Feb. 22, 2018 – NewsGuild-CWA members at Jacobin, a Brooklyn-based online and print socialist magazine, overwhelmingly ratified a first contract between the company and The NewsGuild of New York. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Jacobin Members Approve First Contract”
Feb. 22, 2018 – Employees of the Chicago Reader unanimously ratified a one-year contract in October, resolving a lengthy labor dispute that began under its previous owner, Tronc. The members of the Chicago News Guild reached the deal with the labor-friendly investor group that purchased the Reader and the Chicago Sun-Times in July. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Chicago Reader Staff Makes Big Gains”
Feb. 22, 2018 – Union members at The Daily Beast overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract between the company and The NewsGuild of New York. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Daily Beast Employees Ratify Contract”
Feb. 22, 2018 – NewsGuild members at Thompson Reuters voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract in December, after three years of intense negotiations with management. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Reuters Workers Vote Yes on Contract”
Feb. 22, 2018 – Members of the New York Times unit of The NewsGuild of New York ratified a four-year contract in December that covers much of the newsroom and business staff. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Four-Year Agreement Ratified at NY Times”
Feb. 22, 2018 – Contract settlements around the Guild cover employees at the Bakersfield Californian, Lexington Herald-Leader, Bowling Green (Ohio) production plant of Dow Jones, Florida AFL-CIO, Chicago AFT, RLM Arts and DLR International in Ottawa. A database of collective bargaining agreements is available for local leaders. Contact your local president for information on how to access them. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Bits”
Jan. 25, 2018 – One hundred fifty newsroom employees at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have instituted a byline strike to protest 12 years of pay cuts and additional concessions demanded by family-owned Block Communications, Inc., in contract talks, local Pittsburgh Newspaper Guild President Michael A. Fuoco has announced. Continue reading “Pittsburgh Guild Launches Byline Strike to Protest Contentious Contract Talks”
Jan. 24, 2018 – NewsGuild-CWA members at Jacobin, a Brooklyn-based print and online magazine that offers socialist perspectives on politics and culture, overwhelmingly ratified a first contract between the company and The NewsGuild of New York, the local that represents them. The contract will remain in effect until Dec. 15, 2021. Continue reading “Jacobin Members Ratify First Contract”
Jan. 16, 2018 – Plagued by low pay and a lack of job security, English-as-a-second-language teachers at Education First outside Boston were the first of the company’s U.S. affiliates to form a union. In January, after almost two years of negotiations, EF’s Guild members ratified their first collective bargaining agreement. Continue reading “EF Teachers Win First Contract”
By Martha Waggoner, NewsGuild International Chairperson
