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Media Contact: cvjcguild@gmail.com
MERCED, Calif. — Journalists of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative (CVJC) have announced their decision to unionize as the CVJC Guild and are seeking voluntary recognition from CVJC leadership as a unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild Local 39521, TNG-CWA.
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September 2, 2025
Media Contact: appleseedworkersunited@gmail.com
Instagram: @appleseedworkersunited
LINCOLN, NE – Today, workers of Nebraska Appleseed publicly announced their intent to unionize. Nebraska Appleseed, founded in 1996, is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to fighting for justice and opportunity for all Nebraskans. The group tackles systemic issues like child welfare, immigration, health care, and poverty—working in the courts, at the Capitol, and in communities to create lasting change.
Happy Labor Day!
I hope you, like most folks, get the day off today and can use it to recharge.
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Media contact: sonewsworkersguild@gmail.com
Journalists powering Signal Ohio’s nonprofit newsrooms in Akron, Cleveland and Columbus are coming together to form a union with the Northeast Ohio NewsGuild, Local 34001 of Communications Workers of America.
Continue reading “RELEASE: Signal Ohio Staff Announce NewsGuild Union Drive”
Whew! It’s been a while since my last newsletter, and that’s because The NewsGuild staff and I were laser-focused on preparing for our 2025 Sector Conference in Pittsburgh! Every two years elected Guild leaders from across North America come together and pass resolutions, make changes to our Constitution and set the vision for our union.
Continue reading “Newsletter: We surrounded the Post-Gazette publisher’s mansion”
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August 19, 2025
Media contact:
Megan Gray, President, News Guild of Maine
574-807-2843 | meganedoyle13@gmail.com
SOUTH PORTLAND — This morning, workers at the statewide Maine Trust for Local News launched their One Big Union campaign.
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From standing ovations to spirited floor debates, the 2025 NewsGuild-CWA Sector Conference brought together 84 delegates from 24 locals to chart the path ahead for our union.
The day opened with Sector Chair Diane Mastrull saluting the Pittsburgh strikers who were still holding the line after 1,026 days. Mastrull was followed by remarks from Pittsburgh Local President Zack Tanner and CWA District 2-13 Vice President Mike Davis. The room was on its feet early, and the energy never let up.
Continue reading “Here’s what we did at the 2025 NewsGuild Sector Conference in Pittsburgh”
UPDATE: On August 19, workers won voluntary recognition from their employer.
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August 18, 2025
Press Contact: missionlocalguild@gmail.com
PMWG Staff: esteban@mediaworkers.org
SAN FRANCISCO – Employees at Mission Local, the largest nonprofit newsroom solely covering San Francisco, announced today the creation of the first union at the organization, as a part of the Pacific Media Workers Guild Local 39521 The NewsGuild – Communications Workers of America.
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The NewsGuild-CWA and National Writers Union join press freedom and human rights advocates around the world in condemning the killing of Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Moamen Aliwa, and their assistant Mohammed Noufal in a targeted attack in Gaza City.
Continue reading “The NewsGuild-CWA and National Writers Union condemn Israel’s targeted killing of five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza”
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August 1, 2025
Contact: cbworkersguild@gmail.com or call 773-357-7096
City Bureau workers have won voluntary recognition of their union, the City Bureau Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 34071.
