L.A. Times Workers Vote for Union

For Immediate Release

Contact: Bernie Lunzer
202-258-3231
Sally Davidow
202-368-3324
sdavidow@cwa-union.org

Jan. 19, 2018 – The results are in: Newsroom employees at the Los Angeles Times voted 248-44 to join The NewsGuild-CWA, ending 136 years of unfettered rule by management. Those voting in favor of the union captured 85 percent of the vote.

Reporters, copy editors, graphic artists and photographers who organized the union drive were elated. Continue reading “L.A. Times Workers Vote for Union”

Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh Slams Post-Gazette Editorial

Jan. 18, 2018 – The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh has taken the unusual step of slamming an editorial that appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Martin Luther King Day.

“As a matter of course, the Guild does not weigh in on editorial positions, but this piece is so extraordinary in its mindless, sycophantic embrace of racist values and outright bigotry espoused by this country’s President that we would be morally, journalistically, and humanly remiss not to speak out against it,” the local wrote in a Jan. 16 letter to the editor. Continue reading “Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh Slams Post-Gazette Editorial”

EF Teachers Win First Contract

Jan. 16, 2018 – Plagued by low pay and a lack of job security, English-as-a-second-language teachers at Education First outside Boston were the first of the company’s U.S. affiliates to form a union. In January, after almost two years of negotiations, EF’s Guild members ratified their first collective bargaining agreement. Continue reading “EF Teachers Win First Contract”

Ballot Counting Set for Jan. 19 in L.A. Times Union Vote

Jan. 5, 2018 – After 136 years in business, the Los Angeles Times saw its first union election on Jan. 4, with more than 200 employees voting. Ballots will be counted on Jan. 19, after approximately 45 employees who work offsite are given the opportunity to vote by mail. Continue reading “Ballot Counting Set for Jan. 19 in L.A. Times Union Vote”

With Union Vote set for Jan. 4, Anticipation Builds at L.A. Times; Messages of Support Pouring In

Jan. 2, 2018 – With a crucial union vote set for Thursday, Jan. 4, anticipation is building among newsroom employees at the L.A. Times. The vote will determine whether workers at the prestigious news organization form a local of The NewsGuild-CWA.

Continue reading “With Union Vote set for Jan. 4, Anticipation Builds at L.A. Times; Messages of Support Pouring In”

British Journalists at Swindon Advertiser Launch 2-Day Strike

Jan. 2, 2018 – Journalists at the Swindon Advertiser in England have begun a two-day strike to protest low pay and poor working conditions at the regional daily newspaper, which is owned by Newsquest, a subsidiary of Gannett. Continue reading “British Journalists at Swindon Advertiser Launch 2-Day Strike”

Bureau of Immigration Appeals Will Reconsider Request for Asylum of Mexican Journalist

Dec. 29, 2017 – The U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals has agreed to reconsider the asylum petition of Emilio Gutierrez, a Mexican journalist who faces near-certain death if he is forced to return to Mexico. The decision follows a campaign by more than 20 press freedom organizations, including The NewsGuild-CWA, supporting his request for asylum. Continue reading “Bureau of Immigration Appeals Will Reconsider Request for Asylum of Mexican Journalist”