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Prime Day Walkout Averted at Ziff Davis

Unionized journalists at Lifehacker, Mashable, and PCMag reach tentative contract deal with Ziff Davis that lifts wages by at least 3% and includes strong AI protections.

Michigan United workers ratify first union contract

Contact: Daniel Caracheo Teniente, (616) 287-3234, soul.of.mu.mpc@gmail.com

Workers at the Statewide Organized United Labor of Michigan United and Michigan United Action have ratified their first collective bargaining agreement. This victory is the culmination of nearly a year and a half of negotiations and over three years of workers exercising their rights to organize their workplace. Workers unionized with the Newspaper Guild of Detroit, TNG-CWA Local 34022.

“We are proud of this victory,” said Danny Caracheo, the bargaining unit chair. “Through our CBA, we have codified the existing progressive policies that Michigan United already had in place and won new policies that will make Michigan United a more fair and equitable workplace.”

Newsletter: Reviewed Workers Strike; Sun Sentinel Journalists Organize

Workers at Reviewed – a Gannett publication – are back on the digital picket line today after the Fourth of July holiday. The Reviewed Union struck earlier this week, citing the need for fair wages and a management’s status quo violation.

For the duration of bargaining, management has insisted on a proposal that would cut pay and writers and editors have been asked to take on additional duties, which is an illegal change to their working conditions.

“Gannett has consistently come to the table with bad-faith offers, while forcing all of us to do the job of multiple people for the same pay. As of the last month, they want us to do work outside of our job descriptions, with no associated pay increases. We’re fed up. We’re going on strike until Monday to send Gannett a message: Until you pay us what we deserve, it’s no longer business as usual,” said Madison Durham, a senior staff writer.

To help support us during the strike, please share and donate to the Reviewed Union strike fund so members can continue fighting for fair wages.

The journalists at the South Florida Sun Sentinel announced this week they are forming a union to defend the future of their newsroom and South Florida’s access to quality local journalism. An overwhelming majority of Sun Sentinel journalists, 88%, signed cards in favor of unionizing. The workers have demanded voluntary recognition by the owner, Tribune Media, which is owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital.

The last two decades have been difficult for journalism in general, and for Sun Sentinel staffers in particular. They have seen staff levels razed and salaries and benefits cut. With diminishing resources, they pulled together and provided the region and the nation with Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the slaughter of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in 2018. They continue to win awards and earn national praise for their reporting.

The workers organized at a rapid pace just one month after eight Tribune-owned publications ratified historic agreements.

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IAPE members voted by an overwhelming margin to approve a new four-year contract with Dow Jones & Company! Nearly 81% of eligible IAPE voters cast a ballot during the ratification process, a new record-high turnout for the union.

Over a year-long period, IAPE members mobilized and marched, packed virtual open bargaining rooms and pledged to walk out, painted picket signs and scribbled on post-it notes, and pushed management to a contract that includes: above-inflation wages, better healthcare coverage, some AI protections, and extra severance when jobs are cut as a result of new technology, among other benefits.

Their industry-leading contract shows what is possible when members organize to show the power of a dissatisfied and mobilized workforce.

Our Pittsburgh strikers are shipping out their new shirts — be sure to get one before they’re gone! You can nab one for yourself with a $20 donation to the strikers.

South Florida Sun Sentinel Journalists Announce Formation of Union

The journalists of the South Florida Sun Sentinel announced today they are forming a union to defend the future of their newsroom and South Florida’s access to quality local journalism.

Reviewed Journalists to Walk Off The Job in Protest of Low Wage Offers

For Immediate Release: July 2, 2024

Media Contacts: Asya Pikovsky, communications@nyguild.org, 207-522-2442

BOSTON – Members of the Reviewed Union will go on strike from now until Monday, July 8 in protest of bad-faith bargaining and low wage offers from their parent company, Gannett Co. Inc., ahead of one of the busiest shopping weeks of the year. The Reviewed Union is one of more than 50 Gannett bargaining units represented by The NewsGuild-CWA.

Newsletter: Journalism Legislation Advances in California!

The California Senate advanced two pieces of legislation that would help shore up journalism jobs in the state. Yesterday the California Senate passed a bill that would fund $500 million in local journalism jobs a year. Senate Bill 1327 was introduced by Senator Steve Glazer and would impose a data-mining fee on Big Tech to fund the jobs, clearing a two-thirds majority needed to advance in the California legislature.

California Senate Passes $500 Million Journalism Jobs Bill

The California Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would fund $500 million in local journalism jobs a year. SB 1327 was introduced by Senator Steve Glazer and would impose a data-mining fee on Big Tech to fund the jobs, clearing a two-thirds majority needed to advance in the California legislature. This vote came one day after the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the California Journalism Preservation Act with a 9-2 vote.

Matt Pearce, president of the Media Guild of the West, testifying at the California Senate Judiciary Committee about the California Journalism Preservation Act

California Journalism Preservation Act advances through California Senate Judiciary Committee

The California Senate Judiciary Committee passed the California Journalism Preservation Act (AB 886) on Tuesday with a vote of 9-2 during a scheduled hearing. The bill, introduced by Assembly Member Buffy Wicks, now advances to the Appropriations committee before a final vote on the California Senate floor.

The NewsGuild-CWA, Media Guild of the West (TNG-CWA Local 39213) and Pacific Media Workers Guild (TNG-CWA Local 39521) are supporters of the California Journalism Preservation Act, having worked alongside Assembly Member Buffy Wick’s team to make several improvement to the bill that would benefit union journalism jobs across the state. The legislation also has the support of NABET-CWA, SAG-AFTRA, the California News Publishers Association and many individual publishers.

How you can follow Texas Guild members

On Tuesday NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss joined Rep. Greg Casar on Instagram Live to talk about the labor movement and unionizing in Texas. The Guild represents more than 260 journalists across six newsrooms in Texas at the Media Guild of the West. Interested in unionizing your newsroom? Contact Media Guild of the West here!

And you can follow unionized journalists below or supporting them when they’re on strike!

Everett Herald union workers to hold one-day strike, picket in Everett on June 24

Following the layoff of 10 union workers and two editors, Herald reporters, photographers, editors and designers and community members plan to picket to save jobs

Everett NewsGuild Layoff Picket
9am – 3pm PT Monday, June 24
LOCATION: Starting at the intersection of Colby and Hewitt in downtown
Everett, ending at the intersection of Colby and 41st near the Herald office.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2022

Kaitlin Gillespie
Executive officer, Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild
(206) 669-3562 │Guild37082@gmail.com

Sydney Jackson
Health reporter, NewsGuild member on the bargaining committee
(714) 791-8432 │ EverettNewsGuild@gmail.com

On Monday, June 24, at 9:00 a.m., instead of clocking into work at The Everett Herald, Everett NewsGuild members, represented by the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, will participate in a one-day strike and picket in downtown Everett.

After a wave of layoffs Wednesday that cut newsroom staff in half, including 10 of 18 union workers, the Everett NewsGuild is asking new owner Carpenter Media Group to come to the bargaining table and reinstate these jobs.