In a vulnerable media economy, journalists are demanding ownership of their work Intellectual property ownership is the path to stability in an unstable media environment April 12, 2022 Alex Sujong Laughlin
Unionized journalists at McClatchy’s Florida newspapers stage a 24-hour work stoppage Journalists at the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald and Bradenton Herald are walking out after over a year and a half of first contract negotiations April 1, 2022 Angela Fu
Condé Nast workers at Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ and other brands unionize The workers are unionizing with the NewsGuild, which already represents The New Yorker, Ars Technica, Pitchfork and Wired March 29, 2022 Angela Fu
Bozeman Daily Chronicle becomes third Adams paper to organize with the NewsGuild ‘Building a sustainable career in our newsroom is out of reach for many staffers. … Our pay and working conditions are simply not good enough.’ March 10, 2022 Angela Fu
Pay equity study by Tribune unions finds gender and racial pay gaps The study found that the median salary for Black women at unionized Tribune newsrooms in 2021 was 22.5% less than that of their white male colleagues. March 9, 2022 Angela Fu
After more than 10 months of public organizing, New York Times tech workers vote 404-88 to unionize The new unit, which is organized by the NewsGuild, is now the largest unit of tech workers with bargaining rights in the country. March 3, 2022 Angela Fu
Journalists at Jezebel, The Root, Gizmodo, Lifehacker and other G/O Media newsrooms strike The Gizmodo Media Group Union, which includes roughly 100 workers, went on strike Tuesday after negotiations for a third contract broke down. March 1, 2022 Angela Fu
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade union members left unable to access health insurance The unions are blaming Block Communications for the situation, which they say is a result of the company trying to bypass the bargaining process January 6, 2022 Angela Fu
2021 was another successful year for journalism’s unionization movement The NewsGuild broke its annual organizing record with 1,542 journalists across 26 workplaces joining the union December 28, 2021 Angela Fu
BuzzFeed News Union members stage walkout as shareholders vote to take the company public The walkout comes after nearly two years of contract negotiations. December 2, 2021 Angela Fu
New York Times workers rally outside company headquarters in protest of ‘anti-union tactics’ In between chants, union leaders outlined the ways The New York Times has allegedly delayed negotiations. November 17, 2021 Angela Fu
Wirecutter threatens a precision-timed strike If a deal can’t be reached before Black Friday, workers will walk out and ask readers not to shop via the site during its busiest time of the year. November 9, 2021 Tom Jones
NewsGuild releases report on culture and harassment at Pittsburgh Guild The report includes multiple stories of harassment at the Pittsburgh Guild over the past 20 years September 21, 2021 Angela Fu
Three more Gannett newsrooms in New Jersey are unionizing The announcement comes just months after three other Gannett newsrooms in the state organized their own union drive August 19, 2021 Angela Fu
New York Times tech workers escalate union conflict with half-day walkout The workers are accusing Times management of illegally trying to stop their unionization effort August 11, 2021 Angela Fu
