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Release: New York Times Tech Guild walks off the job.

For Immediate Release: Nov. 4, 2024
Contact: Jen Sheehan, jen@nyguild.org, 610-573-0740

Tech Guild workers who power all NYT technology – including mobile push alerts, app & website maintenance and the ‘election needle’ – begin ULP strike, threatening to be the first NewsGuild work stoppage to coincide with a presidential election day in 60 years.

Newsletter: JD Vance crossed our picket line plus NewsGuild wins this week

Yesterday morning, Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance crossed our picket line at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which is America’s current longest-running strike.

JD Vance just crossed our picket line at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

On Thursday, Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance crossed the picket line at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which is America’s current longest-running strike.

Military.com journalists vote unanimously to unionize

Journalists at Military.com voted unanimously 10-0 to unionize in a balloting that was tallied last Thursday. They will join the Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035 of The NewsGuild-CWA.

Austin Journalists Secure Tentative Agreement After 21-Hour Mediation with Gannett

Journalists at the Austin American-Statesman secured a tentative agreement last week after years of negotiations and a marathon 21-hour session with owner Gannett. The deal, which needs to be ratified by members, comes after more than three years of negotiations, numerous unfair labor practices (ULPs) and relentless pressure from Guild members on management.

Racine Journalists Win Voluntary Recognition

The Racine NewsGuild was voluntarily recognized by Lee Enterprises as part of the Kenosha Newspaper Guild bargaining unit in early October less than three weeks after the Racine (Wisconsin) Journal Times newsroom announced its plan to unionize.

The Kenosha-Racine bargaining unit will soon begin negotiating for a fair contract.

Union members at The New Yorker pose for a photo announcing a 100% strike authorization vote.

New Yorker Union Wins Contract After Strike Threat

NEW YORK – 11 days ahead of the 25th annual New Yorker Festival, the magazine’s most star-studded and high-profile event, the New Yorker Union, a bargaining unit of The NewsGuild of New York, has settled on a Tentative Agreement with parent company Condé Nast.

Days after a Strike Authorization Vote was passed unanimously, and a support pledge signed by dozens of New Yorker staff writers began to circulate, management began to make movement in key areas such as pay, job security and company policies that govern employees’ ability to perform work outside of company time.

The video image of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette striker Alexandra Wimley appears on a billboard truck outside the PG newsroom on North Shore Drive on the North Shore on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. The billboard truck was part of an effort to mark the two-year anniversary of the strike. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Union Progress)

Newsletter: This is what two years on strike looks like

This past weekend I joined several dozen other folks supporting our family at the Baltimore Sun during the “Rally for the Soul of the Sun” near the harbor. The Sun was bought by David Smith, executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, in January.

At Least 128 Journalists and Media Workers Killed in Israel-Gaza War

At least 128 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Israel-Gaza War since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). All but five of those killed were Palestinian. Four journalists and media workers were Israeli and one was Lebanese. More than 41,000 other Palestinians have also been killed, according to Reuters. The majority of those victims identified by Palestinian health authorities are women and children.

NEW YORKER UNION UNANIMOUSLY VOTES YES TO STRIKE

Members are fighting back against parent company Condé Nast’s efforts to simultaneously control the work they do outside the company, and suppress wages in the face of historic inflation.