Washington, D.C.- This Thursday, May 23rd, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International staff represented by their internal staff union, the Washington-Baltimore News Guild (WBNG) Local 32035, will hold a one day strike and picket outside of UFCW headquarters for 12 hours in response to unfair labor practice charges filed by the Guild against UFCW.
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A bill sitting on the Maryland governor’s desk would dramatically impact journalism jobs and local news coverage across the state during a critical election year. If signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore, Maryland House 1258 would remove estate notices from news organizations and put them in centralized websites. These notices provide essential advertising revenue for the few Maryland newspapers in the state.
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May 16, 2024
Contact: Rebekah Entralgo, rentralgo@cwa-union.org (202) 304-2241
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday May 13, the New Jersey Legislature advanced S2930/A4045, a bill that would overhaul the Open Public Records Act and greatly harm access to public records for journalists and communities across the state.
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Hot off the presses, unionized journalists behind The New York Times’s Wirecutter have unanimously approved a new three-year contract. Wirecutter Union workers had been working under an expired contract since Feb. 28.
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Union reaches early morning tentative agreement with management after a supermajority of members commit to walking out to secure a deal.
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World Press Freedom Day couldn’t come at a more poignant time. This week, amid growing unrest on college campuses over the Israel-Gaza war, courageous student journalists across the continent worked tirelessly under precarious conditions to deliver accurate reporting to their communities and the entire nation at large.
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NEW YORK – In response to the release of Gannett’s Quarter 1 earnings calls today, The NewsGuild-CWA released the following statement from President Jon Schleuss. The NewsGuild-CWA represents more than 50 Gannett bargaining units across the country, collectively covering more than 1,000 employees.
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Contact: Rebekah Entralgo, rentralgo@cwa-union.org (202) 304-2241
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid growing unrest on college campuses over the Israel-Gaza war, The NewsGuild-CWA, the largest union representing America’s journalists, stands in solidarity with the courageous student journalists working under precarious conditions to deliver accurate, reliable news to not only their communities, but the nation at large.
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If passed, SB 1327 would dramatically improve the capacity of local newsrooms to deliver news that preserves democracy and informs communities.
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I’ve got historic news to tell you about.
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