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NewsGuild president Jon Schleuss testifies to Congress in March 2020

NewsGuild President tells lawmakers: ‘Local news is facing an extinction-level threat’

NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss told a House subcommittee on Friday that local news is facing “an extinction-level” threat that jeopardizes American democracy. His oral statement is below:

“Chairman Cicilline, Ranking Member Buck, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for having me today.

“My name’s Jon Schleuss and I’m president of The NewsGuild-CWA and I’m here to tell you about the extinction-level event workers are facing in the news industry.

“We’re the largest union of journalists in the United States, with thousands of news workers among our membership — at large publications like the Washington Post and New York Times and small ones like the Billings Gazette in Montana News and the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union. We’re also part of the Communications Workers of America.

“I grew up in rural south Arkansas and remember as a kid that my grandmother got two newspapers every day. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in the morning and the Camden News in the afternoon.

NewsGuild President Schleuss to tell lawmakers: ‘The crisis in local news is a crisis of democracy.’

NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss will tell a House subcommittee on Friday that local news is facing “an extinction-level” threat that jeopardizes American democracy.

In his planned testimony, he will urge the committee to adopt legislation to stop the unprecedented, dangerous decline.

Colorado’s legislative and campaign workers are forming a union

Colorado’s legislative aides, campaign workers and organizers are determined to change the rules – and not just those that affect the constituents they serve.

The staffers announced Tuesday that they are forming a union, the Political Workers Guild of Colorado, to advocate for better pay and benefits for themselves and for all Coloradoans. They will become part of the Denver Local 37074 of The NewsGuild-CWA.

ACLU MO United wins union recognition

ACLU MO United has been officially and voluntarily recognized as the union of staffers at the rights organization. “We have been recognized through a voluntary card check,” workers announced on March 8.

What a win! Second City comedy educators vote 99-2 to join Guild

Comedy educators at The Second City in Toronto, Canada, voted 99-2 to unionize on Thursday in 24-hour electronic voting supervised by the Ontario Labour Relations Board. The new unit will be called the Association of International Comedy Educators (AICE), a part of CWA Canada, which is part of The NewsGuild-CWA.

Workers at Austin American-Statesman vote YES!

Journalists at the Austin American-Statesman made it official on Wednesday, voting 36-12 in favor of forming the Austin NewsGuild.

Journalists at 11 Southern California daily papers announce plans to unionize

Journalists at the Southern California News Group announced Wednesday plans to unionize at 11 daily newspapers and more than a dozen weekly publications across four counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Together, the papers attract an online audience of 17.6 million monthly unique visitors, according to the company, and 451,000 Sunday print subscribers.

Unions condemn Facebook bullying, call for bolder steps to tackle news deserts

Journalists and media unions in Australia, the US, Canada and the UK have issued the following joint call for governments to take “bolder steps” to protect jobs and save journalism.

Journalism is a public good. Journalism is essential for democracy.

Workers at HuffPost Canada are joining NewsGuild

Workers at HuffPost Canada and Huffpost Quebec filed for union certification with the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) on Tuesday after a majority of staffers signed cards showing support for joining CWA Canada, which is part of The NewsGuild-CWA.