Feb. 22, 2018 – Union members at The Daily Beast overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract between the company and The NewsGuild of New York. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Daily Beast Employees Ratify Contract”
Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Reuters Workers Vote Yes on Contract
Feb. 22, 2018 – NewsGuild members at Thompson Reuters voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract in December, after three years of intense negotiations with management. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Reuters Workers Vote Yes on Contract”
Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Four-Year Agreement Ratified at NY Times
Feb. 22, 2018 – Members of the New York Times unit of The NewsGuild of New York ratified a four-year contract in December that covers much of the newsroom and business staff. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Four-Year Agreement Ratified at NY Times”
Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Bits
Feb. 22, 2018 – Contract settlements around the Guild cover employees at the Bakersfield Californian, Lexington Herald-Leader, Bowling Green (Ohio) production plant of Dow Jones, Florida AFL-CIO, Chicago AFT, RLM Arts and DLR International in Ottawa. A database of collective bargaining agreements is available for local leaders. Contact your local president for information on how to access them. Continue reading “Bargaining & Settlements – Bytes & bits: Bits”
Pittsburgh Guild Launches Byline Strike to Protest Contentious Contract Talks
Jan. 25, 2018 – One hundred fifty newsroom employees at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have instituted a byline strike to protest 12 years of pay cuts and additional concessions demanded by family-owned Block Communications, Inc., in contract talks, local Pittsburgh Newspaper Guild President Michael A. Fuoco has announced. Continue reading “Pittsburgh Guild Launches Byline Strike to Protest Contentious Contract Talks”
Jacobin Members Ratify First Contract
Jan. 24, 2018 – NewsGuild-CWA members at Jacobin, a Brooklyn-based print and online magazine that offers socialist perspectives on politics and culture, overwhelmingly ratified a first contract between the company and The NewsGuild of New York, the local that represents them. The contract will remain in effect until Dec. 15, 2021. Continue reading “Jacobin Members Ratify First Contract”
EF Teachers Win First Contract
Jan. 16, 2018 – Plagued by low pay and a lack of job security, English-as-a-second-language teachers at Education First outside Boston were the first of the company’s U.S. affiliates to form a union. In January, after almost two years of negotiations, EF’s Guild members ratified their first collective bargaining agreement. Continue reading “EF Teachers Win First Contract”
Click Goals: For journalists, the pressure is always there. But are they improving reporting?
By Martha Waggoner, NewsGuild International Chairperson
British Journalists at Swindon Advertiser Launch 2-Day Strike
Jan. 2, 2018 – Journalists at the Swindon Advertiser in England have begun a two-day strike to protest low pay and poor working conditions at the regional daily newspaper, which is owned by Newsquest, a subsidiary of Gannett. Continue reading “British Journalists at Swindon Advertiser Launch 2-Day Strike”
CWA-Represented Workers at AT&T to Get $1,000 Bonus
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