May 3, 2018 – NewsGuild members at the Knoxville News Sentinel gave a stark reminder of the effects of layoffs at the Gannett-owned paper in late April, floating a black balloon at the desk of every worker who has been let go over the course of the current contract. The workers are building solidarity as they face tough negotiations with management over a new collective bargaining agreement. Continue reading “Knoxville Fights Back”
May 3, 2018 – The NewsGuild-CWA joins freedom-loving people everywhere on World Press Freedom Day, to honor journalists who put their lives and liberty on the line in search of the truth.
This is truly a dangerous time to be a journalist. As Reporters Without Borders reported last month, hatred of journalism threatens democracies – today even more than it did just a year ago. Continue reading “World Press Freedom Day: Journalists Are on the Front Lines”
By Julie Reynolds
This article originally appeared on April 27 on the DFM Workers website, News Matters, which is a project of The NewsGuild-CWA.
April 30, 2018 – New York-based hedge fund Alden Global Capital is bearing down on editors as it attempts to censor criticism of its management of the Digital First Media newspaper chain. Continue reading “Hedge Fund Attempts to Censor its Newspapers’ Own Criticism as Outrage, Rebellion Grow”
April 30, 2018 – Newsroom staffers at the award-winning Southern Illinoisan have announced their intention to form a union dedicated to preserving quality journalism amid cutbacks and mounting financial pressures in the industry. Continue reading “Newsroom Staffers at Southern Illinoisan Take Step Toward Unionizing”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 26, 2018
Contact: Bernie Lunzer
President, NewsGuild-CWA
202-434-7175
Sally Davidow
202-368-3324
sdavidow@cwa-union.org
April 26, 2018 – The NewsGuild-CWA is outraged by the firing of Dave Krieger, the editorial page editor of the Boulder Daily Camera, days after he posted a column on his blog criticizing the “predatory behavior of private equity investors” that own the paper. Krieger posted the piece after the paper refused to publish it. Continue reading “NewsGuild Condemns Firing of Editorial Page Editor Dave Krieger”
April 25, 2018 – One week after an overwhelming majority of editorial employees of The New Republic signed on to a union organizing effort last week, management of the publication voluntarily recognized the New York Local of The NewsGuild-CWA as the workers’ collective bargaining representative. Continue reading “It’s Official: New Republic Workers Go Guild”
April 25, 2018 – Organizers at the Chicago Tribune will proceed to a vote on union representation through the National Labor Relations Board, they announced April 25, after receiving word that the paper had rejected their request to voluntarily recognize the union. Continue reading “Chicago Tribune Workers Will Seek Union Vote Through NLRB”
April 24, 2018 – Journalists at the Chicago Tribune have amassed support from 85 percent of newsroom employees for their efforts to form a unit of The NewsGuild-CWA, organizers announced Tuesday.
They asked Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Bruce Dold to voluntarily recognize the union and said they would submit signed union cards to the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday to schedule a vote on the matter if he refused or failed to respond to their request. Continue reading “Chicago Tribune Organizers: 85% Have Signed Union Cards”
April 23, 2018 – Melissa Nelson will retire on April 27, capping a 35-year career of NewsGuild activism, including 11 on the staff of the national union. Continue reading “Melissa Nelson Says Farewell”
April 20, 2018 – Are you a journalist whose electronic devices were searched at the US border? Were you stopped for extra screening?
If so, we want to hear from you. Continue reading “Problems at the Border?”
