…than 50 GateHouse newspapers across 14 states. The flyers decry GateHouse Media’s aggressive program of layoffs and cost-cutting as the company prepares for a potential merger with the Gannett Corp….
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NewsGuild-CWA: GateHouse-Gannett Deal Threatens Journalism
…loan obligation at the company. That interest rate premium could pay the salaries of 320 reporters. Paying off that loan will burden the new Gannett to the point where it…
The GateHouse-Gannett Merger: Bad News
Statement by NewsGuild-CWA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 14, 2019 Washington, D.C. – “The vote by shareholders approving the merger of GateHouse Media and Gannett is bad news. “The deal is…
Pay Equity
…pay gaps based on gender or race/ethnicity,” in 2021 the company announced it would grant $300,000 in pay adjustments to 70 employees. The union continues to fight for pay equity….
Pay Gaps Persist for Women, Minorities in Nation’s Newsrooms
…fight for pay equity “part of the fabric” of the Guild’s ongoing work, he said. The union bargains over minimum wage rates, Lunzer said, but “discretionary pay,” pay above those…
Study shows pay disparities for women and journalists of color as high as $27,000 at Gannett
A first-of-its-kind pay equity study of 14 Gannett newsrooms reveals stark pay disparities for women and journalists of color and a workforce whiter than the communities they cover. The study…
Watchdogs on furlough: A thwarted secret deal, an intensely local story
…more than half, through layoffs and attrition, since GateHouse Media purchased the paper just three years ago. GateHouse later merged with the current owner, Gannett, which has recently completed a…
Study shows Gannett underpays women and journalists of color as much as $27,000
…improves pay equity. Newsrooms with union contracts had a gender pay gap that was $6,846 smaller and a racial pay gap that was $5,443 smaller than newsrooms currently negotiating first…
Journalists of Record-Courier win union
…advocating for sustainable staffing levels so we can provide strong local news coverage to Portage County,” she said. “We also hope to quickly address pay inequities, which have cost us…
Guild members at San Francisco Chronicle file pay equity complaints
By Martha Waggoner, International Chair A number of members of The NewsGuild-CWA at the San Francisco Chronicle have filed discrimination complaints with California officials after the unit’s pay equity study…