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”
Jan. 31, 2018 – Advocates for student journalists are marking the 30th anniversary of a Supreme Court ruling that gave broad censorship powers to school administrators with a campaign to #CureHazelwood. Continue reading “Cure Hazelwood!”
Jan. 30, 2018 – All the software engineers at Lanetix, Inc., a tech development company, were terminated on Jan. 26, soon after they announced plans to form a unit of The NewsGuild-CWA. Continue reading “Tech Engineers Fired After Announcing Plans to Form Union”
Jan. 25, 2018 – One hundred fifty newsroom employees at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have instituted a byline strike to protest 12 years of pay cuts and additional concessions demanded by family-owned Block Communications, Inc., in contract talks, local Pittsburgh Newspaper Guild President Michael A. Fuoco has announced. Continue reading “Pittsburgh Guild Launches Byline Strike to Protest Contentious Contract Talks”
Jan. 24, 2018 – NewsGuild-CWA members at Jacobin, a Brooklyn-based print and online magazine that offers socialist perspectives on politics and culture, overwhelmingly ratified a first contract between the company and The NewsGuild of New York, the local that represents them. The contract will remain in effect until Dec. 15, 2021. Continue reading “Jacobin Members Ratify First Contract”
Jan. 25, 2018 – “Thank God we have these journalists,” Michigan prosecutor Angela Povilaitis said in a statement to the court before Dr. Larry Nassar was sentenced in the worst sexual abuse scandal in sports history. Continue reading “‘Thank God We Have These Journalists’”
Jan. 22, 2018 – Press freedom advocates won an important victory when photojournalist Alexei Wood was found not guilty of charges stemming from Inauguration Day protests. Five other defendants were also exonerated, and charges were subsequently dropped against 129 others who were awaiting prosecution. Continue reading “After 6 Acquittals, Charges Dropped for 129; Charges Linger for Others in Inauguration Day Protests”
Jan. 20, 2018 – The Guild joined the Reporters Committee and 22 media organizations in submitting a brief to the Ninth Circuit Court in support of former journalist Brian Addison, who alleges that Baker City, Ore., and its police chief retaliated against him after he wrote a column critical of the police department. Continue reading “Guild Tells Court: No Retaliation”
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. Continue reading “L.A. Times Workers Vote Overwhelmingly 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”
