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Newsletter: Pittsburgh members vote to strike, job opening and more organizing

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September 2, 2020

There’s been no slowdown in Guild news during this summer’s pandemic as every week brings new challenges for us to fight and new units for us to represent.

The big news was in Pittsburgh, where the Post-Gazette newsroom voted 88-31 last month to call a strike – joining three other CWA units at the paper, who also voted in favor of striking.

Authorization for the Guild local to strike is now in the hands of the Guild Executive Council and the CWA Executive Board. President Chris Shelton, in consultation with vice presidents and local leaders, picks the strike date.

Employees of Miami New Times win union recognition

Organizing

Aug. 31, 2020 – Journalists at the alt-weekly Miami New Times voted 3-0 to unionize on Aug. 13, capping an eight-month fight for workers’ rights. They bring a four-person unit into CWA Local 3108 in Florida. More

Tribune Content Guild votes for union, 24 to 2

Organizing

Aug. 27, 2020 – Staffers of the Tribune Content Agency won union recognition Thursday, voting 24 to 2 in favor of joining the NewsGuild-CWA. More

Staffers of Delaware’s News Journal win union certification

Organizing

Aug. 24, 2020 – The journalists of Delaware’s News Journal and Delaware Online won union certification on Aug. 19 after a five-and-a-half-month battle with Gannett, the nation’s biggest newspaper chain. More

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Hartford among growing rank of cities demanding answers from Alden Global Capital, ‘destroyer of newspapers’

Tribune

This article by Julie Reynolds first appeared on the website DFMworkers.org on Aug. 14, 2020.

Aug. 17, 2020 – The City Council in Hartford, Connecticut, has joined Chicago, Denver and other cities by announcing that it is crafting a resolution condemning Alden Global Capital, the vulture hedge fund that has decimated local newspapers across the country. More

Staff of Jewish Voices for Peace win union recognition

Organizing

Aug. 12, 2020 – Staffers of Jewish Voices for Peace voted unanimously to unionize and were granted immediate recognition of their union by JVP’s leadership, the newly minted union members announced Aug. 6. More

Watchdogs on furlough: A thwarted secret deal, an intensely local story

Coronavirus

By Dean Olsen

Aug. 6, 2020 – Readers called and emailed the Florida Times-Union over the past year with appreciation for the newspaper’s commitment to uncovering apparent secret deals behind the now-canceled attempt to sell the city of Jacksonville’s municipally-owned utility to a private entity. More

Judge Approves McClatchy Sale; Chatham to Assume Labor Agreements

McClatchy

Aug. 4, 2020 – U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Michael Wiles approved the sale of the McClatchy Company’s assets to Chatham Asset Management on Tuesday for $263 million in debt and $50 million in cash, with Chatham granting a new $87 million loan. The newspaper chain had filed for bankruptcy in February. More

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Training: How to conduct a pay equity study

Pay Equity, Racial Justice

Aug. 4, 2020 – The NewsGuild-CWA will sponsor training on how to conduct a pay equity study in your workplace at 7 p.m. ET, Thursday, Aug. 13.

Register here. A link for the event will be sent the day of the training. More

United For Hope wins union recognition

Organizing

July 28, 2020 – Frontline staffers at Hope Community, Inc. announced Monday that they won voluntary recognition of their union, United For Hope, from management of the nonprofit organization. The workers will become part of the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild local of the NewsGuild-CWA. More