Today is World Press Freedom Day, and this year’s theme, “Information as a Public Good,” couldn’t be more appropriate. It reflects the severity of the crisis facing journalism and the need to reshape our industry. We cannot let hedge funds and profit-hungry chains run journalism into the ground. News and information are essential to empowering the people to participate in civic life.
Continue reading “Newsletter: The story you’ve always dreamed of telling”
There is so much amazing news from the last couple of weeks!
First up, about 1,000 workers have gone public with union drives in just the last week!
Continue reading “Newsletter: NYT Tech and Insider make a splash!”
Journalists at Ziff Davis publications — Mashable, PCMag and AskMen — walked off the job for 24 hours on Thursday to protest the company’s failure to agree to a living wage for all employees and to demand that management bargain in good faith.
Continue reading “Workers of Mashable, PCMag and AskMen walk off the Job; Digital Rally set for 12:30 p.m. EDT”
Not a subscriber? Click here to sign-up for the Guild’s biweekly email newsletter.
NewsGuild members at The New Yorker, Pitchfork, and Ars Technica voted — with 98 percent support — to approve a strike if negotiations with management of their publications and their parent company, Condé Nast, break down further. The vote came on March 26 after years of contentious negotiations for first contracts at each outlet.
Continue reading “Newsletter: Strike votes, the fight for pro-journalism owners and more organizing!”
After two and a half years of unproductive contract talks, NewsGuild members at The New Yorker, Pitchfork, and Ars Technica announced Friday that they have voted — with 98 percent support — to approve a strike if negotiations with management of their publications and their parent company, Condé Nast, break down further.
Continue reading “After years of stalled contract talks, workers at The New Yorker, Pitchfork and Ars Technica vote to authorize a strike”
NewsGuild members at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade held solidarity rallies on Friday to deliver a message to their common owner, Block Communications, Inc: We’re taking a stand against your attempts to bust our unions, eliminate editorial independence, and destroy the two publications.
Continue reading “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Toledo Blade workers: We won’t back down!”
A federal judge ruled in favor of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh in its dispute with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette over the company’s refusal to pay increases in health care premiums during ongoing contract negotiations.
Continue reading “Pittsburgh Guild defeats Post-Gazette in federal health care case”
A pay study by The New Yorker Union found a gender pay gap that especially affects women of color at the magazine. The study was based on information provided by the publication’s owner, Condé Nast, in September 2020. It was conducted as the union prepared to present pay proposals to management during bargaining for a first contract.
Continue reading “New Yorker Union pay study finds gender, racial pay gap”
April 24, 2020 – Members of the Blue Ridge NewsGuild, which represents journalists at the Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Va., voted 14-0 to ratify a first contract with Lee Enterprises, the union announced on Friday. The collective bargaining agreement is the first in the paper’s 127-year history. “A new era at the paper begins now,” the union declared. Continue reading “Blue Ridge NewsGuild members ratify first contract”
Below is a copy of the announcement that first appeared on the website of LAT Guild.
Oct. 31, 2019 – Journalists of the Los Angeles Times voted 388 to 3 on Thursday to ratify the first collective bargaining agreement in the newsroom’s 138-year history. The contract will dramatically improve the quality of life for the journalists who produce The Times as well as help lift standards across the media industry. Continue reading “L.A. Times journalists ratify groundbreaking first contract”
