Journalists at the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette were thrilled to announce that they ratified their first contract on Thursday, becoming the first workers at McClatchy-owned publications in the Southeast to reach that goal. The ratification vote came 18 months after they won voluntary recognition of their union, the Packet/Gazette Guild.
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The NewsGuild-CWA decries the death of Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova, who were killed Monday in Ukraine in an attack that also injured Fox Correspondent Benjamin Hall. Zakrzewski and Kuvshynova are the second and third journalist killed in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the last two days. As least 636 other civilians have also been killed, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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NY Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris, Labor Committee Chair Jessica Ramos, along with 22 New York electeds sent a letter in support of 170 media workers at Dotdash Meredith organizing for better health & safety standards.
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In a letter sent Monday to Dina Nathanson, senior vice president of Human Resources at Dotdash Meredith, 22 New York state senators and assembly members are highlighting the company’s failure to obey the NY HERO Act, which protects workplace safety during airborne disease outbreaks.
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Members of Tribune Publishing Guilds released a study last week documenting rampant pay disparities based on race, gender and ethnicity at more than a dozen Tribunes newsrooms across the country.
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Statement by The NewsGuild-CWA on the death of Brent Renaud:
“We condemn the death of American journalist Brent Renaud — and numerous other innocents — in Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against the people of Ukraine.
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In a bid for better working conditions and a stronger newspaper, the news staff of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle requested on Monday that its employer, Adams Publishing Group, voluntarily recognize the Yellowstone News Guild.
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Workers at more than a dozen Tribune workplaces face inexcusable disparities
Members of Tribune Publishing Guilds released a study March 6, documenting rampant pay disparities based on race, gender and ethnicity at more than a dozen Tribune newsrooms across the country.
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The journalists of the Record-Courier in Portage County, Ohio, won a favorable ruling from the National Labor Relations Board on March 3 and will begin voting on unionization next week.
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80% of workers vote for union representation, capping hard-fought campaign
Times Tech Guild is now officially the largest union of tech workers with bargaining rights in the country
The National Labor Relations Board today announced that, in a 404-88 blowout vote, New York Times tech workers had won their election for a union, after a year-long campaign that was met with aggressive union-busting tactics from management. 85% of the unit voted in the election.
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Beginning at 9 a.m. today, Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board will count the ballots in the union vote by members of NY Times Tech Guild.
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