April 28, 2020 — Journalists of The Roanoke Times and Laker Weekly won a stunning victory Tuesday, voting 47-3 to establish the Timesland News Guild. The group will become part of the Washington-Baltimore Local 32035 of The NewsGuild-CWA. Continue reading “Journalists of Roanoke Times win resounding union victory”
April 24, 2020 – Members of the Blue Ridge NewsGuild, which represents journalists at the Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Va., voted 14-0 to ratify a first contract with Lee Enterprises, the union announced on Friday. The collective bargaining agreement is the first in the paper’s 127-year history. “A new era at the paper begins now,” the union declared. Continue reading “Blue Ridge NewsGuild members ratify first contract”
April 22, 2020 – Staffers at WIRED, a tech magazine and website, announced Wednesday they are forming a union. They will join employees of The New Yorker, Ars Technica and Pitchfork in the ranks of unionized Condé Nast publications and will become part of the NewsGuild of New York local. Continue reading “WIRED workers announce union campaign; seek to join organized ranks of Condé Nast publications”
April 20, 2020 – Pageant Media’s U.S. employees announced Monday that they are unionizing. The company has a niche audience and covers registered, private, credit and real estate investment sectors. Continue reading “Pageant Media’s U.S. workers announce union drive”
Journalists at the online nonprofit VTDigger – the state’s biggest newsroom – joined the surge in news industry union organizing on Monday to help secure the future of local reporting. Continue reading “VTDigger, Vermont’s biggest newsroom, joins union surge”
April 6, 2020 – With newsrooms around the country ravaged by fallout from the coronavirus, the employees of the Bradenton Herald have announced that they are unionizing. They asked McClatchy, the publication’s parent company, for voluntary recognition. Continue reading “Working for a sustainable future, Bradenton Herald employees announce union drive”
March 17, 2020 – Journalists at The Roanoke Times marked Lee Enterprises’ takeover of Warren Buffett’s BH Media Group on Monday with an announcement on Tuesday: They’re forming the Timesland News Guild, becoming the first to organize since the purchase was announced in January. Continue reading “Roanoke Times journalists mark Lee Enterprises takeover of BH Media with an announcement: We’re forming a union!”
March 16, 2020 – Members of the Indivisible Union won voluntary union on March 13 following a “card check,” where 46 of 48 employees indicated support forming the union. They will become members of the Washington-Baltimore Local 32035 of The NewsGuild-CWA. The cards were certified by Arbitrator Herb Fishgold. Continue reading “Indivisible Union wins voluntary recognition”
For Immediate Release
March 9, 2020
Contact:
Sally Davidow at sdavidow@cwa-union.org
The NewsGuild, a sector of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), is calling on the country’s major corporate newspaper chains to commit to a set of ground rules that will ensure free and fair union elections for their employees. Continue reading “NewsGuild calls on news organizations to commit to fair union elections”
March 9, 2020 – The Center for Public Integrity Union voted unanimously on March 6 to ratify a historic first contract with management of CPI, one of the country’s oldest nonprofit newsrooms. Continue reading “Center for Public Integrity Union ratifies historic first contract”
