On Thursday, Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance crossed the picket line at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which is America’s current longest-running strike.
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Newsletter: UAW joins Law360 picket line
We’re on strike in two locations today: Law360 and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
About 260 members are on strike at Law360, spread across the United States working for the legal news outlet. This week will be the second week of the strike. They went out over unfair labor practices related to the illegal layoffs of their colleagues and unilateral changes to their healthcare plans. Last week they launched their strike publication Outlaw360, and are continuing to report on legal cases and provide updates to their strike. And now, they’ve launched a newsletter!
Newsletter: We’re on strike at Law360!
Our members at Law360 are on an unfair labor practice strike this morning and I’m on the train to rally with them in New York this afternoon.
Management, led by LexisNexis Vice President Teresa Harmon, continues to demand that union members accept paltry raises that fail to seriously address rising costs of living and dramatically increased costs for healthcare. Throughout bargaining management has repeatedly dismissed the impact of inflation on members as irrelevant to negotiations about wages. All while refusing to agree to the union’s reasonable demands that the company remedy its March 2024 unlawful layoff of 26 union-represented workers.
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UFCW staff ratify contract after Guild, CWA provide strike authorization
Last week Washington-Baltimore News Guild members at the United Food and Commercial Workers union ratified a successor collective bargaining agreement that included large raises, increased telework and vacation time increases after workers struck for one day in May and planned for a longer unfair labor practice strike.
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NewsGuild Wins Prestigious President’s ‘Hat’ Award for Organizing at CWA Convention
July 31, 2019 – The NewsGuild won the prestigious President’s “Hat” Award, which honors outstanding achievements in organizing, at the CWA convention on July 31. Continue reading “NewsGuild Wins Prestigious President’s ‘Hat’ Award for Organizing at CWA Convention”
Lawsuit Claims Hundreds of Employers Illegally Excluded Older Americans from Job Ads on Facebook
Dec. 21, 2017 – The Communications Workers of America and three workers filed a class-action lawsuit against T-Mobile, Amazon, Cox and hundreds of other large employers charging they illegally excluded older workers from receiving job ads on Facebook for positions at their companies.
On Strike: AT&T Wireless, Wireline, DIRECTV Workers Walk off Job
AT&T workers who are members of Communications Workers of America (CWA) walked off the job May 19 for a three-day strike, protesting AT&T’s failure to present serious proposals that invest in good jobs with a future. During the job action this weekend, a majority of AT&T wireless, wireline and DIRECTV workers fighting for their contracts are expected to be on strike. Click here to read more.
CWA Condemns House Healthcare Bill
May 4, 2017 – Statement by President Chris Shelton, Communications Workers of America, on the proposed health care plan introduced last night by House Republicans:
We’re still learning about the health care plan proposed by House Republicans. It’s clear, however, that the legislation provides a big tax giveaway to corporations and the 1 percent, while working families, seniors and children are stuck picking up the tab. Continue reading “CWA Condemns House Healthcare Bill”
Workers at Digital First Media, GateHouse Join Forces on Press Freedom Day
Unionized workers at media outlets owned by GateHouse Media and Digital First Media (DFM) will mark World Press Freedom Day – May 3 – by sending a message to their employers: “Democracy Depends on Journalism: Invest in Us.”
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As World Press Freedom Day Approaches, ‘Right to Report’ Campaign Takes Off
As World Press Freedom Day – May 3 – approaches, journalists are launching a campaign to protect the Right to Report, says NewsGuild-CWA President Bernie Lunzer. He is urging all those who treasure freedom of the press to sign a petition and join the fight to protect this treasured right.
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