Reposted from TNG President Jon Schleuss: Last week I attended the Washington Post RAT-ificiation party in Washington, DC and it broke my heart with joy. Outgoing co-unit chair Katie Mettler showed a video about leadership. Have you seen the shirtless dancing guy? A leader needs the guts to stand alone and look ridiculous. But followers …
On November 15, 2023, the Executive Council of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild unanimously passed the following resolution: Supporting statement: WHEREAS: At least 42 journalists have been killed in the Israeli-Gaza war that began Oct. 7, including 36 Palestinian reporters killed by Israeli airstrikes, according to organizations including the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without …
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Today, staff at the ACLU of Kentucky, ACLU of Louisiana, and ACLU of Mississippi joined over a hundred fellow ACLU workers in organizing a union. Collectively known as ACLU Southern Affiliates United, workers at the three ACLU affiliates have organized with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild (WBNG) and are requesting joint recognition from their employer.
He spent his career involved in journalism, first as an award-winning reporter in Minnesota and then as a Guild staff rep, working alongside members at nearly every Guild paper, including the Washington Post, Albany Times Union, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Sun Times and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Washington-Baltimore News Guild members at Verso Books in the U.S. ratified their first contract on Wednesday, 16 months after they began negotiating. The decision was unanimous, with all 14 members voting in favor. That’s a marked turnaround from August, when workers rejected management’s proposed contract by a vote of 14-1. “We had been negotiating for …
TNG has lots of great training sessions scheduled through the summer. Upcoming events are listed on the calendar, with new events added frequently. Building to a Strike to Beat the Boss: How The New Yorker Union Won Their Contract – 6:30-8 pm ET, Wed, Aug 10Register here.Effective Meeting Facilitation – 6-7 pm ET, Wed, Aug …
The staff writers, designers, video producers, members of the social media and events teams of The Hill and The Hill TV voted 45-18 to join WBNG in voting that was tabulated Wednesday. “I’m excited. It hasn’t sunk in yet,” technology reporter Chris Rodrigo said. “It was a long process that began in April of last …
After more than a year and a half of collective bargaining, staffers at the Southern Poverty Law Center have ratified their first collective bargaining agreement. The bargaining unit encompasses staffers across 11 SPLC offices in five states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi) and Washington, D.C. When they won recognition of their union, Danielle Davis, an …
The NewsGuild-CWA vowed today to continue to fight for access to abortion as a fundamental health care right and as a matter of personal choice. “The Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade strikes a devastating blow to the right to privacy and the right of women and all people to control their own bodies …
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Journalists at The Hill announced Wednesday that they are forming a union. Newsroom employees filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board, but asked management and the publication’s new parent company to voluntarily recognize The Hill Guild. A supermajority of the roughly 80 reporters, designers, copy editors, producers and social media curators …
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