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Former NewsGuild leader Jack Hagan dies

Longtime NewsGuild leader Jack Hagan saw his share of negotiations, but one bargaining session stood out.

Jack and his Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild colleagues were huddled in a conference room at The Plain Dealer, poring over management’s latest proposal.

Minutes before management returned to the room, a member of the union’s bargaining team, struggling with the flu, threw up in a wastebasket.

Jack didn’t miss a beat.

“Here’s what we think of your proposal,” he told his startled adversaries.

Jack, whose sharp wit, ferocious talent and unfailing moral compass influenced generations of NewsGuild members, died October 9 after a long battle with Lewy body dementia. He was 76.

Newsletter: USA Today’s chatbot is spreading misinformation

We’re fighting a recent attempt to allow broadcast monopolies across the United States, joining a broad coalition to challenge a recent order by the Federal Communications Commission.

Under legislation approved by Congress over 20 years ago, television station owners are currently prohibited from reaching over 39% of the U.S. national audience. When the FCC repealed that rule on October 1, it violated the law and that Congressional mandate.

Consolidation in the news industry is a driving reason we have lost tens of thousands of journalism jobs in the U.S. in the past 20 years. The current FCC has radically shifted to support more consolidation and monopolies, especially ones that are friendly to the Trump administration.

U.S.-based employees of leading French newspaper Le Monde go on strike

Los Angeles – U.S.-based journalists and media workers at Le Monde, the largest national newspaper in France, are beginning a one day unfair labor practice strike Monday. Every worker voted to strike after the Los Angeles-based subsidiary SEM USA Corp. refused to bargain in good faith. Le Monde Union is affiliated with the Media Guild of the West (TNG-CWA Local 39213), which also represents journalists at the Los Angeles Times. The collective action comes after several months of unsuccessful negotiations with the newspaper’s management, which is based in Paris. The company has committed several unfair labor practices during the course of bargaining by failing to provide counterproposals for months during bargaining sessions, setting arbitrary deadlines to conclude negotiations and proposing changes to tentative agreements.

Workers handle a portion of editorial work and contribute to the production of La Matinale, the newspaper’s morning news app and overnight updates for Le Monde’s French and English websites. They also produce content for Réveil Courrier, the morning app from Courrier International, which is distributed from Los Angeles.

Workers at The Investigative Journalism Foundation unionize

Workers at The Investigative Journalism Foundation (IJF) have filed to join the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) as members.

The union filed with the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) on Thursday, September 3^rd, after a more than a dozen staff signed union cards. This will be a wall-to-wall bargaining unit including workers in the editorial, development and tech departments at the digital media company. These workers are based across the country, providing their skills and knowledge to the nationwide media sector.

Evergreen Collaborative workers secure strong first union contract

Workers at Evergreen Collaborative have ratified a first collective bargaining agreement with the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild-CWA, Local 37082 — another win for the growing movement of nonprofit workers organizing for fairness, stability and transparency.

RELEASE: Signal Ohio Staff Announce NewsGuild Union Drive

Media contact: sonewsworkersguild@gmail.com

Journalists powering Signal Ohio’s nonprofit newsrooms in Akron, Cleveland and Columbus are coming together to form a union with the Northeast Ohio NewsGuild, Local 34001 of Communications Workers of America.

Daily Kos staff ratify first union contract with Pacific Media Workers Guild

After more than two years of organizing, bargaining, and weathering multiple rounds of layoffs, the workers of Daily Kos have officially ratified their first collective bargaining agreement with the Pacific Media Workers Guild, Local 39521 of The NewsGuild-CWA.

South Florida Sun Sentinel workers win union election by unanimous landslide

Deerfield Beach, FLORIDA – A supermajority of employees at the South Florida Sun Sentinel voted Monday to form a union to fight for stronger job protections, better pay and benefits, and a louder voice in newsroom decisions.

The Palm Beach and Southwest Florida News Guild Reach Tentative Agreement With Gannett

The Palm Beach and Southwest Florida News Guild have reached a tentative agreement for their first collective bargaining agreement with Gannett after nearly four years of negotiations. The agreements will benefit workers at The Palm Beach Post, The Palm Beach Daily News, The News-Press and The Naples Daily News.

Newsletter: Big Organizing Vote Today!

Teachers and staff at Virginia’s largest school district— Fairfax County – are celebrating a historic union victory. This week, Fairfax County Public School workers overwhelmingly voted in favor of forming a union. Over 27,000 workers are now solely represented by Fairfax Education Unions.

Congratulations to both the educators and the FEU staff – who are NewsGuild members! – for organizing the most successful public sector bargaining campaign won in 25 years!