June 23, 2020 – Two new units of The NewsGuild-CWA scored big victories on Tuesday, defeating union-busting efforts by Gannett, the nation’s biggest newspaper chain. Continue reading “Palm Beach, Southwest Florida News Guilds defeat Gannett’s union-busting efforts”
June 23, 2020 – Employees of the ACLU of Kansas announced Tuesday that they are forming a union, ACLU Kansas United. Continue reading “Employees of ACLU of Kansas Announce Union Campaign”
This article by Caroline Grannan first appeared on June 20, 2020 on the website of the Pacific Media Workers Guild. The NewsGuild passed a resolution at the 2019 Sector Conference honoring Perlman.
June 22, 2020 – David Perlman, the revered San Francisco Chronicle science writer and editor who started at the Chronicle in 1940 and retired 77 years later in 2017 when he was a vigorous 98 years old, died June 19 at age 101. Perlman, who became a Newspaper Guild member when he joined the Chronicle and remained a lifelong supporter of what is now the Pacific Media Workers Guild, was unquestionably the longest-standing Guild member of all time. Continue reading “David Perlman, beloved San Francisco Chronicle science editor and longest-ever Guild member, dies at age 101”
June 17, 2020 – Pageant Media’s U.S. employees voted 15-3 in favor of unionizing on June 16, winning 83 percent of the vote. Continue reading “Pageant Workers Win Union Vote”
Updated June 19, 2020 – Members of The NewsGuild-CWA participated in a Town Hall meeting to discuss fighting racial injustice in our newsrooms on Thursday, June 18.
Watch the video HERE.
Continue reading “NewsGuild Town Hall: Fighting racial injustice in our newsrooms”
June 13, 2020 – Comedian Hasan Minhaj answers the question, “Who’s killing local news?” with wit and outrage on “Patriot Act.” Continue reading “It’s no laughing matter: Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act asks, ‘Who’s killing local news?’”
June 12, 2020 – NewsGuild President Jon Schleuss has issued the following statement:
I have watched with disgust as top managers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette continue to fight their journalists and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh. Executive Editor Keith Burris and Managing Editor Karen Kane have shown outrageous insensitivity in directing coverage of protests of racism and police brutality, dismissed criticism from within their own newsroom and dehumanized their staff. Continue reading “NewsGuild: Top managers at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette must resign”
Suit accuses officials of deliberately targeting journalists in violation of First Amendment
Updated June 10, 2020, 11 a.m. – Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright issued an order last night denying the motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and for class certification. We are still digesting the ruling, but it is clearly a disappointment. The Court did not consider the amended complaint in making its decision. Fortunately, both motions were denied without prejudice. “We will continue the fight,” said NewsGuild President Jon Schleuss.
June 9, 2020 – The Communications Workers of America and The NewsGuild-CWA joined a class-action lawsuit on Monday against Minneapolis and Minnesota law enforcement agencies, accusing them of deliberately targeting, assaulting, and arresting journalists as they covered protests following the police killing of George Floyd. The lawsuit, initiated by the ACLU-MN, was filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota on June 3. Continue reading “CWA, NewsGuild join ACLU class-action complaint against Minneapolis, Minnesota law enforcement agencies”
June 8, 2020 – NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss and CWA District 2-13 Vice President Ed Mooney denounced racist actions by management of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette statement, which barred two prominent Black journalists from covering protests after the death of George Floyd and retaliated against other newsroom employees who supported them.
In response to management’s actions, NewsGuild members launched a letter campaign seeking Support for Post-Gazette Black Journalists. Continue reading “Denouncing management decisions at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette”
June 8, 2020 – Just weeks after media workers at Pop-Up Magazine Productions announced their union campaign on May 11, they won voluntary recognition. The group is part of a wave of union organizing among news industry workers. Continue reading “Workers at Pop-Up Magazine Productions win voluntary recognition”
