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Alden Global Capital Siphoned Hundreds of Millions, Suit Alleges; Pulitzer-Prize Winners Condemn Practices

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 12, 2018

 

Contact:   Bernie Lunzer, President
NewsGuild-CWA
202-434-7175
Carl Hall, Executive Officer
NewsGuild Local 39521
Pacific Media Workers Guild
chall@mediaworkers.org

Alden Global Capital Siphoned Hundreds of Millions, Suit Alleges
Pulitzer-Prize Winners Condemn Practices

 

WASHINGTON, DC — New York hedge fund Alden Global Capital siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars from one of America’s largest news chains, damaging local news organizations to finance insider investment deals, according to a lawsuit filed recently in a Delaware court. Continue reading “Alden Global Capital Siphoned Hundreds of Millions, Suit Alleges; Pulitzer-Prize Winners Condemn Practices”

Tech Workers Rally for the Right to Unionize

March 2, 2018 – Tech workers aren’t taking attacks on their right to organize a union lying down.

Software engineers rallied outside the San Francisco offices of Lanetix on March 2 to protest the company’s decision to fire all its tech employees after the workers announced plans to form a unit of The NewsGuild-CWA. The National Labor Relations Act prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who engage in union organizing.

“We explicitly demanded they recognize our right to organize in December. They knew we were organizing a union,” Bjorn Westergard told SF Weekly.

The protest was organized by the Tech Workers Coalition, with support from Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

The Guild has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board.

 

 

Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming’s Statewide Newspaper, Votes to Form Union

Feb. 27, 2018 – The journalists of the Casper Star-Tribune have made history, voting for a voice at work and becoming the first NewsGuild unit in Wyoming. Below is the statement the Organizing Committee posted online. Continue reading “Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming’s Statewide Newspaper, Votes to Form Union”

Journalist Protection Act

NewsGuild-CWA, NABET-CWA Support Journalist Protection Act

For Immediate Release – Feb. 5, 2018

Contact: Bernie Lunzer,
202-434-7177
Sally Davidow
sdavidow@cwa-union.org
202-368-3324

Washington, DC – Unions representing 30,000 reporters, photographers, and broadcast employees are praising a bill filed Monday that would make it a federal crime to assault a journalist.

The Journalist Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, addresses a real need, said NewsGuild President Bernie Lunzer. Continue reading “NewsGuild-CWA, NABET-CWA Support Journalist Protection Act”

50 Years: Honoring Echol Cole and Robert Walker

Moment of Silence
1 p.m. EST
Remembering Echol Cole and Robert Walker

On Feb. 1, 1968, Memphis sanitation workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker were huddled in the back of their truck seeking shelter from a storm when the truck’s compactor malfunctioned, trapping Cole and Walker and crushing them to death. Continue reading “50 Years: Honoring Echol Cole and Robert Walker”