Feb. 22, 2018 – NewsGuild-CWA members at Jacobin, a Brooklyn-based online and print socialist magazine, overwhelmingly ratified a first contract between the company and The NewsGuild of New York. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Jacobin Members Approve First Contract”
Feb. 22, 2018 – Employees of the Chicago Reader unanimously ratified a one-year contract in October, resolving a lengthy labor dispute that began under its previous owner, Tronc. The members of the Chicago News Guild reached the deal with the labor-friendly investor group that purchased the Reader and the Chicago Sun-Times in July. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Chicago Reader Staff Makes Big Gains”
Feb. 22, 2018 – Union members at The Daily Beast overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract between the company and The NewsGuild of New York. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Daily Beast Employees Ratify Contract”
Feb. 22, 2018 – NewsGuild members at Thompson Reuters voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract in December, after three years of intense negotiations with management. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Reuters Workers Vote Yes on Contract”
Feb. 22, 2018 – Members of the New York Times unit of The NewsGuild of New York ratified a four-year contract in December that covers much of the newsroom and business staff. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Four-Year Agreement Ratified at NY Times”
Feb. 22, 2018 – Contract settlements around the Guild cover employees at the Bakersfield Californian, Lexington Herald-Leader, Bowling Green (Ohio) production plant of Dow Jones, Florida AFL-CIO, Chicago AFT, RLM Arts and DLR International in Ottawa. A database of collective bargaining agreements is available for local leaders. Contact your local president for information on how to access them. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Bits”
By Myra Kreiman
Feb. 22, 2018 – President John Kennedy’s axiom, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your county,” applies to union members.
As active employees, we were called to support our union brothers and sisters. When we retired, the adjusted axiom became, “What can my union do for me?” Continue reading “Retirees: What My Union Can Do for Me”
September 2017 – Members of The NewsGuild-CWA are continuing to stand up for reporters and press freedom through the Right to Report project, even as President Trump amps up his attacks on both.
The president’s war on the media gained steam throughout the summer, beginning with his decision to retweet a 28-second video that depicted him beating up CNN and ending with him questioning journalists’ patriotism at a 2020 campaign rally in Phoenix.
“Trump’s attacks on journalists are straight out of the authoritarian playbook,” said NewsGuild-CWA President Bernie Lunzer. “His goal is to delegitimize the press; distort the truth; deny the American people access to information, and distract from news he doesn’t like. Continue reading “Guild Members Stand Up for ‘Right to Report’”
September 2017 – Charges were dropped in September against a radio reporter who was arrested after he persisted in asking questions of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price in a hallway at the West Virginia Capitol. Continue reading “Victory: Charges Dropped”
September 2017 – The Pacific News Media Guild is protesting the treatment of a freelance photographer and union member who was roughed up by police as she covered a protest outside a Berkeley City Council meeting in June. Continue reading “Freelance Guild Photographer Roughed Up by Police”
