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Unionized staff at ProPublica vote to strike

The NewsGuild of New York-represented workers at the nonprofit newsroom take action after management’s persistent refusal to agree to a fair contract that includes industry-standard “just cause” job security protections and guardrails around the use of AI.

NEW YORK – Unionized staff at one of the nation’s largest nonprofit newsrooms, ProPublica, have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. Workers have been bargaining for more than two years for a first contract.

NABET-CWA & NewsGuild-CWA Statement on Nexstar-Tegna Merger

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Contact: Moira Bulloch (mbulloch@cwa-union.org), CWA Communications, 202-434-1168

The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians–Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA) and The NewsGuild-CWA jointly released the following statement in response to the FCC’s decision to approve Nexstar Media Group’s acquisition of Tegna:

NewsGuild-CWA stands in solidarity with striking CBS News 24/7 workers

Workers at CBS are walking out. The unionized team that runs CBS’ streaming service launched a 24-hour strike in New York and San Francisco after negotiations with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly imploded. Despite multiple days of good-faith negotiations and a strike pledge signed by 95% of members, management continues to offer worse terms than in previous contracts.

AAJCollective workers walk out, demand fair pay in first contract

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Media contact:
Kathleen Floyd, WBNG Communications, kfloyd@wbng.org

WASHINGTON– The members of AAJCollective walked out of work today and are officially on strike until midnight.

After 1.5 years of bargaining, workers are still fighting for a first contract that guarantees fair wages. Management has failed to meet demands for equitable pay and has proposed language that would cap annual salary increases at 3%, with most employees receiving raises of less than 2.5% per year.

Press freedom coalition sounds alarm on ICE detention of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez, calling for her immediate release

We, a coalition of 40 civil-society and press-freedom organizations, condemn the arrest and detention of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We urge ICE to release her immediately.

Workers at the Fort Worth Report posing for a photo after they announced their plans to unionize.

Fort Worth Report journalists, staff wins election to form union

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Media contact: fortworthreportersguild@gmail.com

FORT WORTH, Texas — Staff at the Fort Worth Report have overwhelmingly voted to form a union, according to election results from the National Relations Labor Board on Monday.

Journalists and non-management staff voted 11-1 in favor of union representation as part of the Media Guild of the West and The NewsGuild-CWA.

Current Affairs workers unionize with Chicago Guild

Five staffers at politics and culture magazine Current Affairs won voluntary recognition shortly after announcing their intention to unionize. They wrote this note to readers:

We, the staff of Current Affairs, are pleased to announce that we have unionized with the Chicago News Guild (Local 34071), an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America and the AFL-CIO. We received immediate voluntary recognition from our editor-in-chief, Nathan J. Robinson, and the Current Affairs board of directors, and are grateful for their support and cooperation as we take this step forward.

Members of The New York Times Guild bargaining unit wearing red shirts in advance of bargaining over a new contract in the newsroom. Members are standing around the bargaining committee, which is seated at the negotiating table.

Inside AI negotiations at The New York Times

Our members at The New York Times Guild are currently bargaining their next collective agreement. What happens in these negotiations will impact the rest of the news industry.

On Wednesday, hundreds of workers at the Times, represented by The NewsGuild of New York, took part in an action flooding management’s inbox with emails outlining five major priorities in their contract fight. A big priority on that list: artificial intelligence, which is a critical issue in newsrooms right now, from ProPublica to the 50 unionized newsrooms at Gannett, now known as USA Today Co.

Coalition of Unions, Press Freedom Organizations, Editors and Journalists Win Major Victory As Judge Rules Kari Lake’s USAGM Appointment Illegal, Cancels Mass Firings at VOA

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WASHINGTON – In a major victory for federal workers, this weekend, D.C. federal judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Kari Lake had illegally served as Acting CEO of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the agency overseeing Voice of America (VOA). The Court, granting a motion for summary judgment filed by labor unions, Press Freedom Organizations, editors and journalists, ruled that the actions taken by Lake since March of 2025 are legally void. That includes the August 29, 2025 reduction in force (RIF) eliminating the jobs of hundreds of Voice of America (VOA) employees. That RIF had previously been suspended by Judge Lamberth pending rulings by the Court, and thus all the employees targeted by the RIF have remained employed.