MinnPost Union won voluntary recognition on Thursday, after they “marched on the boss” during an online staff meeting. The reporters, support staff and business staff of the nonprofit news organization will join Minnesota Local 37002.
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Staffers at The Appeal had quite an eventful 24 hours: about 5 minutes after they notified management on May 10 that they were forming The Appeal Union, the CEO announced layoffs affecting approximately one third of the unit.
Workers denounced the move as retaliatory and illegal. Maxwell Tani chronicled the saga in the Daily Beast and journalism focused newsletters picked up the story.
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Workers at The Appeal announced Monday that they are unionizing as part of The NewsGuild-CWA, just hours after journalists at The Kansas City Star announced a union drive.
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Journalists of the The Kansas City Star took a major step Monday toward forming the Kansas City News Guild. Members of the union organizing committee presented local management with the request for voluntary recognition after a majority of eligible staffers signed cards signaling their support.
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Journalists at three Gannett-owned New Jersey publications — the Bergen Record, the Daily Record and the NJ Herald — voted 59 to 4 Friday in favor of unionizing with The NewsGuild-CWA. They will be part of the NewsGuild of New York Local.
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Today is World Press Freedom Day, and this year’s theme, “Information as a Public Good,” couldn’t be more appropriate. It reflects the severity of the crisis facing journalism and the need to reshape our industry. We cannot let hedge funds and profit-hungry chains run journalism into the ground. News and information are essential to empowering the people to participate in civic life.
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The journalists of the New York Daily News won union recognition in a blowout on Friday, voting 55-3 to form the Daily News Union, a unit of the NewsGuild of New York.
After a year of organizing, they’re eager to get to the bargaining table. And as the newest unionized paper of the Tribune Publishing chain, they will immediately be drawn into the fight against a takeover by Alden Global Capital.
Follow them on Twitter @NYDNUnion or visit their website, NYDNUnion.com.
The State News Guild announced Monday that McClatchy, owner of The State newspaper of Columbia, SC, has voluntarily recognized their union.
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There is so much amazing news from the last couple of weeks!
First up, about 1,000 workers have gone public with union drives in just the last week!
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An overwhelming majority of editorial workers at Insider, formerly known as Business Insider, announced Monday that they have organized to join The NewsGuild’s New York Local. In the spirit of making their newsroom “better every day,” the Insider Union is seeking voluntary recognition from the company in order to begin negotiations for a first contract.
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