Times Union publisher George Hearst has promised there will be no pay cuts in our contract. His bargaining team and their contract proposals tell a different story

The McClatchy workers in the PNW won an incredible contract after a year of bargaining including some of the best language on Artificial Intelligence in a NewsGuild contract. We are hosting a virtual town hall on August 5th to share lessons and answer your questions. DM for the Registration Link.

From President Susan DeCarava: “This contract is life-changing for many of our members and will allow them to continue to produce the journalism that’s making a real difference at a time when readers need it the most.” More details here nyguild.org/post/propubl...

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🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.org’s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins👇

The former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers who went on strike for 3+ years, only to have the owners sell the paper and fire most of them, have started their own cooperative news org. Important reporting by @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social

Corporate profiteers destroyed journalism. Worker-owned media can save it.

Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers went on strike for over three years and won. Then, the owners sold the paper and most strikers lost their jobs. Now, they’ve launched “a cooperative news organiz...

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We joined @democracyforward.org, @publicknowledge.bsky.social, @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social, @newsguild.org, & Locals 41 & 51 of the NABET-@cwaunion.bsky.social to tell the FCC: you can’t use broadcast licenses to punish a network for its editorial decisions. That violates the First Amendment.

Public Interest and Labor Organizations Challenge FCC’s Unprecedented Effort to Target ABC Stations Over Broadcast Content

Washington, D.C. — A coalition of labor unions, media advocates, and public interest organizations today filed a brief urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to end its unprecedented early...

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TFW it takes you so long to write a newsletter and more news happens and then you finally send it and @propublicaguild.org announces they ratified an awesome first contract. (It's amazing even if it missed the newsletter!) newsguild.org/why-did-730-...

Why did 730 publishing workers join us? | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA

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🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.org’s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins👇

Join us in the fight for our city and our future. Save the date: Sept. 8, 4:30 PM. BE THERE!

Union staff at ACLU of Virginia were excluded from the 4% salary increase provided to non-union staff. Send an email telling ACLU-VA leadership to uphold its values and provide the same salary increase to all staff: actionnetwork.org/letters/cola...

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ACLU of Virginia staff carry out the organization’s mission every day and deserve to be treated fairly. Union staff were excluded from the 4% salary increase provided to non-union staff, even as livin...

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Skagit News Workers Go On Strike After nine months of negotiating with owner Adams MultiMedia, the company has continued to insist it wants “no limitation on the use of Artificial Intelligence." Find out more at tinyurl.com/yft256j5 @newsguild.org #Journalism

Skagit News Workers Go On Strike For Fair Pay, AI Protections And More - Labor Heritage Foundation

The news workers of the Skagit Valley Herald, Anacortes American, and Stanwood-Camano News, represented by the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, announced Friday that they went on strike.After nine months of negotiating with owner Adams MultiMedia, the company has continued to insist it wan

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1/4 @apnews.com has told some video and photo guild members in the U.S. that the last day for those affected by layoffs will be August 21. Meanwhile the company is actively hiring for these same jobs in India.

🚨BREAKING: About a dozen @mainemonitor workers just unionized with @newsguildmaine!!! newsguild.org/staff-at-the...

Staff at The Maine Monitor announce union, win voluntary recognition | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA

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⚡️⚡️⚡️ Our members at Skagit Valley Herald, Anacortes American, and Stanwood-Camano News started a strike today against Adams MutliMedia. Workers are demanding AI protections and fair pay. newsguild.org/skagit-news-... #NewsNotSlop @pacnwguild.bsky.social

Skagit news workers go on strike over unfair labor practices | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA

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Breaking news!!! Welcome to our newest members @schneps-union.bsky.social !!!

Schneps Media Union@schneps-union.bsky.social · 2w ago

Schneps workers WON our union! After our NLRB election, Schneps reporters + editorial staff are officially part of IAPE Local 1096! We’re so excited to be a part of the NewsGuild. Tell Schneps management to join us at the bargaining table and stop trying to exclude workers from our union now!

We spoke out when this happened to our @nytimesguild.bsky.social members and were joined by a chorus of press freedom and advocacy groups around the country. We will always stand behind our members and for a free press. Democracy depends on journalism.

CNN@cnn.com · 2w ago

Trump's DOJ withdraws subpoenas compelling NY Times journalists to testify about anonymous sources in reporting on Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet https://cnn.it/4gU4hmS

Join the Pittsburgh news co-op sign-up list today. Take action here! actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

Our wages are lagging far behind inflation. Our union's wage proposal simply makes us whole after years of losing buying power. But management's proposal wouldn't even cover this year's inflation.

Our election is this Friday! 🎉 There's still time for Schneps to voluntarily recognize our union, but we're ready to hit the polls! Show your support by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/vo... #SchnepsUnion

Our colleague Justin Allen says he hasn't been able to avoid substantial and increasing debt as a single parent who is also caring for aging parents. All we're asking for is a fair contract that keeps up with rising costs.

ULP FILED: Bosses at @reuters.com - including Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni - have repeatedly big-footed our Reuters Guild members by cherry-picking assignments, taking bylines and doing union work instead managing, violating labor law. More here nyguild.org/post/top-edi...

AP wants to lay off 30 more U.S. journalists and move those roles to India. That’s after laying off or buying out nearly 150 U.S. staffers over the past two years.

📢We are hiring! Interested in working with bargaining units to win strong contracts, hold employers accountable, and develop & support member-driven contract campaigns? ➡️Apply to be a Local Representative at WBNG: unionjobs.com/listing/3107...

Join us in the fight for our city and our future. Save the date: Sept. 8, 4:30 PM. BE THERE!

Journalists at Business Insider are demanding more AI guardrails in their next contract as BI makes an editorial shift. “Original reporting is not possible without humans. Period. Full stop.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/busi... #NewsNotSlop

Business Insider’s big bet against aggregation

Facing repeated layoffs and traffic declines, Business Insider turns its back on the aggregation business it pioneered.

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“One of the things that I really care about is making sure that we have transparent pay scales,” says reporter Cassandra Jaramillo, “While I'm very grateful for what I'm able to earn as a reporter, it's not the same story for some of my colleagues in different departments.”

We applaud our colleagues at the High Country News Union for winning an impactful first contract! The magazine is stronger for the protections and benefits its workers have earned. ✊ newsguild.org/workers-at-h...

Workers at High Country News–aka the GOAT union–wins first contract | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA

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“ProPublica should be the example for the industry,” says reporter Mark Olalde, “that means fair pay… that means layoff protections, and that means guardrails around artificial intelligence.” Learn more about our fight for a fair contract at propublicaguild.org

Climate reporter Katie Worth wants to see fair wages in our contract, especially for our development team. “I think it’s only fair for a small portion of [ProPublica’s increased revenue] to go toward wage increases that at least keep up with inflation.”

ProPublica Guild@propublicaguild.org · 3w ago

“I’m frustrated because management is not agreeing to a basic cornerstone of every union contract,” says news apps developer Al Shaw. Seniority-based layoff protections are important both for protecting long-time staffers AND for ensuring layoffs can’t be used to circumvent Just Cause protections.

We also made headlines in the Red Hook-Star Revue! Thanks to this hyperlocal paper for detailing how much we all care about our work and why reporters behind the many Schneps outlets like amNY, BX Times, LI Press, QNS, need to have a say in their direction www.star-revue.com/schneps-repo...

Schneps reporters unionize to demand better pay, benefits, and protections - Red Hook Star-Revue

Two months after making Schneps Media the most decorated news group at the 2026 New York Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest, journalists at the local media conglomerate have formed a union. ...

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