This week the AFL-CIO endorsed the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, a bill that would provide tax credits to help subscribers, local businesses and, most importantly, local journalists.
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Journalists at the American Independent, a digital publication that covers issues of interest to progressives, announced they are unionizing on Sept. 2.
“Our industry is extremely rocky,” said Casey Quinlan, who covers LGBTQ issues for the organization. “We need to know that we have a tool to organize for ourselves.
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Fortune magazine has postponed its prestigious CEO Initiative conference in response to a strike threat by union members who are frustrated by a lack of progress on contract negotiations.
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The NewsGuild and four other media unions urged President Biden to support journalists, support staff and families who are desperately trying to flee Afghanistan in a letter sent on Aug. 23.
“We have watched the rapid deterioration of the situation inside Afghanistan with great concern for everyone involved,” we said.
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The CWA and NewsGuild announced Thursday that the 2021 CWA Convention and NewsGuild Sector Conference will be held virtually rather than in person.
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The NewsGuild-CWA and four other unions representing journalists and media workers urged President Joe Biden to support journalists who are desperately trying to flee Afghanistan on Aug. 23. The text of the letter is below.
Dear President Biden,
Our unions represent thousands of journalists in the United States and many who are currently working for U.S.-based employers overseas. We have watched the rapid deterioration of the situation inside Afghanistan with great concern for everyone involved.
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Journalists at Washingtonian magazine voted 15 to 2 to form the Washingtonian Guild on Aug. 19 in balloting that was supervised by the National Labor Relations Board. They will become part of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035. The unit includes editors, writers and creatives.
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The APP-MCJ Guild is the fourth Gannett group to organize with the NewsGuild of New York this year.
Journalists at the Asbury Park Press, Home News Tribune and Courier News announced Aug. 19 that they are unionizing. With more than 70% of eligible staffers signed on, the APP-MCJ Guild has requested voluntary recognition from Gannett management, which own the publications. They will become part of The NewsGuild of New York Local 31003.
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Hundreds of New York Times tech workers held a work stoppage last week to protest management’s attempts to prevent about one-third of tech employees, including product designers and data analysts, from voting in their upcoming election on union representation. They also protested other unfair labor practices, such as management illegally asking workers their views about unionizing and saying that workers would get more from management if they stopped organizing. I was fired up speaking to the workers at their rally Wednesday. These workers are innovating the future of journalism and they deserve a voice in their workplace!
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Unionized journalists at New York Magazine released a pay study on Aug. 12 that found “glaring inequities.”
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