MLex and FTCWatch employees across the US came together and formed a union, and are now seeking voluntary recognition as MLex Guild from LexisNexis and its parent company, RELX.
MLex Guild, more than 20 workers at MLex and FTCWatch, will be a unit of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, part of the Communications Workers of America, and is comprised of employees based in Washington, San Francisco and New York.
The unionization effort received unanimous support from eligible employees, who are seeking voluntary recognition from MLex and its owner RELX Group. RELX also owns Law360 – another prominent legal news service – whose employees unionized with the News Guild of New York in 2016.
Ensuring fair treatment for all who contribute to MLex and FTCWatch’s success is vital to sustaining the organization’s reputation for producing high-quality journalism. The Mex Guild will promote equity within the ranks and equip reporters, researchers and editors with the tools they need to provide readers with superior coverage of regulatory risk, wherever they may be.
On Monday the Law360 Union said they are “ecstatic to welcome our MLex and FTCWatch colleagues to The NewsGuild. We know MLex Guild will improve these superb journalists’ working lives and bring positive changes to the organization as a whole, as our union has done here.”