News Media Guild

05/22/2021

Here's the News Media Guild's statement raising concerns about AP's firing of Emily Wilder:

05/21/2021

Tonight’s statement on Emily Wilder from the News Media Guild, which represents the rank-and-file members of The Associated Press’ editorial and technology units

10/07/2020

Congratulations to incoming president Vin Cherwoo and all News Media Guild leaders who will take office in February!

An election was conducted for all seats on the News Media Guild’s Executive Committee (whose members shall also be jointly elected as TNG and CWA convention delegates) and the following seats on the Representative Assembly. The following members have … Read More

08/13/2020

Aug. 13 represents the fact that black women must work well into 2020 to earn as much as white men earned in 2019. News organizations are among the offenders. Join the fight for

10/24/2019

Ballots were mailed for the election of the NewsGuild president today, Oct. 24. https://bit.ly/342P1LN

NewsGuild-CWA members should be on the lookout for the delivery of balloting material for the upcoming election of the Guild president.

The vast majority of members will receive a ballot in the mail from the American Arbitration Association. Return ballots must be in the AAA post office box before the end of the day Dec. 9 in order to be counted.

A dozen locals opted to conduct in-person balloting for some or all of their members. The official voting period for in-person balloting is Nov. 12 through Nov. 17, 2019.

Members of those locals will receive in the mail a Notice of Election that details the dates, times and locations for balloting.

08/22/2019

News organizations demand transparency from government and business. So why won’t publishers act transparently when it comes to pay for women and people of color in their own organizations? We demand and . Join us:

At news organizations across the country, women and people of color are paid less than their coworkers doing the same job. NewsGuild members are standing together for transparency and equal pay for all.

08/12/2019

Aug. 12, 2019 - The Sector Election and Referendum Committee of The NewsGuild-CWA has voted to order a re-run of the election for TNG President. The committee’s decision and the schedule for the new election can be read at this link:http://newsguild.org/mediaguild3/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SERC-decision-and-calendar-8.12.19.pdf

The SERC directs locals to take all appropriate steps to communicate this decision and election schedule to Guild members.

05/30/2019

After nearly two years of bargaining, News Media Guild negotiators reached a tentative agreement this week with Agencia EFE. The deal, subject to ratification, calls for a pay increase, protection for workers on journalism visas, and other gains.

Washington nearly two years of negotiations, the News Media Guild and EFE News Service reached tentative agreement Tuesday on a new four-year labor agreement calling for a two percent retroactive general wage increase, a revised wage grid, protections for employees … Read More

04/15/2019

News Media Guild members ratify new, three-year contract with AP that includes pay raises, expansion of paid parental leave, and insurance coverage for autism therapies.

Members of the News Media Guild’s editorial and technology units have ratified a new, three-year contract with The Associated Press. The secret-ballot votes were tallied Monday by the Guild’s elections committee. About 83 percent of ballots were in support of … Read More

03/29/2019

03/26/2019

Our very own Mike Warren led the charge to revise AP’s Stylebook entry on “right-to-work.”

March 26 2019 At urging of News Media Guild, AP Stylebook definition of ‘right-to-work’ changes Featured, Latest News, News AP Stylebook, Mike Warren, right-to-work By Martha Waggoner, TNG international chair The Associated Press has changed its Stylebook entry on “right-to-work” laws after ...

03/21/2019

The value of solidarity and demonstrating your value to the company with your feet.

"One day the (Law360) workers walked out of their offices, on West 19th Street in Manhattan, for 30 minutes. Next came an hour-long walkout. In late October the staff voted 141 to 11 to authorize a strike. Then in November came an even longer walkout, with the NewsGuild placing a 15-foot-tall inflatable rat outside Law360’s offices.

When a top executive of the company visited, the workers wore union T-shirts. One Friday in December, everyone walked out and picketed the front and back doors. Two days, later, the two sides finally reached a deal."

n January 2015, The Washington Post’s labor reporter at the time, Lydia DePillis, wrote a story called “Why Internet journalists don’t organize.” DePillis observed that many writers were individualistic and had “built personal brands” and therefore apparently had scant interest in unions...