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Pittsburgh, Western PA elected officials urge new Post-Gazette owners to fully staff newsroom, bargain in good faith with union journalists

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Contacts: PGHGuild@gmail.com
Dylan Manshack, dmanshack@cwa-union.org
Moira Bulloch, mbulloch@cwa-union.org

The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism is currently considering how much of the existing PG staff it will keep as the purchase of PG nears completion.

PITTSBURGH — Federal and local officials sent an open welcome letter to leadership of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s incoming ownership on Wednesday afternoon, urging the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism to maintain a robust staff as well as a good-faith bargaining relationship with members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh.

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.

Newsletter: Post-Gazette journalists press new owners on union protections

I’m traveling to Ottawa this week to attend the CWA Canada National Representative Council meeting. As The NewsGuild-CWA president, I’m a member of the council and am excited to hear from local leaders across Canada on the issues they’re facing and solutions they’re coming up with together. There will also be elections for several CWA Canada officer positions, including the treasurer and secretary.

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.

Post-Gazette journalists call on new owner to follow federal law and restore trust with Pittsburgh community

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Media Contact:
Dylan Manshack (dmanshack@cwa-union.org), NewsGuild Communications, 202-445-4033

The Venetoulis Institute has acquired the Pulitzer Prize-winning PG staff to keep the paper alive. It has also indicated it will cut jobs.

PITTSBURGH — Post-Gazette workers were informed on Tuesday morning that the publication was sold to the Venetoulis Institute, the owners of the Baltimore Banner.

We are excited for this historic institution to survive, and eager to ensure that it operates in a way that respects the people of Pittsburgh, and the journalists who strive to serve them.

Banner leadership has already publicly indicated that it intends to cut jobs and not uphold our union contract.

Clean Water Action staff across the country join together to seek recognition as the Clean Water Guild

Media Contact:
Esteban Gil, Pacific Media Workers Guild | esteban@mediaworkers.org
Emily Plunkett Frazier, Clean Water Guild Organizing Committee | cleanwaterunion@gmail.com

The workers of Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund are proud to announce the formation of the Clean Water Guild, uniting employees of Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund as a part of The NewsGuild-CWA.

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.

Newsletter: A U.S. appeals court affirmed our injunction against the DHS

ProPublica workers voted 92% to authorize a strike if management does not agree to a fair contract that includes job security protections, ethical guardrails around the use of AI and wage increases to keep up with the rising cost of living.

NewsGuild joins broad coalition challenging FCC approval of Nexstar’s takeover attempt of TEGNA

Last month The NewsGuild-CWA joined a lawsuit with a large coalition of organizations supporting a free press and broadcasters to appeal the largest broadcast merger in the history of the United States.

Person holding sign that reads "Press Freedom is an American right"

Southern California judges affirm First Amendment protections for journalists, protestors and legal observers

On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said journalists, protestors and legal observers are likely to succeed on their First Amendment claims against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for retaliatory use of force during ongoing protests against federal immigration actions in Southern California.

The NewsGuild-CWA joined a lawsuit in June against DHS and then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem filed by the ACLU of Southern California with the Los Angeles Press Club, journalists, legal observers and others.