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Newsletter: Chicago Guild sues ICE

Violence against journalists continues to be committed by the United States government.

The Chicago Guild joined others in suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement for attacking journalists. The suit was filed yesterday and comes after repeated clashes between protestors and ICE agents at a facility in Broadview. Federal agents targeted several Guild members while reporting on the clashes despite being visibly identified as members of the press.

Chicago News Guild sues ICE over attacks on journalists at Broadview protests

Chicago NewsGuild joins federal lawsuit to stop ICE and DHS agents from targeting reporters at Broadview protests. The Guild release the following statement:

Guild members each day do the hard and sometimes dangerous work of reporting the news in our region. The past few weeks, the repeated clashes between protestors and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the ICE facility in Broadview has been one of the top headlines, and our members are the ones doing the reporting.

RELEASE: Maine Trust for Local News workers expand union rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 30, 2025

Media contact:
Megan Gray, President, News Guild of Maine
574-807-2843 | meganedoyle13@gmail.com

Yesterday, workers at the statewide Maine Trust for Local News won an election at the National Labor Relations Board to welcome nearly 50 employees into their union.

Everett Herald journalists ratify first contract

Journalists at the Everett Herald ratified a historic first contract, winning stronger job protections, fair raises and improved working conditions.

RELEASE: Guild condemns Cascade PBS layoffs and newsroom shutdown

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 26, 2025

Contact: Courtney Scott, executiveofficer@pnwguild.org | (206) 669-3562

On Monday, September 22, Cascade PBS announced its decision to eliminate its written news and investigations operation which will result in the layoff of nine union journalists of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild along with an early-career fellow and four editors.

Signal Ohio workers win union recognition from employer

Contact: SONWG@gmail.com

Journalists powering Signal Ohio’s nonprofit newsrooms in Akron, Cleveland and Columbus won voluntary recognition of their union, making the Signal Ohio News Workers Guild an official member of the Northeast Ohio NewsGuild, Local 34001 of Communications Workers of America.

Newsletter: Journalists on visas are under attack

An injunction now bars the Trump administration from assaulting journalists in Southern California. On September 10 we won a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which includes the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs & Border Protection, from brutalizing journalists, legal observers and protestors.

ACTION: NewsGuild-CWA joins calls on DHS to withdraw journalist visa proposal

The NewsGuild-CWA calls on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to withdraw its proposed rule that would change the I visa program for foreign journalists working in the United States.

The NewsGuild-CWA calls on Signal Ohio’s CEO & Board to respect their workers

The 25,000 members of The NewsGuild-CWA stand in solidarity with the employees of Signal Ohio. We call on leadership to recognize their union as one bargaining unit, stop wasting nonprofit dollars on anti-union lawyers and begin negotiations immediately.

VICTORY: DHS Barred from Brutalizing Journalists, Legal Observers and Protesters

NewsGuild-CWA Media Contact:
Dylan Manshack, dmanshack@cwa-union.org | 202-445-4033

Preliminary injunction now in effect in Southern California.

LOS ANGELES—On Wednesday, in a win for the freedoms of speech and press, a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—which includes ICE and CBP—from brutalizing journalists, legal observers, and protesters.