landslide

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March 5, 2026

Media Contacts:
C&EN Guild – cenewsguild@gmail.com
Kathleen Floyd, WBNG Communications — kfloyd@wbng.org, (202) 734-7830

WASHINGTON – The workers of Chemical & Engineering News, the independent magazine of the American Chemical Society, have overwhelmingly voted to unionize, with 96% of participants voting in favor of the union, Chemical & Engineering News Guild. Workers at the magazine announced the union campaign earlier this year.

Education Week Union overwhelmingly ratifies first collective bargaining agreement

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Media contacts:
Kathleen Floyd, WBNG Commnications: kfloyd@wbng.org
Education Week Union: edweekunion@gmail.com

BETHESDA, Md. — The unionized 50-member staff of Education Week, a national nonprofit news organization, voted overwhelmingly in December to ratify its first collective bargaining agreement with management, joining a growing list of nonprofit media organizations nationwide with strong union contracts.

Post Guild calls for an owner who supports its mission, opposes more layoffs under Jeff Bezos

The following statement was released by The Post Guild on January 27, 2026:

The Post Guild vehemently opposes any more cuts to the staff of The Washington Post.