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California Legislature passes NewsGuild-backed local news bill

A bill that would provide California newsrooms with tax credits based on how many journalists they employ was passed this week by California’s Senate and Assembly. The measure, California’s Community NEWS Act, now sits on the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Two NewsGuild-CWA locals, Media Guild of the West and Pacific Media Workers Guild, were part of a coalition led by Rebuild Local News that has advocated for the bill since it was first introduced in February.

Unionized staff at the New York Times protest in front of the company's offices in NYC.

New York Times and The Athletic workers demand company scrap Kalshi deal

With a unanimous vote, the Times Guild Unit Council and The Athletic’s contract action team approved the following statement:

As unionized workers at The New York Times, we are deeply concerned by the company’s potential deal for The Athletic to partner with Kalshi, a company whose prediction markets have been described by New York officials in our reporting as an “illegal operation.”

Any partnership between Kalshi and The Athletic would threaten our journalistic independence across the company. Despite management’s claim that The Athletic and The New York Times are separate business entities, the journalism and the work are intertwined, as any reader can see.

Prediction markets such as Kalshi, which allow users to place bets on real-world events, pose as reliable sources of data but operate without the accountability of independent, fact-based reporting. An investigation by New York’s attorney general found that Kalshi’s prediction market platform is an “illegal, unlicensed gambling operation” that exposes users to “serious personal and financial risk.”

Forbes Union wins first contract four years after unionizing

NEW YORK – Unionized editorial staff at Forbes have ratified their first contract in a deal that sets strong editorial integrity protections, establishes a new $68.5K salary floor, includes gold-standard job security protections, and more.

Forbes Union, which represents close to 90 reporters, photo and video editors, ratified the three-year contract on Sept. 1.

“We refused to accept any deal that didn’t honor the value we bring every day to Forbes,” said Andrea Murphy, unit chair and statistics editor for Forbes. “This contract is the direct result of our union’s perseverance and solidarity.”

Graphic announcing the voluntary recognition of the Denver Legislative Aides

Denver’s legislative workers win voluntary recognition from city

Last week, Legislative Workers of Denver received voluntary recognition by Denver City Council and Denver Mayor Johnston. Legislative Workers of Denver is represented by the Denver Newspaper Guild, a local of The NewsGuild-CWA.

Legislative Workers of Denver is a collective group of part-time and full-time staff who provide specialized, professional-level work to support Denver’s 13 elected city council members.

Graphic with a photo of unionized journalists at the Centre Daily Times.

Centre Daily Times journalists of Central Pennsylvania win first contract in record time

Journalists at the Centre Daily Times (State College, Pa.) have ratified their first collective bargaining agreement with McClatchy in balloting that was tallied Tuesday.

The entire unionization process, from organizing to ratifying, took the community newspaper less than four full months after they organized in May. The agreement, won with support from The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia, covers eight workers and boasts significant gains in pay and AI protections over the length of the agreement.

Daily Herald journalists announce formation of the Daily Herald News Guild

Contact: dhnewsguild@gmail.com

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL. In 2007, the Daily Herald conducted layoffs for the first time in its then-135-year history.

Over the last 10 years, employees of the suburban newspaper saw their wages reduced by at least 15% and their work week reduced to 36.5 hours. During that same approximate period, employees experienced eight rounds of buyouts and/or combination buyouts and layoffs, culminating Aug. 10, with the dismissal of 12 Daily Herald employees.

In response, an overwhelming majority of the editorial staff – whose combined experience totals more than 500 years – announced the establishment of the Daily Herald News Guild to secure competitive wages and pay equity, transparency, a strong voice in the future of their newsroom and the ability to continue reporting on the suburban communities the paper has served for more than 150 years.

Unionized USA Today Co. workers protest company’s irresponsible use of AI

Unionized USA Today Co. workers took a coordinated lunch break to protest company executives’ irresponsible implementation of artificial intelligence in their newsrooms.

Under the banner of “No Slop in Our Shops,” TNG-CWA-represented workers demanded in part that USA Today Co. incorporate common-sense guardrails into its AI use.

Unionized workers took to social media to describe how the company (formerly Gannett) has assertively promoted AI use at their newspapers, endangering the fragile trust of readers who count on the human journalists to cover their communities.

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NewsGuild sues DHS challenging visa rule affecting foreign journalists, others

Media Contacts: media@nafsa.org, press@presidentsalliance.org, press@aft.org, highered@uaw.net, press@newsguild.org

Washington, D.C. — Today, NAFSA: Association of International Educators; the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration; the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM); the American Federation Of Teachers (AFT); Graduate Labor Organization, AFT Local 6516 (GLO); International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW); United Auto Workers Local 2322; and The NewsGuild-CWA filed a complaint and a motion for preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) final rule ending the Duration of Status (D/S) framework for international students, exchange visitors, and representatives of foreign media. Plaintiffs are represented by McDermott Will & Schulte.

The complaint argues that the final rule violates the Administrative Procedure Act because DHS failed to adequately assess its costs and benefits, meaningfully respond to public comments, consider less burdensome alternatives, or justify the rule based on its stated objectives. It also alleges that DHS provided an inadequate public comment period and exceeded its statutory authority. The rule replaces the longstanding D/S framework with fixed admission periods of no more than four years and requires international students and exchange visitors to apply for extensions of stay. It also restricts students’ ability to change educational objectives, transfer institutions, or pursue additional programs of study.

Graphic with text: “We have significant ethical issues with Palantir, whose artificial intelligence software has been used to advance widespread surveillance and power immigration crackdowns.”

USA Today Co.’s unionized journalists and media workers demand company end partnership with Palantir

For immediate release: Aug. 10, 2026
Contact: Jen Sheehan, jen@nyguild.org, 610-573-0740
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We, USA TODAY CO. (formerly Gannett) workers represented by The NewsGuild-CWA, were shocked to learn that our company has partnered with Palantir. While USA TODAY CO. CEO Mike Reed championed this partnership as a way to drive revenue, we believe it threatens to undermine trust in our news outlets and raises serious questions about the data security of our readers.

We have significant ethical issues with Palantir, whose artificial intelligence (A.I.) software has been used to advance widespread surveillance and power immigration crackdowns. Not only does partnering with Palantir, a major player in the news we cover, create an inherent conflict of interest, but it fails the journalists who have been assaulted and falsely arrested while covering immigration enforcement actions and protests.