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This article first appeared on April 11, 2019, on the website of dfmworkers.org.
By Julie Reynolds
April 16, 2019 – Leaders of the NewsGuild and Teamsters unions have issued a call to Gannett shareholders this week to reject a “hopelessly conflicted” board takeover effort by vulture hedge fund Alden Global Capital, owner of Digital First Media newspapers. Continue reading “Unions call for Gannett shareholders to reject hedge fund’s takeover slate”
For immediate release, April 8, 2019
Contact: Bill Meyer
williamdmeyer@msn.com
330-858-3406
A member of The NewsGuild-CWA is among those who will provide testimony at a public hearing in Ohio about the devastating effects of job outsourcing on both those who lose their jobs and the community.
The field hearing, co-sponsored by Cleveland Jobs With Justice and the Ohio Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, will run from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 13, at Firestone Park Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 40 East Wilbeth Road, Akron, Ohio, 44301.
Large corporate owners with little interest in investing in local quality journalism are continuing their relentless attacks on a free press. This hearing will highlight the attacks faced not just by Ohio’s media workers but local call center workers and auto workers as well.
Continue reading “Laid-off NewsGuild member to speak at field hearing in Ohio”
This post first appeared on April 3, 2019, on the website DFMworkers.org.
By Julie Reynolds
Responding to the dire challenges faced by local news, U.S. representatives are launching bills to protect local news outlets and “to recognize the vital role that local journalists play in promoting good governance and accountability.” Continue reading “Representatives launch national initiative to save local news”
April 3, 2019 – Members of The NewsGuild-CWA called out the nation’s media executives on April 2, demanding equal pay for women and people of color. Designated “Equal Pay Day,” the date symbolized the fact that women must work well into 2019 to catch up to what men earned in 2018. For women of color it will take longer to catch up – much longer.
Continue reading “NewsGuild members demand ‘Equal Pay Now!’”
April 2, 2019 – Nearly 90 percent of newsroom employees at Wirecutter, a product-review-and-recommendation site published by the New York Times Company, announced April 2 that they are seeking to join the New York Local of The NewsGuild-CWA. Continue reading “‘Wirecutter’ workers announce union drive, seek recognition”
March 29, 2019 – Digital journalists at Fortune magazine announced a campaign for union recognition on March 28, becoming the latest in a slew of news organizations where workers are seeking the protections that come with a union. Employees of the magazine’s print department – comprising 41 percent of the magazine’s staff – have been members of New York local of The NewsGuild-CWA for decades. Continue reading “Digital Employees of Fortune Mag Announce Union Drive”
March 29, 2019 – Staffers at two Condé Nast publications announced March 29 that they are seeking union recognition as members of the New York local of The NewsGuild-CWA.
Employees of Ars Technica, a publication that covers technology and science, and Pitchfork, a publication that covers music criticism and news, are the latest to join the wave of media unionization. Continue reading “Pitchfork and Ars Technica Join Union Organizing Wave”
For Release April 2, 2019
Contact: Sally Davidow
sdavidow@cwa-union.org
202-368-3324
On Equal Pay Day, journalists of The NewsGuild-CWA are asking a tough question of their own employers: Why are women and people of color, on average, paid less than their coworkers? Continue reading “Statement of The NewsGuild-CWA on Equal Pay Day”
The Associated Press has changed its Stylebook entry on “right-to-work” laws after a member of the News Media Guild executive board inquired about the previous definition.
Continue reading “At urging of News Media Guild, AP Stylebook definition of ‘right-to-work’ changes”