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Longview NewsGuild We, the newsroom workers of the Longview Daily News, are your neighbors, your friends and your community.

We are proud to join the strong union legacy of this community.

The Longview NewsGuild has officially and unanimously passed a new two-year contract!We have been at the table with Lee ...
08/29/2024

The Longview NewsGuild has officially and unanimously passed a new two-year contract!

We have been at the table with Lee since July to negotiate this deal. Getting a two year deal in place, with guaranteed pay increases for both years, is a great way to build stability for our workers. The Guild is ready to take on whatever comes next in Longview.

As the chair, I was thrilled to see how involved everyone in the union was during this process. We may be a small team but we still have collective power!

Today the Everett NewsGuild is going on strike to protest the recent unfair actions of their new owner, Carpenter Media ...
06/24/2024

Today the Everett NewsGuild is going on strike to protest the recent unfair actions of their new owner, Carpenter Media Group. The Longview NewsGuild shares the following letter to support Everett through this protest and the continued negotiations for a first contract to protect the remaining members. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560889817665

08/22/2023

We have officially passed our new contract!

In a unanimous vote earlier this afternoon, the Longview NewsGuild members approved a contract we have spent months negotiating. It raises all members' pay to at least $19 per hour, guarantees our mileage reimbursement won't go below the current rate, and locks in this contract for a full year. Thanks to all of our current and former members who helped to secure these increases. This is an important milestone to help the paper's current staff and invest in the future of the Daily News.

02/09/2023

We were horrified to learn today that Lee Enterprises unceremoniously laid off a member of our advertising staff. She and her colleagues have been fighting to join the newsroom union at the Longview Daily News.

Lee’s handling of this is heartless. Our colleague arrived at work this morning to find a final check on her desk and an email from our facilities manager saying he was coming up from Albany to pick up her keys. She was given no other warning.

All this is happening while we’re still awaiting news from the National Labor Relations Board about the ad department’s upcoming certification election. We will have more to say about their efforts soon.

Longview isn’t the only Lee Enterprises' paper facing draconian cuts. Our colleagues at the Buffalo Newspaper Guild have been through the wringer already this year.

https://twitter.com/Charlie_Reports/status/1620973397529473024?s=20&t=bP708rEbYuMQsMpa8qqXmg

Then, of course, there’s the nice bit of portfolio padding Lee executives got before the holidays. This is shameful behavior. Lee must start putting its readers and workers before corporate executives.

https://twitter.com/PDPJ/status/1623556760291409921?s=20&t=bP708rEbYuMQsMpa8qqXmg

12/27/2022

Our union is growing! Today, the advertising staff of the Longview Daily News has petitioned to join the Longview NewsGuild.

We have asked Lee Enterprises for voluntary recognition of our unit but, absent that, will go to an Armour-Globe election in the new year.

The advertising staff of the paper work tirelessly to ensure the long term financial success of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Daily News. Yet Lee Enterprises has failed to invest in our success.

Staffing has shrunk. Our wages have failed to keep up with the cost of living in our community. Our job descriptions and duties have become unclear.

We are calling on Lee Enterprises to make the right decision, and to voluntarily recognize our unit so we can begin bargaining for a first contract immediately.

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Longview, WA
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