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Strike averted! New Yorker, Ars Technica and Pitchfork workers announce historic agreements with Condé Nast

Agreement Follows Nearly Three Years of Negotiations and Escalating Member Activism

NewsGuild members at The New Yorker, Pitchfork and Ars Technica announced Wednesday that a strike has been averted and an agreement in principle has been reached on historic first contracts with Condé Nast, the publications’ parent company.

Staff of Oxford University Press form union

Employees at the New York office of Oxford University Press announced Wednesday that they are unionizing.

Journalists under hedge fund ownership overwhelming vote to form union

About 140 journalists at 11 newsrooms in the Southern California have formed the SCNG Guild, after 64 ballots were counted in support of unionizing, versus 19 against on Friday.

Congrats, Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists!

On Friday, several NewsGuild-CWA members either won or were finalists of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize Awards.

Staffers at The New Yorker protest at the home of Anna Wintour

Protesters chanted ‘The bosses wear Prada, workers get nada.’

The unionized workers of Condé Nast protested outside the home of Anna Wintour on Tuesday to call attention to management’s refusal to negotiate in good faith with staffers at The New Yorker, Pitchfork and Ars Technica. They were joined by media workers from other unionized newsrooms, including BuzzFeed, Time and New York magazine.

NY Guild files labor charges against NY Times; launches petition campaign

Times Managers Violate Federal Labor Law, Forbid Tech Staffers From Showing Union Support

NEW YORK – The NewsGuild of New York has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board over union busting actions by Times management aimed at derailing a union organizing campaign among its tech staffers.

Newsletter: Journalists under attack

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The last few weeks have been marred by serious attacks on democracy, press freedom and journalists at home and abroad.

We’re outraged by the Belarusian government’s use of a military aircraft to ground a civilian plane and arrest a journalist who was a passenger on the flight and by the Israeli government’s intentional bombing of offices housing the Associated Press and Al Jazeera. We’re also deeply disturbed by the arrest of an American journalist in Myanmar and the ongoing crackdown on the press there since a February coup. These brazen incidents reflect a troubling slide toward authoritarianism around the world.

Newsroom staffers of The Atlantic announce formation of a union

UPDATE: Journalists at The Atlantic announced July 12 that they officially won union recognition after a “card check” showed “an overwhelming majority of editorial employees” had signed cards signaling support for the union.

Kansas City News Guild wins voluntary recognition

Journalists of The Kansas City Star won voluntary recognition of their union on Wednesday, 23 days after they announced their organizing campaign. The McClatchy Company, which owns The Star, notified newsroom employees of the decision via a video conference call.

Atlantic Digital Producers are unionizing

New York – Digital producers on Gannett’s Atlantic Digital Optimization Team (DOT) have formed a union with the NewsGuild of New York, CWA Local 31003 to advocate for themselves, their profession and the communities they serve. These employees work across a five-state region that comprises 37 websites in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.