The Denver Newspaper Guild has supported successful organizing at 25 workplaces over the past decade, recently winning representation for workers at Out Nebraska, Blue Bench and Nebraska Appleseed. As the local expands it’s looking to add a local organizer to its staff.
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Last week all seven journalists at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pa. asked local management to voluntarily recognize their union after McClatchy, the newspaper’s owner, began placing journalists’ bylines on stories written by artificial intelligence.
McClatchy agreed to have an independent party review the union cards signed by workers and compare that to staff lists. Six McClatchy newsrooms have unionized in as many years and each one was voluntarily recognized by the company.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Contact: edsourceguild@protonmail.com
OAKLAND, CA – Unionized staff at EdSource, the largest education newsroom in California, are on strike today, May 14, 2026 to protest unilateral changes to healthcare benefits and management’s lack of progress toward a fair contract.
Management recently chose to make unilateral changes to our health coverage without engaging in bargaining, resulting in increased co-pays and deductibles, despite being in a period of status quo and having the obligation to bargain on these changes. This is a clear violation of labor law and the Guild has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board.
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The NewsGuild (TNG-CWA), a sector of the Communications Workers of America, is hiring a Communications Coordinator to organize and oversee the internal and external communications for the largest union of journalists and media workers in North America. TNG-CWA also represents workers in nonprofits, publishing, interpretation and labor unions. The position is currently open and the application deadline is May 22, 2026.
Job Title/Position: Communications Coordinator
Salary Range: $80,312.20 – $134,652.19 / year
Job Location: Washington, D.C.
This is a full-time position for a Communications Coordinator and based in Washington, D.C. The coordinator will work under the direction of The NewsGuild-CWA president and will serve as the principal media strategist. They’ll coordinate communications with journalists, monitor social media accounts, oversee the operation of newsguild.org, write and edit posts, produce and distribute press releases, oversee distribution of bi-weekly newsletter to members and supporters, provide support to TNG-CWA locals, amplify campaigns among bargaining units, provide comms training and oversee internal messaging systems. Additionally the coordinator will provide support during strikes, pickets and other collective actions, such as shooting photographs or video.
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SANTA FE, N.M. – WildEarth Workers and WildEarth Guardians today celebrated the ratification of the first-ever collective bargaining agreement at the conservation organization. With staff across nine states, WildEarth Guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West. WildEarth Workers is represented by Denver Newspaper Guild, Local 37074 of Communications Workers of America.
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NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss was elected to the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Journalists on Thursday while attending the IFJ’s World Congress in Paris. Schleuss joined 22 other leaders at journalists’ trade unions around the world. Delegates also elected a new president from Peru, vice presidents from Palestine, Canada and Tunisia and a treasurer from Italy.
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The NewsGuild-CWA Constitution mandates an annual adjustment of per capita dues locals pay to the national union, based on a formula in Article XVIII, Section 5. Beginning May 2026, the monthly per capita rate will be $25.41, an increase of 39 cents over the 2025 rate.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: UCP Workers Guild | ucpworkers@gmail.com
Emily Steelhammer, Staff Representative | esteelhammer@chicagonewsguild.org
CHICAGO, IL —Workers at the University of Chicago Press are forming a union with the Chicago News Guild, TNG-CWA Local 34071, joining the nationwide labor movement for a stronger publishing industry. The UCP Workers Guild has requested that leadership agree to voluntary recognition and work with staff to negotiate a first contract. If not recognized voluntarily, workers are seeking an election monitored by the National Labor Relations Board by mail.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Moira Bulloch (mbulloch@cwa-union.org), CWA Communications, 202-434-1168; pghguild@gmail.com
PITTSBURGH — The incoming ownership of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Veneteloulis Institute for Local Journalism, is beginning its stewardship of the paper by cutting at least 40 percent of its staff, and 80 percent of former strikers.
PG employees started receiving offer letters Wednesday night before rejection letters arrived late Thursday afternoon. The Institute will formally take ownership of the publication on Monday, completing a sale by longtime owners, Block Communications, Inc.
“The people who held power to account, the people who fought back against one of the most lawless union-busting operations in the country are precisely who the PG’s new owners prioritized discarding,” said Andrew Goldstein, Post-Gazette education reporter and president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh.
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Update: Management voluntarily recognized the union formed by Cap Times reporters on May 7, 2026.
MADISON, Wis. — Reporters at The Cap Times announced April 30 they have formed a union and are seeking voluntary recognition from newspaper management. The Cap Times News Guild includes all of the news organization’s reporters, making up the entirety of union eligible workers on staff.
Members of the Cap Times News Guild organizing committee presented Cap Times President and Publisher Paul Fanlund, Editor Mark Treinen and other members of Cap Times management with a request for voluntary recognition after 100% of eligible editorial staff signed authorization cards, signaling their desire to be recognized as members of the newspaper’s union.
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