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Graphic with text: “We have significant ethical issues with Palantir, whose artificial intelligence software has been used to advance widespread surveillance and power immigration crackdowns.”

USA Today Co.’s unionized journalists and media workers demand company end partnership with Palantir

For immediate release: Aug. 10, 2026
Contact: Jen Sheehan, jen@nyguild.org, 610-573-0740
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We, USA TODAY CO. (formerly Gannett) workers represented by The NewsGuild-CWA, were shocked to learn that our company has partnered with Palantir. While USA TODAY CO. CEO Mike Reed championed this partnership as a way to drive revenue, we believe it threatens to undermine trust in our news outlets and raises serious questions about the data security of our readers.

We have significant ethical issues with Palantir, whose artificial intelligence (A.I.) software has been used to advance widespread surveillance and power immigration crackdowns. Not only does partnering with Palantir, a major player in the news we cover, create an inherent conflict of interest, but it fails the journalists who have been assaulted and falsely arrested while covering immigration enforcement actions and protests.

ProPublica Guild wins first contract on third anniversary of its union recognition

NEW YORK – NewsGuild of New York-represented staff at ProPublica have won a first contract with the nonprofit investigative newsroom in a deal that gives staff up to 24% raises over the life of the agreement, mandates transparency around the use of AI, protects hybrid work, offers significant health-care savings and more.

The ProPublica Guild, which represents more than 150 reporters, video journalists, development professionals, copy editors and other staff, overwhelmingly voted to ratify their four-year contract on Friday.

“This contract is a major step forward for our members,” said Agnel Philip, a data reporter and unit chair of the ProPublica Guild. “What we won is a testament to our hard work and shows what we can achieve when we stand together.”

Bar chart showing the number of workers unionizing with The NewsGuild-CWA since 2020

Newsletter: Why did 730 publishing workers join us?

Happy Friday! This month workers from two publishing houses organized with our union, bringing 730 new members into our family in just two election-count days! And since then, two more newsrooms have unionized with us!

Workers at Hachette Book Group and the University of Chicago Press voted to join our union on July 7 and 8, respectively. Hachette joined the Washington-Baltimore News Guild (WBNG) and University of Chicago Press joined the Chicago News Guild.

I called workers at both publishers after their wins to ask: why did y’all unionize and why do it now?

Staff at The Maine Monitor announce union, win voluntary recognition

Contact: themainemonitorunion@gmail.com

The staff of The Maine Monitor announced the formation of The Maine Monitor Union, joining The News Guild of Maine, Local 31128 of The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America. Management agreed to voluntarily recognize the workers’ union shortly after they went public.

Workers launched with overwhelming support and are unionizing to better fulfill The Monitor’s mission to deliver high-quality, nonpartisan investigative and explanatory journalism by ensuring equitable employment terms that attract and retain top talent.

“Our union will be a positive step forward for both union members and the overall organization,” Rose Lundy, senior reporter at The Monitor, said. “The Maine Monitor Union will strengthen our newsroom, make The Monitor more attractive to talented candidates and will give staff the ability to speak with one voice.”

Skagit news workers go on strike for fair pay, AI protections and more

The news workers of the Skagit Valley Herald, Anacortes American, and Stanwood-Camano News, represented by the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, announced Friday that they went on strike.

After nine months of negotiating with owner Adams MultiMedia, the company has continued to insist it wants “no limitation on the use of Artificial Intelligence,” including the generation of news content, and has denied its journalists any protections from AI at these newspapers.

Photos of workers at Schneps media forming a union

Schneps Media workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize with IAPE Local 1096 and Guild

Contact: press@newsguild.org

NEW YORK – The Schneps Media Union overwhelmingly won their union election, with 90 percent of ballots cast in favor of joining the Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees (IAPE), Local 1096 of The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America.

Workers held an in-person ballot election with the National Labor Relations Board on July 24 at both their Brooklyn and Long Island offices. The formation of the unit marks an important step forward toward better pay and news standards for community papers in the greater New York City area.

