The Union for News Professionals in America's Media Capital
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The NewsGuild of New York, Local 31003 of the Communications Workers of America, is the workplace advocate for people in the news and media business. The Guild represents nearly 3,000 employees at New York area-based media organizations and their respective bureaus around the nation. Launched in 1934 by crusading columnist Heywood Broun and others, the Guild is a voice in the workplace for print,
digital, video and photo journalists, as well as employees in advertising, circulation and other related areas.
ICYMI: last week the entire walked out on lunch to protest the continued firing union coworkers without cause and slow-walking contract negotiations ( is still offering workers a measly 1% yearly raise)
Workers are standing together and ready to fight back!
Support them by sending a letter to execs ➡️ bit.ly/supportinsider
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New York is a Union Town!
At midnight, our members are officially on work stoppage! Read local news. Listen to public radio. Make something from a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak. Yes, we mean it. Even Wordle!
It’s on. It’s official. We have management a week to enter into marathon bargaining with us. They refused. They then walked out on bargaining tonight, with 5 whole hours left to deadline. It’s not an easy or light decision but our members — nearly 1,200 of them — are walking out on the job tomorrow. This is the first walkout of this scale at in over 4 decades.
Without the workers, the Times is just an empty page.
More news: nyguild.org
Join them in solidarity tomorrow at 1 PM in front of the Times office. We’ll also live stream the rally on .
Local journalists from 14 Gannett newsrooms are on strike for 24 hrs! Visit gannettunions.org for more info.
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In response to Gannett’s refusal to provide a living wage to many of its employees and its continued decimation of newsrooms, we will not work for our publications today, Friday, November 4, 2022.
This is not an easy decision; in fact, it runs counter to our passion for journalism and the communities we serve. Those very communities recognize our value and the need for the work we do, but, sadly, Gannett does not. The most recent Draconian workplace measures – more layoffs, forced furloughs, halted 401k matches among them - are only the latest example of Gannett’s disregard for our passion, our work and our commitment. Again, this is not an easy decision, but it is a necessary one.
The NewsGuild-CWA represents over 50 Gannett newsrooms across the country, from Arizona to Florida, from Rochester to Austin. Hundreds of our union colleagues are taking their own collective actions in solidarity with the newsrooms walking out — including public pickets, one-hour walk-outs, coordinated social media actions, and in-person rallies.
We won’t leave our communities completely hanging, however: we will be posting work we would be doing for the company on this website.
In solidarity,
Asbury Park Press
Courier News
Home News Tribune
The Journal News
Poughkeepsie Journal
Times Herald-Record
The Bergen Record
The Daily Record
New Jersey Herald
Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle
Utica (N.Y.) Observer-Dispatch
Times Telegram (Herkimer)
The Desert Sun
Arizona Republic
The Atlantic Digital Optimization Team (DOT)
We talk a lot about fighting to restore local news. What do we mean? What are the stakes of a country devoid of local news? Why are local journalists employed by the nation's largest newspaper company facing food insecurity?
Tonight, come hear from journalists themselves! 7 PM ET on Zoom.
Hundreds of union journalists are holding an online rally around their fight to save local news. Invites were sent to 15k employees across Gannett-owned newsrooms, both union & not yet union as well as journalists who were laid off in August.
Journalists are fighting against unilateral company actions such as layoffs, outsourcing work, ending operations in low income and vulnerable communities, and massive staff cuts resulting in thousands of neighborhoods losing coverage.
This is the first public rally since a devastating wave of layoffs in August, when Gannett cut 3% of its US workforce.
The NewsGuild is getting strike-ready! We recently held our local's first ever⚡️Strike School⚡️
100+ Guild activists from over a dozen shops spent a whole Saturday planning & learning about what it takes to strike & what it would mean for organizing efforts across the Guild.
P.S. Each Strike School participant got mailed the amazing strike poster created by artist Colleen Tighe which feat. a young Marvel Cooke, the first woman journalist at the Amsterdam News, and one of the founding organizers of 😎
NYGuild Members:
Nominations will open for Local Officer positions on October 6!
https://www.nyguild.org/event-details/local-officer-nomination-meeting
On October 6, 2022 the NewsGuild of New York will host a nomination meeting for Local Officer positions via Zoom at 12PM ET. The nomination meeting kicks off a …
Nearly 300 journalists across U.S. bureaus are walking out on the job today. The same day the company is set to hold quarterly earnings call and expected to report sky-high profits.
Solidarity with our members at the Reuters Guild! !
NY — join them on the picket line this morning across 3 Times Square from 11 AM - 1 PM EST.
