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In landslide election, Hearst journalists vote to unionize and demand company begin bargaining immediately

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May 22, 2025

CONNECTICUT – Reporters, photographers, editors and digital producers working for Connecticut’s largest print/digital news organization have voted overwhelmingly to form a union with The NewsGuild-CWA, joining newsrooms around the country by claiming a voice in decisions about their working conditions, pay, protections against unfair discipline and more.

NYT tech workers rally outside of the NYT on election day.

Newsletter: Election Day Strike at the New York Times

Yesterday, I joined our picket line at the New York Times in the largest tech worker strike in U.S. history. The energy was extremely high, culminating in a rally at 1 p.m. in front of the Times. We’ve got 675 colleagues in the New York Times Tech unit, which unionized in March 2022 and has been fighting for a first contract ever since.

Journalists at Anchorage Daily News — Alaska’s largest newsroom — file petition to form a union

The journalists and news staff at Anchorage Daily News took a major step Tuesday toward forming a union. Organizers filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board and have requested voluntary recognition from leadership at Anchorage Daily News.

Today, we share the exciting news that our newsroom staff has asked the leadership of the Anchorage Daily News to voluntarily recognize us as the Anchorage News Guild.
— AnchorageNewsGuild (@ancnewsguild) September 10, 2024

Roughly 80% of the newsroom staff at ADN are publicly in support of joining the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, a local union of The NewsGuild-CWA. By forming the Anchorage News Guild, the workers aim to advocate for fair wages, increased transparency and a sustainable workplace environment.