In the first authorization for an open-ended strike ever taken by journalists at a newsroom owned by the secretive Alden Global Capital, the Southern California News Group union today announced its members have voted overwhelmingly in favor of striking.
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Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 have reached a tentative five-year contract deal that, among many gains, lifts wages by an average of 12%, increases family leave to 14 weeks, includes an average bonus of $9,000 and ensures strong job protections on AI and more.
Guild members will decide whether or not to ratify the deal in a vote scheduled for September 23. The Law360 Union bargaining committee recommends that members ratify the deal.
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We’re on strike in two locations today: Law360 and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
About 260 members are on strike at Law360, spread across the United States working for the legal news outlet. This week will be the second week of the strike. They went out over unfair labor practices related to the illegal layoffs of their colleagues and unilateral changes to their healthcare plans. Last week they launched their strike publication Outlaw360, and are continuing to report on legal cases and provide updates to their strike. And now, they’ve launched a newsletter!
Executive officer, based in Seattle, WA
Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild
The NewsGuild-CWA Local 37082
Executive officer
Based in Seattle, WA
The Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild (The NewsGuild-CWA Local 37082) is seeking an executive officer.
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The journalists and news staff at Anchorage Daily News took a major step Tuesday toward forming a union. Organizers filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board and have requested voluntary recognition from leadership at Anchorage Daily News.
Roughly 80% of the newsroom staff at ADN are publicly in support of joining the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, a local union of The NewsGuild-CWA. By forming the Anchorage News Guild, the workers aim to advocate for fair wages, increased transparency and a sustainable workplace environment.
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Our members at Law360 are on an unfair labor practice strike this morning and I’m on the train to rally with them in New York this afternoon.
Management, led by LexisNexis Vice President Teresa Harmon, continues to demand that union members accept paltry raises that fail to seriously address rising costs of living and dramatically increased costs for healthcare. Throughout bargaining management has repeatedly dismissed the impact of inflation on members as irrelevant to negotiations about wages. All while refusing to agree to the union’s reasonable demands that the company remedy its March 2024 unlawful layoff of 26 union-represented workers.
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Members across The NewsGuild-CWA and CWA Canada marched last week in parades across the continent from Detroit to Toronto.
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Contact: Jen Sheehan, jen@nyguild.org
NEW YORK – Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 have been hard at work in marathon bargaining with Law360 and LexisNexis management, but significant barriers remain, prompting the union to schedule an open-ended strike to begin just after midnight Tuesday.
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More than two years after their union was recognized, the Financial Times Guild won a tentative agreement with the Financial Times that will be put to a member vote.
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Last week Washington-Baltimore News Guild members at the United Food and Commercial Workers union ratified a successor collective bargaining agreement that included large raises, increased telework and vacation time increases after workers struck for one day in May and planned for a longer unfair labor practice strike.
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