For Immediate Release – May 6, 2018
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The organizers of the Chicago Tribune Guild and Tronc on Sunday reached a historic agreement in which the media company has voluntarily recognized the journalists’ union and will shift immediately to bargaining contracts for three units. Continue reading “Tronc Voluntarily Recognizes Chicago Tribune Guild in Historic Labor Victory”
April 30, 2018 – Newsroom staffers at the award-winning Southern Illinoisan have announced their intention to form a union dedicated to preserving quality journalism amid cutbacks and mounting financial pressures in the industry. Continue reading “Newsroom Staffers at Southern Illinoisan Take Step Toward Unionizing”
April 25, 2018 – One week after an overwhelming majority of editorial employees of The New Republic signed on to a union organizing effort last week, management of the publication voluntarily recognized the New York Local of The NewsGuild-CWA as the workers’ collective bargaining representative. Continue reading “It’s Official: New Republic Workers Go Guild”
April 25, 2018 – Organizers at the Chicago Tribune will proceed to a vote on union representation through the National Labor Relations Board, they announced April 25, after receiving word that the paper had rejected their request to voluntarily recognize the union. Continue reading “Chicago Tribune Workers Will Seek Union Vote Through NLRB”
April 24, 2018 – Journalists at the Chicago Tribune have amassed support from 85 percent of newsroom employees for their efforts to form a unit of The NewsGuild-CWA, organizers announced Tuesday.
They asked Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Bruce Dold to voluntarily recognize the union and said they would submit signed union cards to the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday to schedule a vote on the matter if he refused or failed to respond to their request. Continue reading “Chicago Tribune Organizers: 85% Have Signed Union Cards”
April 16, 2018 – An overwhelming majority of editorial employees of The New Republic has signed on to a union organizing effort and has asked management to recognize the NewsGuild of New York, NewsGuild-CWA Local 31003, as their local union, organizers have announced.
The 12-person staff of the 104-year old magazine is joining a growing movement of journalists seeking union representation. Last week employees at the Chicago Tribune announced a union organizing campaign and since January journalists at the L.A. Times, the Missoula Independent, the Casper Star-Tribune and Mic have mounted successful campaigns. Continue reading “Editorial Staff of The New Republic Signs on to Union Effort”
(Updated with press clips April 12) April 11, 2018 – The journalists of the Chicago Tribune are forming a union – a unit of The NewsGuild-CWA. Continue reading “Journalists of the Chicago Tribune: It’s time to form a union.”
April 6, 2018 – Workers at the Missoula Independent voted unanimously in favor of joining The NewsGuild-CWA on April 6. They will be represented by Pacific Northwest NewsGuild local. Continue reading “Missoula Indy Workers Vote Unanimously for Union”
March 20, 2018 – The workers of Revolution Messaging have formed a union, winning voluntary recognition of their efforts about an hour after they announced their plans. They will join the Washington-Baltimore local of The NewsGuild-CWA, which will represent them in collective bargaining. There will be approximately 60 people in the bargaining unit. Continue reading “Workers of Revolution Messaging Unionize”
March 20, 2018 – The employees of the Missoula Independent filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board on March 19 to begin the process of forming a union, the Missoula News Guild Organizing Committee has announced. Support for the filing was unanimous across the staff’s editorial, production and sales departments. Continue reading “Missoula Independent Staff Files for Union”
