Despite unseasonably warm temperatures and a blazing noonday sun that ratcheted up the heat even more, nearly 100 News Guild union members and their supporters turned out for a spirited picket line Sept. 27 in front of the Washington Post on K Street. The union’s trademark balloons floated gaily above picket signs as chants rang …
The Guild will be hosting our next joint General Membership and Executive Council meetings on Saturday, September 9th at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Guild’s Baltimore Office, located at 806 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202 Agenda will be distributed once it becomes available. The next joint General Membership and …
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With the announcements that staff at Raw Story Media, The Real News Network, and the Democratic Socialists of America all have received voluntary recognition of the Guild as their exclusive bargaining representative, the WBNG roster now shows 36 individual shops. Local 32035 is in negotiations over initial contracts with: The FP Group (ForeignPolicy.com), where …
Staff of The Real News Network and of the Democratic Socialists of America have received voluntary recognition of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild as their exclusive bargaining representative. The union-seeking workers at the Baltimore-based progressive news organization known as TRNN comprise journalists, studio and information-technology employees, and fundraisers. The organizing effort culminated in an online petition in …
Editorial staff at Raw Story Media, a Washington-based progressive online news organization, have received voluntary recognition of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild as their exclusive bargaining representative. “The group is excited to continue the wave of organizing among journalists across the United States,” Senior Editor David Ferguson and Staff Writer Elizabeth Preza wrote in a July …
Baltimore City Paper’s editorial staff has joined the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, the union representing members of the Baltimore Sun, Washington Post and other news organizations. All seven of the paper’s eligible employees joined the union; the editorial staff totals 10 people. Baltimore Sun Media Group, which bought the free alt-weekly in 2014, voluntarily recognized the …
Staff of the online publication RawStory.com have petitioned for voluntary recognition from management with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild. Seeking greater workplace protections and clearer policies and guidelines around work responsibilities, seven of 10 staffers that should be eligible for a Guild bargaining unit signed a letter to management that was delivered June 19. A progressive investigative-journalism …
With a contract set to expire June 10, the Washington Post Guild unit has established a bargaining committee: Freddy Kunkle (Newsroom chair), David DeJesus (Commercial chair), Pat Jacob, Sarah Mark, Stephen Richardson, Tim Smith, and Tom Jackman (alternate). The current Guild contract at the Post covers more than 850 workers. Rick Ehrmann has been the …
Bloomberg-BNA is absorbing the separate Bloomberg Government operation, which will result in 40 additional bargaining-unit employees, putting the number of workers in the Guild’s jurisdiction at more than 700. About 10 BBNA employees will relocate to BGOV offices on K Street. Meanwhile, in a move affecting about 90 Guild-covered employees, BBNA is moving its Bethesda-based …
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The 18-member unit at Jobs with Justice has ratified a two-year contract extension. The agreement, retroactive to Jan. 1, features a wage increase in the first year and a wage reopener in 2018.
