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NY officials denounce Dotdash Meredith’s neglect of HERO Act

NY Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris, Labor Committee Chair Jessica Ramos, along with 22 New York electeds sent a letter in support of 170 media workers at Dotdash Meredith organizing for better health & safety standards.

Read the 22 Legislators’ Full Letter Here

In a letter sent Monday to Dina Nathanson, senior vice president of Human Resources at Dotdash Meredith, 22 New York state senators and assembly members are highlighting the company’s failure to obey the NY HERO Act, which protects workplace safety during airborne disease outbreaks.

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Members of Tribune Publishing Guilds released a study last week documenting rampant pay disparities based on race, gender and ethnicity at more than a dozen Tribunes newsrooms across the country.

NewsGuild Statement on the death of Brent Renaud

Statement by The NewsGuild-CWA on the death of Brent Renaud:

“We condemn the death of American journalist Brent Renaud — and numerous other innocents — in Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against the people of Ukraine.

Journalists at Bozeman Daily Chronicle move to unionize

In a bid for better working conditions and a stronger newspaper, the news staff of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle requested on Monday that its employer, Adams Publishing Group, voluntarily recognize the Yellowstone News Guild.

Study by Tribune Publishing Guilds reveals rampant pay inequities

Workers at more than a dozen Tribune workplaces face inexcusable disparities

Members of Tribune Publishing Guilds released a study March 6, documenting rampant pay disparities based on race, gender and ethnicity at more than a dozen Tribune newsrooms across the country.

Record-Courier staffers to vote on unionization

The journalists of the Record-Courier in Portage County, Ohio, won a favorable ruling from the National Labor Relations Board on March 3 and will begin voting on unionization next week.

NYT Tech Workers Celebrate Blowout Win in Historic Union Election

80% of workers vote for union representation, capping hard-fought campaign

Times Tech Guild is now officially the largest union of tech workers with bargaining rights in the country

The National Labor Relations Board today announced that, in a 404-88 blowout vote, New York Times tech workers had won their election for a union, after a year-long campaign that was met with aggressive union-busting tactics from management. 85% of the unit voted in the election.

Votes to be counted today for NY Times Tech Guild

Beginning at 9 a.m. today, Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board will count the ballots in the union vote by members of NY Times Tech Guild.

Update: Solidarity with striking members of GMG Union!

Update March 7, 2022: GMG Union announced March 6 that they had reached a tentative agreement with G/O Media Management.

March 3, 2022: The NewsGuild-CWA sent a message of solidarity to the striking workers at Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, Lifehacker and The Root, who are members of GMG Union and the Writers Guild of America (East).

NewsGuild to Lee Shareholders: Reject Alden’s ‘Vote No’ Campaign

The NewsGuild-CWA is urging shareholders of Lee Enterprises to rebuff the latest moves by Alden Global Capital to take control of the company.

In a March 1 letter, NewsGuild President Jon Schleuss urged “fellow shareholders” to vote for three nominees to the board of directors recommended by Lee’s current board — and to reject a campaign by Alden Global Capital against two of them, Mary E. Junck and Herbert W. Maloney III. Alden’s campaign against Lee’s candidates follows a February ruling by the Delaware Chancery Court rejecting Alden’s attempt to nominate its own candidates for the board in violation of Lee’s bylaws.