03/29/2022
NEW YORK – In a major step forward for workers organizing in the media industry, employees of Condé Nast’s editorial brands and Conde Nast Entertainment announced today the formation of Condé Nast Union, demanding voluntary recognition from management.
Read more … Conde Nast Employees Form Company-Wide Union Covering 500+ Workers
03/23/2022
NEW YORK - Following the announcement Monday from CEO Jonah Peretti that Buzzfeed plans to drastically shrink it’s news division and offer voluntary buyouts to employees, the Buzzfeed News Union, represented by The NewsGuild of New York, released the following statement.
Read more … STATEMENT: BUZZFEED NEWS UNION RESPONDS TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWSROOM CUTS
03/14/2022
NEW YORK - In a letter sent Monday to Dina Nathanson, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Dotdash Meredith, 22 New York state senators and assembly members are highlighting the company’s failure to obey the NY HERO Act, which protects workplace safety during airborne disease outbreaks. Read the 22 Legislators’ Full Letter Here
03/03/2022
The National Labor Relations Board today announced that, in a 404-88 blowout vote, New York Times tech workers had won their election for a union, after a year-long campaign that was met with aggressive union-busting tactics from management. 85% of the unit voted in the election. The 600-member Times Tech Guild will be the largest union of tech workers with bargaining rights in the country. The unit includes software engineers, data analysts, project managers, product managers, and designers. The unit is represented by The NewsGuild of New York, part of NewsGuild-CWA, and affiliated with CODE-CWA.
Read more … NYT Tech Workers Celebrate Blowout Win in Historic Union Election
03/01/2022
Unionized workers of Gizmodo Media Group Union, part of Writers Guild of America East, are on strike starting today to protest the company’s persistent disrespect at the bargaining table in the face of workers’ good-faith proposals. They are asking people not to click on or contribute content to Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, Lifehacker and The Root.
Read more … The NewsGuild of New York Stands in Solidarity with Gizmodo Media Group Union
02/25/2022
The Guild has exciting workshops and panels planned for February and March including effective meeting facilitation, two-part Stewards training, organizing conversations, and how the New Yorker organized to a strike. Register today and feel free to invite your Guild colleagues!
02/10/2022
This morning, with less than an hour’s notice, Dotdash Meredith announced the closure of EW’s print magazine and the layoff of 17 valued colleagues, including nine members of our Meredith Union. The company conducted the layoffs in a rushed and disrespectful fashion unbefitting of the long and dedicated service the workers provided to the publication.
01/28/2022
We're hiring! The NewsGuild of New York, an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and a dynamic, member-led union, seeks a highly experienced and motivated campaign lead to work on a strategic contract campaign.
Read more … Work with us! We're Hiring a Contract Campaign Lead
01/27/2022
The NewsGuild of New York Calls on Employers to Do More to Protect All Workers and Reduce Community Transmission of COVID-19
01/24/2022
An election to formalize the union of six hundred New York Times tech workers begins today as the National Labor Relations Board begins sending out ballots. It is a historic milestone in a campaign where workers have fought for recognition since first announcing that they had formed a union last April. Ballots will be counted between February 28 and March 7.
Read more … New York Times Tech Guild Kicks Off Union Election