Photo of members of The NewsGuild of New York marching in the New York City Labor Day Parade with a sign reading "Democracy Depends on Journalism"

NewsGuild strongly condemns illegal subpoenas against reporters by Trump administration

Contact: Jen Sheehan, jen@nyguild.org, 610-573-0740

The NewsGuild-CWA strongly condemns recent Justice Department subpoenas demanding journalists at The New York Times testify about their reporting on security concerns surrounding Air Force One.

The federal government subpoenaed journalists, who are also Guild members, after they reported that the plane the president accepted as a gift from Qatar lacked advanced security features found in the traditional Air Force One and that the Secret Service had urged the president to fly home in the older model.

The U.S. Supreme Court has long held that the federal government cannot restrain or control the reporting on matters in the public interest, which is protected under the First Amendment.

“It’s our job as journalists to seek truth, ask questions, and ethically report our findings,” said Jim Luttrell, unit chair for the Times Guild and senior staff editor for The New York Times. “Our members adhere to this journalistic mission every day and we won’t be cowed by efforts to limit our reporting through legal and political threats or by attempts at intimidation.”

Dozens of workers file to unionize at Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, joining the Canadian Media Guild

Previously non-unionized workers at Aboriginal Peoples Television Network have filed to join the Canadian Media Guild.

The union filed with the Canada Industrial Relations Board on Thursday after a majority of more than 60 staff signed union cards. These workers are based across the country with the main office in Manitoba.

“By coming together, we strengthen our ability to support one another, advocate for our wellbeing, and create a sustainable future for the people who make APTN possible,” the workers said in their mission statement.

“As a community, we believe every employee deserves healthy and safe working conditions, guidance and support from their managers, the trust and independence to do their best work, and most importantly flexibility to care for their families and communities.”

The Canadian Media Guild already represents a majority of the workers at APTN and is pleased to welcome these others who organized themselves with guidance from CWA Canada organizers and CMG staff representatives.

“We are happy to welcome these talented and determined media workers into the union. They put in so much time and effort to organize themselves around shared issues in the workplace,” said Jane Robertson, national president of the CMG. “When people do that work to organize, they create lasting change for themselves and those who follow.”

The CMG will await the decision of the Industrial Relations Board over the coming weeks as we work to welcome more members at APTN.

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network is a national Indigenous media organization, sharing programming that celebrates the rich diversity of Indigenous Peoples at home and abroad.

The Canadian Media Guild is a represents 6,000 workers in the Canadian media. Members work at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada (CBC/SRC), The Canadian Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse (AFP), TVO, TFO, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), ZoomerMedia and CKOI Radio Gatineau (Québec).

Photo of workers at the University of Chicago Press before their vote to unionize with the Chicago News Guild

University of Chicago Press workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize

CHICAGO—The University of Chicago Press Workers Guild (UCPWG) has won their union election, with a majority of their 134 members voting to become a unit of the Chicago News Guild, TNG-CWA Local 34071, joining the nationwide labor movement for a stronger publishing industry. In a decisive victory, 89% of workers voted in favor of union representation.

Workers held a mixed manual-mail ballot election with the National Labor Relations Board. Onsite and hybrid workers based at the University of Chicago Press’s campus office voted in person on June 9 and 10, while out-of-state, remote, and eligible Chicago Distribution Center workers voted by mail. The formation of this unit marks a significant moment, as it is the first union for most of the departments at the press, following certain Chicago Distribution Center departments that are already organized with the Teamsters.

Hachette workers posing for a group photo while they were voting to unionize with The NewsGuild-CWA

Hachette Book Group employees win election for largest union in trade publisher history

Media contacts:
Kathleen Floyd, WBNG Communications: kfloyd@wbng.org
Hachette Workers Coalition: info@hachetteworkers.com

More than 600 workers at Hachette Book Group, the third-largest trade publisher in the United States, voted in a decisive victory 388-130 to unionize with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild. The newly certified Hachette Workers Coalition will now begin negotiating its first collective bargaining agreement with the company.

Hachette workers are now the largest union in trade publishing history and the second of the Big Five publishers to unionize.