Solidarity with as they continue their fight for a strong contract. Management thinks they can break worker solidarity. They can’t. It won’t work.
celebrates labor victory and union organizers but management has no respect for its own union and the workers that make the and all others happen. It’s time for a .
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On the eve of
workers took to the streets in a red of a different kind as they joined hundreds of workers to celebrate their collective power — New York, in all its glitz and glamor, runs on the backs of workers.
It's time
recognized this.
It's one of the most glamorous nights of the year, but behind the red veil of the are hundreds of freelancers, assistants, producers working overtime without extra pay, recognition, or job security.
But workers across are demanding more this year:
For the past month, 500 workers across multiple brands came together as to demand more for each other and the future of these iconic publications. And for the past month, they've been waiting for
management to recognize their union.
The issues workers face during the is endemic to the entire company.
For decades, bosses have eclipsed this dark reality of burn out with the promise of prestige. But no amount of shine can deny the basic fact: workers deserve basic rights and dignity at work.
Happy May Day! Rockin red to Washington Square Park today @ noon! See y’all there!
We’re joining forces with unions, worker centers, and workers from across the city and across the industry for a huge May Day rally this Sunday!
As media workers, we know that the city runs on the backs of so much labor and we can’t wait to join with to send one message: NY is a union town!
BIG NEWS! Nearly 80% of workers across and Condé Nast Entertainment’s iconic brands announce their today. The 500+ workers will become one of the largest units in recent Guild history.
Solidarity and support for the workers for raising the bar! ✊✊✊
The NYGuild is out here supporting our union siblings on the picket line as they strike for a !
Their fight is our fight.
Swipe for our statement of solidarity ✊
With 80% in favor, The NYT Tech Guild is officially the largest union of tech workers with bargaining rights in the country.
After a hard-fought year-long campaign, has made history. We can’t be more thrilled to welcome them into the NewsGuild ranks.
Celebrating the historic organizing victory of the New York Times Tech Guild! Workers won their union by a vote of 404 to 88. Tech workers who are ready to join the labor movement should contact CODE-CWA: https://www.code-cwa.org/
"Organizing in newsrooms is happening across the country, but between local and national outlets located in New York, the Empire State is where a lot of the action is happening. Schleuss said the local NewsGuild of New York has added about 1,800 members since 2019.That includes the Daily News, which has reunionized after its union representation crumbled in the ’90s. Some campaigns have gone more smoothly than others. Members of the New Yorker Union and two news unions under Condé Nast protested outside Anna Wintour’s Manhattan townhouse last year during a tense round of negotiations. The New York Times has been locked in a fight with unionized workers. About 1,300 employees at the Times are already unionized with the NewsGuild, while the New York Times Tech Guild, a group of over 650 software engineers and other workers, is in the process of a union election. The NewsGuild filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board last month, alleging that the Times is trying to influence the Tech Guild election by only offering three new paid holidays to employees who are not unionized." https://bit.ly/33I9iM7
Starbucks, newsrooms and farms are some of the places where organizing is beginning to take hold.
Today and everyday, we ❤️ our unions!
(Credit: Ben Kothe, Buzzfeed News Union)
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Two hundred of us got laid off by today.
This morning, with less than an hour’s notice, Dotdash Meredith announced the closure of print magazine and the layoff of 17 valued colleagues, including nine members of our union.
The company conducted the layoffs in a rushed and disrespectful fashion unbefitting of the long and dedicated service the workers provided to the publication.
It is not clear that there was any good reason for these layoffs at all. Dotdash Meredith has the resources to keep these people employed or pay them a fair severance—they spent $2.7 billion to buy Meredith in October, and Barry Diller’s IAC, Dotdash Meredith’s parent company, recorded hundreds of millions in profit in 2021.
None of the journalism that makes proud would be possible without our and our coworkers’ dedicated labor. The future of Dotdash Meredith is one where workers thrive and have a voice at the table; not one where workers are at the mercy of management’s arbitrary decisions.
Dotdash Meredith’s conduct today is consistent with how the company has behaved since we formed the broader nearly one year ago. Management has steadfastly refused to cooperate with us or respond meaningfully to our bargaining demands. This is no way to respect the workers who have made the company’s products as valuable as they are.
Today is a reminder of why we fought so hard to form our union. When our bosses make us feel small, we lift each other up. We stand with our union colleagues and will continue to fight for them. It’s time for the company to do the right thing and bargain fairly with us at the table.
The NLRB has spoken and it’s time for New York Times Tech Workers to cast their ballots in support of unionization efforts.
Time is of the essence, vote now!
We just love how it sounds: largest union of tech workers with bargaining rights in the country 😎✊💥
This week, the NLRB decisively rejected Times management’s efforts to exclude workers and backed the Tech Guild’s definition of which workers would be eligible to vote, including software engineers, data analysts, project managers, product managers, and designers.
