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Newsroom Staff at Lee Enterprises’ Southern Illinoisan
Votes Unanimously to Unionize, Join NewsGuild-CWA
CARBONDALE, Illinois — Newsroom employees of The Southern Illinoisan voted unanimously Thursday to form a union.
The 12-0 vote means the staff of 12 eligible employees will be represented by the United Media Guild, an affiliate of the NewsGuild-CWA, as the staff bargains for its first labor contract with the newspaper’s owner, Lee Enterprises. Continue reading “Southern Illinoisan Newsroom Staff Votes Unanimously to Join NewsGuild”