Dec. 19, 2017 – NewsGuild members at three suburban Chicago community newspapers ramped up their fight for a good contract on Nov. 30 by seeking support in unexpected places. Continue reading “Chicago Community Newspaper Staff Seeks Support in Unexpected Places”
Updated Dec. 21, 2017 to reflect that 2018 benefits and premiums will remain at current levels, whether employees’ premiums are currently based on 2017 levels or 2016 levels.
Dec. 14, 2017 – In a first-of-its-kind agreement, The NewsGuild-CWA reached a “global settlement” with GateHouse Media on Dec. 12 that improves wages and protects health benefits at 16 GateHouse-owned newspapers. Continue reading “Guild Reaches First-of-its-Kind Agreement with GateHouse”
Dec. 15, 2017 – NewsGuild members at Thomson Reuters voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract on Dec. 14, with 241 casting ballots in favor of the agreement and 9 voting against. Continue reading “Reuters Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify Contract”
Dec. 15, 2017 – Newsroom and commercial employees at the L.A. Times are scheduled to vote Jan. 4 on whether to unionize with The NewsGuild-CWA. Continue reading “LA Times Vote on Forming Union Set for Jan. 4”
Dec. 12, 2017 – Emilio Gutierrez, a Mexican journalist who sought refuge in the U.S. nearly a decade ago, is facing deportation, despite the fact that he faces near-certain death if he returns to Mexico.
Continue reading “NewsGuild: Stop the Deportation of Journalist Emilio Gutierrez”
Dec. 14, 2017 – Staff members of Lambda Legal, the nation’s oldest and largest legal organization that works to protect the civil rights of LGBTQ people and people living with HIV, announced on Dec. 7 that they plan to unionize with The NewsGuild-CWA. They will join the Washington-Baltimore Local. Continue reading “Lambda Legal Employees Organize to Form Union”
Dec. 8, 2017 – Like that front page? It seems they might be a little short-staffed.
Seven journalists, including four members of the design team, of the British paper Cambridge News were eliminated in July due to “redundancy.”
Dec. 7, 2017 – Employees of the New York Times have ratified a four-year contract, the NewsGuild of New York has announced. Continue reading “NY Times Employees Ratify Four-Year Agreement”
Dec. 4, 2017 – Employees of the L.A. Times filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize their newsroom on Dec. 4, declaring, “It’s a big day here!” Continue reading “L.A. Times Employees File for Union Election”
Dec. 2, 2017 – Statement by CWA President Chris Shelton on the Republican tax plan passed by the U.S. Senate:
Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted to move ahead with their tax plan that hands over billions of dollars to corporations and the 1 percent at the expense of working and middle income families who will be stuck paying the bill. Continue reading “CWA: Senate Republicans Give Billions to Corporations and the Wealthy, at the Expense of Working Families”