Ballots for the election will be mailed to workers beginning on January 24 and will be counted between February 28 and March 7.
Once certified, the Times Tech Guild would be the largest union for tech workers with bargaining rights in the country. The unit is represented by The NewsGuild of New York.
“For two years, we fought for wages and benefits that match the value we bring to Wirecutter and the New York Times, we fought for policies that are fair and equitable, and for improvements to our working conditions that allow us to find and retain the most talented journalists,” says Nick Guy, Senior Staff Writer. “Our union committed to these principles and organized to achieve 100% participation in a strike during our busiest time of the year. I couldn’t be prouder to stand alongside my coworkers as we ratify this contract.”
https://www.nyguild.org/post/wirecutter-union-reaches-deal-on-first-contract-with-the-new-york-times-after-black-friday-strike
Workers at Wirecutter announced today they have reached a deal with the New York Times on their first contract. This represents a major milestone for the …
Good morning. There are still workers, recently fired by who haven’t seen a paycheck for their time worked on Ayesha Curry]’s wellness mag Sweet July]. They’re being thrown off health insurance.
Oh, and the sale to ’s IAC DotDash closed this week for $2.7 million. Meredith has the money.
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We are the 7 editorial workers who produced 5 beautiful issues of 's wellness magazine , which we were required to work on *in addition to* our day jobs at without any additional compensation from . None at all.
On Nov. 16th, we were laid off and are now being thrown off medical coverage—during the ongoing pandemic. They continue to refuse to pay us for the extra work we did in the past.
We know worker exploitation and unpaid labor are not ’s values. So why won’t she use her platform to speak out publicly in support of us, the workers who toiled long nights and weekends to make her vision of into reality?
Will you make sure and hear us loud and clear? Pay us what we’re owed—375 hours of work each. Repost the graphic on the last slide and stand with us.
Solidarity forever,
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Couldn’t have said it better ourselves, Senator 😉✊
The strike is still very much on. Do not cross the picket line — no until workers get a fair contract.
It’s . Solidarity to workers at Wirecutter — all 100% of them — on strike today until Cyber Monday.
They’re asking for a total of 300k in raises from which sits on 1 billion.
✊ Don’t cross the picket line!
📢THE BOYCOTT IS ON! Wirecutter workers are striking Black Friday through Cyber Monday. Do not shop! Sign and share to pledge your support.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/new-york-times-respect-our-union/
Yesterday, we rallied. Today and onwards, we're clinging to Susan DeCarava’s words:
"The engine that keeps this building standing is right here on these streets. We will not get distracted, we will not waiver, we will continue to fight for what is fair, what is equitable and what is good for the workers."
The Times is not off the hook. This Black Friday through Cyber Monday, pledge to Boycott Wirecutter if the workers still don't reach a fair contract with management ➡️ bit.ly/boycottwirecutter
Make sure to spread your solidarity and support! ✊
“I’ve seen in our tenure the ways workers sacrificed when times were tough, to help bring the Times back into financial success.
Today, everywhere I look, management is fighting the union. The future of the Times is up to all of us here. Is management ready to listen?”
Bill Baker, Unit Chair & member of for 16 years.
✊ Our Labor! Our power! ✊
Energized to see the Solidarity from and members and supporters all across the Guild and New York City out today to send a message: RESPECT OUR UNION!
🎯📣 SEE YOU SOON! Please be advised the new rally location is 40th St. & 8th Ave. entrance — just around the corner from our original location.
Workers across the have one message: Respect Our Union. Respect Our Rights.
Tomorrow, Tuesday (Nov. 16th), members of the Times Guild, , and Wirecutter Union are joining forces to call on the Times to respect their unions and stop with union busting tactics.
Please wear red & show up in solidarity at noon (12 pm ET) in front of the Times building (242 W. 41st St. New York, NY).
Can’t join us? Spread the word & message across your socials.
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Workers across the @nytimes have one message: Respect Our Union. Respect Our Rights. Tomorrow, Tuesday (Nov. 16th), members of the Times Guild, @nytguildtech, and Wirecutter Union are joining forces to call on the Times to respect their unions and stop with union busting tactics. Please wear red & show up in solidarity at noon (12 pm ET) in front of the Times building (242 W. 41st St. New York, NY). Can’t join us? Spread the word & message across your socials. #FairContractForNYT #StrongerTogether #UnionStrong #1u
The New Yorker Union strike issue cover design has just been released! These brilliant and talented media workers are fully prepared to edit, fact-check, design, and produce strike issues if they walk off the job. Of course, Conde Nast could just come to their sense and agree to pay these workers what they are worth!
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