PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PG) faces severe consequences for breaking federal labor law after the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday filed to enjoin the company for its unlawful behavior during and leading to the country’s longest-running strike.
Yesterday, more than 100 reporters, photographers, editors and digital producers in Connecticut’s largest newsroom unionized and formed the Connecticut News Guild. The staff of Hearst Connecticut Media Group went public with about 85% of the workers signing union cards.
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Reporters, photographers, editors and digital producers in Connecticut’s largest newsroom are working to form a union with the NewsGuild-CWA. On August 8, the staff of Hearst Connecticut Media Group went public with their union drive, with more than 80 percent of our 110-person unit having signed union cards. Staff presented Hearst with a mission statement signed by the majority of our unit and asked the company to voluntarily recognize our union.
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For Immediate Release: Aug. 7, 2024
Media Contact: Jen Sheehan, jen@nyguild.org
NEW YORK – The Daily News Union – a unit of The NewsGuild of New York – sent an open letter to NYPD brass on Tuesday, demanding an apology after NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry attempted to physically intimidate the Daily News Police Bureau Chief following a press conference last week.
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490 days after he was unjustly detained by Russian authorities, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is finally coming home.
Throughout Evan’s unjust detention, members of IAPE TNG-CWA Local 1096, Dow Jones employees, and supporters everywhere changed their social media avatars and members distributed “Free Evan Now” buttons as fast as IAPE could deliver them to show support for Evan and press freedom.
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Update: Prism leadership voluntarily recognized Prism Workers United on 7/31
The workers at the nonprofit newsroom Prism Reports announced today they are unionizing. In forming Prism Workers United, workers seek a seat at the table in shaping what a fair, equitable, and compassionate workplace can be.
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Deerfield Beach, FLORIDA – A supermajority of employees at the South Florida Sun Sentinel voted Monday to form a union to fight for stronger job protections, better pay and benefits, and a louder voice in newsroom decisions.
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Unionized workers at Oxford University Press USA reached a tentative agreement Thursday on a historic first contract that would dramatically raise worker pay, establish job security, and create other important workplace rights at the world’s largest academic publishing house, union officials said.
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Earlier this month we lost Jane McAlevey, who inspired so many Guild members to do the hard work of No Shortcuts, her book and training that taught us:
After two years of negotiations, workers at RAICES — the largest immigration services provider in Texas — have ratified their first collective bargaining agreement.
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