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Post-Gazette Lawyer Argues Against PG Reporting — and facts — in Bizarre 3rd Circuit Court Appearance

Contact: Moira Bulloch, CWA Communications MBulloch@cwa-union.org, 202-434-1168

PHILADELPHIA – Lawyers representing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette struggled to explain to a panel of judges why they should be exempt from federal labor law in two consecutive sets of oral arguments on Monday afternoon in the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.

Newsletter: Boss faces contempt charges.

In five days, we’ll be in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette management will be on the defendant’s side of the courtroom.

After 32 months on strike the company is facing two major issues: an enforcement order from the National Labor Relations Board and contempt charges from the NLRB for the company’s failure to follow a rare 10(e) injunction we won in March.

City Bureau workers announce union drive with unanimous support

Contact: Email cbworkersguild@gmail.com or call 773-357-7096

CHICAGO — Workers at the nonprofit journalism lab City Bureau are forming a union and seeking to become a part of the Chicago News Guild, TNG-CWA Local 34071, joining the nationwide labor movement for a stronger media system.

Snopes workers announce intent to unionize, citing majority support

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 30, 2025
Contact: carrie@mediaguildwest.org

Employees of the oldest fact-checking organization on the internet, Snopes.com, announced their intent to form a union on June 30, 2025.

The Snopes Guild seeks voluntary recognition from CEO Chris Richmond, CFO Drew Schoentrup, executive editor Doreen Marchionni and director of accounting Amber Marsowicz after 80% of eligible staffers — and counting — signed union cards authorizing representation by the Media Guild of the West.

Public Library of Science workers reach first union contract

After a year and a half of negotiations, workers at the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have reached a tentative agreement on their first collective bargaining agreement, marking a major milestone for the academic publishing sector. Once ratified, the contract will lock in wage increases, just cause protections, job security language and a voice in how the nonprofit operates.

Newsletter: We’re suing DHS for attacking our members

This week we joined journalists, protestors and legal observers suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem for federal law enforcement’s excessive use of force in the protests in Southern California.

RELEASE: ACLU, LA Press Club, NewsGuild sue DHS for unconstitutional attacks on reporters and protestors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 19, 2025

Media Contact: communications@aclusocal.org, (213) 977-5252

LOS ANGELES – Last night, protesters, legal observers and journalists sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in federal court for attacking them with retaliatory violence in violation of their Constitutional rights to protest and report on government actions.

National Labor Relations Board to 3rd Circuit Court: Hold the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in Contempt on Health Care

Contact: Moira Bulloch (mbulloch@cwa-union.org), CWA Communications, 202-434-1168

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is facing the prospect of daily, compounding fines over its refusal to comply with a U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals order to restore the health insurance plan that it illegally took away from workers in 2020.

Statement on law enforcement targeting journalists in Los Angeles

Media Contact: Dylan Manshack, dmanshack@cwa-union.org | 202-445-4033

WASHINGTON (June 11) — The NewsGuild-CWA, representing more than 28,000 journalists and other workers across North America, released the following statement from Jon Schleuss, president of The NewsGuild-CWA, on the police targeting of reporters in Los Angeles:

A letter to Kristi Noem: The targeting of reporters in LA is inexcusable.

(The following letter was sent to Kristi Noem, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, on June 9, 2025 by a coalition of press organizations concerning the targeting of journalists during unrest in Los Angeles.)