Friends of the Knoxville Newspaper Guild

02/03/2022

Feb. 2—Despite a nationwide decline, labor union membership grew in both Tennessee and Georgia last year, reversing years of decline in those represented by organized labor. Aided by new unionized manufacturing investments and expansions as the economy rebounded last year, the number of Tennessee ...

12/15/2019

Dedicated Knoxville Newspaper Guild members gave up their Sunday for union training. Training the next generation of leaders!

12/02/2019

Mike Reed visits Tennessean.

CEO Mike Reed found himself in Nashville addressing the staff of The Tennessean, one of the newspapers acquired. A source provided me with a recording.

11/14/2019

What was once expected to be $200 million in annual cost savings has now grown to $400 million or more. But how much blood is left to be drawn from this stone?

10/17/2019

The Los Angeles Times and the L.A. Times Guild, which represents about 475 journalists, have tentatively agreed on a first-ever labor accord for the newsroom in the paper's nearly 138-year history.

09/04/2019

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/gannett-confiscated-pro-union-arizona-republic-reporters-work-phones-11353306

"I asked how I would conduct interviews the rest of the day. She said, 'You won't.' I asked when I could have it back. She said she would let me know."

08/31/2019

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-republic-editor-unionizing-staff-crackpots-criminals-usa-today-11351624

Editor Greg Burton also made a veiled threat to discipline employees for union activity.

05/23/2019

Another major blow for newspapers. GateHouse Media, one of the largest publishers in the U.S. with 156 daily newspapers and 328 weeklies, slashed jobs across the country Thursday. The official numb…

05/16/2019

We were not in favor of a hostile takeover.

05/06/2019

https://dfmworkers.org/guild-members-stand-united-on-world-press-freedom-day/

Thanks to all for the incredible show of solidarity on World Press Freedom Day, May 3. Together we lit up the Twittersphere!! Scroll over photos to see locations, and be sure to reload this page to

05/03/2019

Newsroom workers at the Knoxville News Sentinel urge you to

Photo by Caitie McMekin