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Writers Guild announces ‘pause’ on organizing digital newsrooms

At issue is whether the union, which has primarily represented screenwriters in the past, should take on more journalists

July 30, 2021

Angela Fu

At The Buffalo News, a clash between an 87-year-old union and a new corporate owner

Journalists at the paper are on a byline strike as the union negotiates with Lee Enterprises, which is trying to outsource jobs and freeze pensions

July 20, 2021

Angela Fu

‘The stakes are really high’: Newly unionized newsrooms tackle the next challenge, contract negotiations

More and more workers are heading to the bargaining table for the first time, and some are finding contract negotiations to be surprisingly difficult

July 20, 2021

Angela Fu

Not just a wave, but a movement: Journalists unionize at record numbers

Union leaders at newspapers, digital outlets and broadcast stations are seeing historic levels of organizing that show little sign of stopping

July 16, 2021

Angela Fu

Journalists at 11 Alden papers in Southern California vote to unionize

The new union, SCNG Guild, represents roughly 140 journalists working at the Southern California News Group

June 11, 2021

Angela Fu

The Atlantic voluntarily recognizes new union representing editorial staff

Workers at The Atlantic went public with their union drive roughly one year after the magazine laid off 68 employees, or 17% of its staff

June 7, 2021

Angela Fu

Gannett digital producers working across five states announce union drive

Gannett has said it will not voluntarily recognize the new union, Atlantic DOT Guild, which has received support from 80% of eligible members.

June 1, 2021

Angela Fu

A year after ratifying their first contracts, three news unions say they face less uncertainty

‘I don’t have as much fear about waking up with a job and ending the day without one.’

April 28, 2021

Angela Fu

New Yorker, Pitchfork and Ars Technica unions vote to authorize strike, capping two years of coordination

Eyeing parent company Condé Nast’s financial losses, the three newsrooms and Wired fought to unionize and are joining forces to win first contracts.

March 30, 2021

Angela Fu

Fortune Union launches 24-hour work stoppage, alleges management has violated labor laws

The union filed six unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB, arguing that management has tried to bypass the union

March 16, 2021

Angela Fu

Texas and Washington reporters celebrate labor board victories as California journalists move to unionize

The Austin NewsGuild is now a certified union, and the Alden-owned Southern California News Group is forming its own union.

February 25, 2021

Angela Fu

Three Gannett New Jersey newsrooms announce joint union

The new union will include the Bergen Record, the Daily Record and the NJ Herald.

February 10, 2021

Angela Fu

McClatchy’s four Washington state papers join forces in unionization effort

The move comes after McClatchy voluntarily recognized unions at three other newsrooms earlier this fall

December 17, 2020

Angela Fu

Florida Times-Union is the third GateHouse paper in Florida to move toward unionization

On Tuesday, NewsGuild-CWA announced that staff at the Florida Times-Union started a process that will…

June 19, 2018

Kristen Hare

Lakeland Ledger votes to unionize

A newspaper joined the recent spate of mostly digital newsrooms unionizing in the United States…

August 12, 2016

Benjamin Mullin

Unionization

Writers Guild announces ‘pause’ on organizing digital newsrooms

At The Buffalo News, a clash between an 87-year-old union and a new corporate owner

‘The stakes are really high’: Newly unionized newsrooms tackle the next challenge, contract negotiations

Not just a wave, but a movement: Journalists unionize at record numbers

Journalists at 11 Alden papers in Southern California vote to unionize

The Atlantic voluntarily recognizes new union representing editorial staff

Gannett digital producers working across five states announce union drive

A year after ratifying their first contracts, three news unions say they face less uncertainty

New Yorker, Pitchfork and Ars Technica unions vote to authorize strike, capping two years of coordination

Fortune Union launches 24-hour work stoppage, alleges management has violated labor laws

Texas and Washington reporters celebrate labor board victories as California journalists move to unionize

Three Gannett New Jersey newsrooms announce joint union

McClatchy’s four Washington state papers join forces in unionization effort

Florida Times-Union is the third GateHouse paper in Florida to move toward unionization

Lakeland Ledger votes to unionize

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