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Guild President Schleuss elected to leadership of International Federation of Journalists

NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss was elected to the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Journalists on Thursday while attending the IFJ’s World Congress in Paris. Schleuss joined 22 other leaders at journalists’ trade unions around the world. Delegates also elected a new president from Peru, vice presidents from Palestine, Canada and Tunisia and a treasurer from Italy.

2026 per capita adjustment takes effect in May

The NewsGuild-CWA Constitution mandates an annual adjustment of per capita dues locals pay to the national union, based on a formula in Article XVIII, Section 5. Beginning May 2026, the monthly per capita rate will be $25.41, an increase of 39 cents over the 2025 rate.

University of Chicago Press Workers Announce Union with Chicago News Guild

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Contact: UCP Workers Guild | ucpworkers@gmail.com
Emily Steelhammer, Staff Representative | esteelhammer@chicagonewsguild.org

CHICAGO, IL —Workers at the University of Chicago Press are forming a union with the Chicago News Guild, TNG-CWA Local 34071, joining the nationwide labor movement for a stronger publishing industry. The UCP Workers Guild has requested that leadership agree to voluntary recognition and work with staff to negotiate a first contract. If not recognized voluntarily, workers are seeking an election monitored by the National Labor Relations Board by mail.

Incoming Post-Gazette ownership slashes staff, purges former strikers

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Contacts: Moira Bulloch (mbulloch@cwa-union.org), CWA Communications, 202-434-1168; pghguild@gmail.com

Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism ignores the advice of more than 1,000 readers and local electeds to eclipse the Block family’s legacy of union-busting

PITTSBURGH — The incoming ownership of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Veneteloulis Institute for Local Journalism, is beginning its stewardship of the paper by cutting at least 40 percent of its staff, and 80 percent of former strikers.

PG employees started receiving offer letters Wednesday night before rejection letters arrived late Thursday afternoon. The Institute will formally take ownership of the publication on Monday, completing a sale by longtime owners, Block Communications, Inc.

“The people who held power to account, the people who fought back against one of the most lawless union-busting operations in the country are precisely who the PG’s new owners prioritized discarding,” said Andrew Goldstein, Post-Gazette education reporter and president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh.

Photo of several journalists at the Cap Times in Madison Wisconsin who are forming a union

Madison Cap Times reporters announce union

MADISON, Wis. — Reporters at The Cap Times announced April 30 they have formed a union and are seeking voluntary recognition from newspaper management. The Cap Times News Guild includes all of the news organization’s reporters, making up the entirety of union eligible workers on staff.

Members of the Cap Times News Guild organizing committee presented Cap Times President and Publisher Paul Fanlund, Editor Mark Treinen and other members of Cap Times management with a request for voluntary recognition after 100% of eligible editorial staff signed authorization cards, signaling their desire to be recognized as members of the newspaper’s union.

Pittsburgh, Western PA elected officials urge new Post-Gazette owners to fully staff newsroom, bargain in good faith with union journalists

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Contacts: PGHGuild@gmail.com
Dylan Manshack, dmanshack@cwa-union.org
Moira Bulloch, mbulloch@cwa-union.org

The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism is currently considering how much of the existing PG staff it will keep as the purchase of PG nears completion.

PITTSBURGH — Federal and local officials sent an open welcome letter to leadership of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s incoming ownership on Wednesday afternoon, urging the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism to maintain a robust staff as well as a good-faith bargaining relationship with members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh.

Hachette Book Group employees announce largest unionization campaign in trade publisher history with NewsGuild

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Media Contacts:
Hachette Workers Coalition: info@hachetteworkers.com
Kathleen Floyd, WBNG Communications: kfloyd@wbng.org
Jeff Jones, LAJC Director of Communications: jeff@justice4all.org

New York, NY; Boston & North Adams, MA; Philadelphia, PA; Chapel Hill, NC; Nashville, TN; Lebanon, IN; Boulder, CO; Oakland, CA; Portland, OR; Toronto, CAN. – The employees of Hachette Book Group (HBG), the third-largest trade publisher in the USA, announce they have unionized with Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild-CWA Local 32035, of the AFL-CIO, in order to ensure better benefits, protections, and rights for workers, as well as increased equity, transparency, and agency in the workplace.

Newsletter: Post-Gazette journalists press new owners on union protections

I’m traveling to Ottawa this week to attend the CWA Canada National Representative Council meeting. As The NewsGuild-CWA president, I’m a member of the council and am excited to hear from local leaders across Canada on the issues they’re facing and solutions they’re coming up with together. There will also be elections for several CWA Canada officer positions, including the treasurer and secretary.

Guild statement on federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center

The Washington-Baltimore News Guild stands in solidarity with our members at the Southern Poverty Law Center as the organization faces a federal indictment rooted in politics rather than the law. To characterize the SPLC’s use of confidential informants as fraud, at a moment when this administration has made no secret of its hostility toward the SPLC, raises serious questions about the integrity and motivation of this prosecution.

Post-Gazette journalists call on new owner to follow federal law and restore trust with Pittsburgh community

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Media Contact:
Dylan Manshack (dmanshack@cwa-union.org), NewsGuild Communications, 202-445-4033

The Venetoulis Institute has acquired the Pulitzer Prize-winning PG staff to keep the paper alive. It has also indicated it will cut jobs.

PITTSBURGH — Post-Gazette workers were informed on Tuesday morning that the publication was sold to the Venetoulis Institute, the owners of the Baltimore Banner.

We are excited for this historic institution to survive, and eager to ensure that it operates in a way that respects the people of Pittsburgh, and the journalists who strive to serve them.

Banner leadership has already publicly indicated that it intends to cut jobs and not uphold our union contract.