2026

05/15/2026

NEW YORK – The NewsGuild of New York has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Reuters, accusing the news organization of cutting ties with a podcast producer who was part of a Teams chat with other workers who expressed concerns about parent company Thomson Reuters’ contracts with ICE and DHS. 

05/14/2026

We are devastated, for the fourth time in four years, to see Business Insider’s management push out 10 more of our talented coworkers during layoffs this morning. 

05/13/2026

NEW YORK – Unionized journalists at TIME have won a new three-year contract that includes strong guardrails on artificial intelligence, more flexible time off, and higher salary floors, among other benefits.  

05/12/2026

NEW YORK – Unionized journalists at Sports Illustrated have won a new three-year contract that raises salary floors, saves on health care, protects remote work and enshrines protections on artificial intelligence.

05/06/2026

ALBANY, N.Y. (May 6, 2026) — Senator Patricia Fahy (D—Albany) and Assemblymember Nily Rozic (D—NYC) were joined by a coalition today to urge the State Legislature to pass the New York Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Requirements in News Act (The NY FAIR News Act), legislation that establishes clear, meaningful protections for both journalists, media professionals and the broader public to ensure that the integrity of the news and its workforce are safeguarded against artificial intelligence.

04/22/2026

Through last week’s round of cuts, we are losing 16 members from SELF, Glamour and CNE. That brings the total number of members we’ve lost in just the last five months to 33. 

In that same time period, Condé Nast has sold them, consolidated Teen Vogue and shuttered SELF.

04/08/2026

NEW YORK – Unionized staff at investigative nonprofit newsroom ProPublica walked off the job Wednesday in a one-day strike, setting up picket lines outside the company’s New York City headquarters, as well as in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

03/26/2026

NEW YORK – NewsGuild of New York-represented journalists at Hearst Connecticut Media Group won a critical victory on Wednesday when the National Labor Relations Board rejected the company’s attempt to invalidate election results, affirming the workers’ decision to form a union.

03/20/2026

NEW YORK – Unionized staff at one of the nation’s largest nonprofit newsrooms, ProPublica, have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. Workers have been bargaining for more than two years for a first contract.

02/20/2026

NEW YORK – Unionized editorial staff at Fortune have won their first contract for both digital and print employees, a deal that lifts wages a total of 11% for the life of the deal, sets new salary standards, provides job security protections, and more.

02/17/2026

NEW YORK –  Unionized journalists at Ziff Davis brands including PCMag, CNET, Mashable and more have overwhelmingly approved a vote of no confidence in company executive vice president and tech group general manager Kate Gutman. The collective action from workers at the company comes in response to multiple rounds of layoffs during the last two years.

02/12/2026

Alden Global Capital — the nation’s most predatory newspaper owner — has again lived up to its reputation as the parasitic “destroyer of newspapers.”

02/03/2026

ALBANY, NY (FEBRUARY 2, 2026)—Senator Patricia Fahy (D—Albany) and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D—NYC) introduced the New York Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Requirements in News Act (The NY FAIR News Act), legislation that establishes clear, meaningful protections for both journalists, media professionals and the broader public to ensure that the integrity of the news and its workforce are safeguarded against artificial intelligence.

01/20/2026

NEW YORK –  Editorial workers at LexisNexis regulation news websites MLex US and FTCWatch are joining The NewsGuild of New York as part of Law360 Union.