March 7, 2018 – Storytellers at a revolutionary, subscription-based media outlet that covers “under-explored, under-examined and under-reported stories,” have affiliated as associate members with The News-Guild-CWA through the Philadelphia Local. Continue reading “Ark Republic Storytellers Affiliate as Associate Members with Philadelphia Guild”
March 2, 2018 – Tech workers aren’t taking attacks on their right to organize a union lying down.
Software engineers rallied outside the San Francisco offices of Lanetix on March 2 to protest the company’s decision to fire all its tech employees after the workers announced plans to form a unit of The NewsGuild-CWA. The National Labor Relations Act prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who engage in union organizing.
“We explicitly demanded they recognize our right to organize in December. They knew we were organizing a union,” Bjorn Westergard told SF Weekly.
The protest was organized by the Tech Workers Coalition, with support from Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
The Guild has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board.
Feb. 28, 2018 – The journalists of the Casper Star-Tribune made history on Feb. 27, voting for a union for the first time in paper’s 127-year history and becoming the first NewsGuild unit in Wyoming. Continue reading “Journalists of Casper Star-Tribune Make History; Continue ‘Inspiring National Trend’”
Feb. 27, 2018 – The journalists of the Casper Star-Tribune have made history, voting for a voice at work and becoming the first NewsGuild unit in Wyoming. Below is the statement the Organizing Committee posted online. Continue reading “Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming’s Statewide Newspaper, Votes to Form Union”
Feb. 23, 2018 – Newsroom employees at the Los Angeles Times voted 248-44 to join The NewsGuild-CWA in January, ending 136 years of unfettered rule by management. Those voting in favor of the union captured 85 percent of the vote. Continue reading “LANDSLIDE! L.A. Times Workers Vote Overwhelmingly for Union”
Feb. 22, 2018 – NewsGuild organizing campaigns are taking shape across the country — among the journalists of the Casper Start-Tribune, the staff of Fight for 15, the workers at Lambda Legal, and the software engineers at Lanetix, Inc. Continue reading “Organizing Campaigns Take Off!”
Feb. 20, 2018 – A majority of editorial employees at Mic have signed on to a union organizing effort and are asking management of the digital news site to voluntarily recognize the NewsGuild of New York as their local union. Continue reading “Mic Employees Sign Up to Join NewsGuild”
Feb. 7, 2018 – A majority of the newsroom staff of the Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming’s statewide newspaper, filed cards with the National Labor Relations Board to begin the process of forming a union, the Casper News Guild Organizing Committee announced on Feb. 6.
Continue reading “Casper Star-Tribune Staff Takes Steps to Form Union”
Jan. 30, 2018 – All the software engineers at Lanetix, Inc., a tech development company, were terminated on Jan. 26, soon after they announced plans to form a unit of The NewsGuild-CWA. Continue reading “Tech Engineers Fired After Announcing Plans to Form Union”
Jan. 19, 2018 – The results are in: Newsroom employees at the Los Angeles Times voted 248-44 to join The NewsGuild-CWA, ending 136 years of unfettered rule by management. Those voting in favor of the union captured 85 percent of the vote. Continue reading “L.A. Times Workers Vote Overwhelmingly for Union”
