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Newsletter: The Hill journalists launch union campaign, more workers under contract

…serves as “a campaign hub for organizations working at the intersection of racial justice and Wall Street accountability.” The organizers, researchers and administrative workers’ concerns include pay equity issues and…

Study by Tribune Publishing Guilds reveals rampant pay inequities

…than the median pay of Asian members and $7,740 more than the median pay for Black members. The median pay for Black women is 22.5% lower than that of white…

Tribune could take on massive debt to finance its own takeover

…Tribune purchase. It offered in a Feb. 16 “equity commitment letter” to pay in cash the $375 million it would need to buy the rest of Tribune’s shares, drawing from two…

View of the Federal Communications Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2020.

Unions, public interest advocates thwart hedge fund’s attempted takeover of local news and set groundbreaking FCC precedent

…the financialization of local news, the effort of hedge fund Standard General and its private equity partner Apollo Global Management to take over local news broadcaster TEGNA appears to have…

Desert Sun journalists win union vote

…diversity in hiring, pay equity and protections for veteran journalists. Ninety percent of eligible employees signed union authorization cards indicating they wished to be represented by the NewsGuild, but Gannett…

Condé Nast employees form company-wide union covering 500+ workers, call for voluntary recognition

…transparency around pay and career development, but despite lackluster pay-equity studies that are largely kept private, people can still make less than a living wage and may never see a…

Massive cuts impact journalism in the communities they serve

…will pay and [workers] will be reimbursed for any deductibles and co-pays,” she said. “If Vox wants to extend the furlough, they have to negotiate over it. Pay cuts between…

Pay Equity

NewsGuild members are fighting for equal pay for women and people of color and demanding a workforce that reflects our communities and enables us to tell the stories of ALL…

DOJ and FTC need to scrutinize news mergers

…acquisition might have on competition within individual sectors of the economy. “Local news is being murdered by private equity and hedge funds gobbling up and shutting down news organizations,” said…