…newsroom chose to unite to protect benefits, improve working conditions and win a seat at the table. A looming merger between Republic parent company Gannett and GateHouse Media aims to…
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Announcing union campaign, journalists of southwest Florida see hope for the future
…conditions resulting from a corporate merger between Gannett and GateHouse Media. “This has taken a toll on our working conditions,” they wrote. “We have lost skilled journalists, and in many…
Tired of watching co-workers come and go, Desert Sun’s journalists announce union campaign
…costly takeover by GateHouse Media. The Arizona Republic voted overwhelmingly to organize in 2019, and four Gannett newsrooms in Florida — the Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach Daily News, Naples…
Newsletter: Miami walks out, Buzzfeed authorizes a strike and Condé union gets bigger
…this takeover further erode the number of local journalists in the U.S.? Remember, Apollo helped finance the Gannett-Gatehouse merger and since then we’ve lost thousands more journalists. Members of the…
Gannett shareholders reject Guild proposal for report on journalism
…United Media Guild local of The NewsGuild-CWA. The meeting, held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic, was the first since the GateHouse-Gannett merger. “The report would give shareholders a comprehensive…
Desert Sun journalists win union vote
…organizing drives in newsrooms across the country, including at Gannett, which merged with GateHouse Media in a private equity-funded takeover in 2019. The company has laid off workers and frozen…
America needs stronger reviews of news company mergers
Gannett and GateHouse merged in 2019. Alden Global Capital gobbled up Tribune Publishing in 2021. Alden made a play for Lee Enterprises in 2022 – and may make another. “Consolidation…
Journalists of South Bend Tribune unionize, adding momentum to organizing surge
…merger with GateHouse Media in November. “In the last several months, it became clear that many in our newsroom sought a voice in the future of the South Bend Tribune,”…
Despite management’s vicious anti-union campaign, journalists of Arizona Republic win overwhelming victory
…victory comes ahead of a pending merger between Gannett and behemoth GateHouse Media that threatens to cut $300 million from the combined companies. The Republic becomes the first unionized newsroom…
For the future of their newsroom, staff of Delaware Online, News Journal move to unionize
…of Gannett and GateHouse Media to form the nation’s largest media company, has made the industry even more uncertain and journalists have responded by organizing. Last month, journalists at the…