05/07/2024
NEW YORK – Unionized editorial workers, represented by The NewsGuild of New York, at People, People video, Entertainment Weekly and Martha Stewart Living have reached contract agreements with Dotdash Meredith in a joint deal that, among other things, lifts the average union worker’s pay immediately by an average of 15%.
05/07/2024
NEW YORK – The NewsGuild of New York supports state Senate Bill S7759, which would keep police radio transmissions open to the public.
Read more … NEWSGUILD OF NEW YORK SUPPORTS STATE SENATE BILL ‘KEEP POLICE RADIO PUBLIC ACT’
05/06/2024
NEW YORK – NewsGuild of New York-represented staff at Condé Nast brands such as Vanity Fair, GQ, Vogue, Glamour, Bon Appétit and more have reached a tentative contract agreement with the company, averting what could have been a work stoppage timed to begin today, the day of the Met Gala.
Read more … Condé Union Settles Contract, Averting Work Stoppage Ahead of Met Gala
04/25/2024
NEW YORK – Unionized staff at Condé Nast brands such as Vanity Fair, GQ, Bon Appétit and more will be distributing informational fliers tonight throughout the neighborhood of infamous Vogue editor Anna Wintour, to bring attention to their fight for a fair contract against her and other executives at the company.
03/20/2024
NEW YORK – After Tuesday’s contentious bargaining session in which Condé Nast management added five more people to their layoff list – and threatened to add even more – Condé Union members have had enough and are protesting this afternoon inside the magazine giant’s headquarters at One World Trade Center.
05/08/2024
Letter outlines numerous leadership failures including blatant disrespect at the bargaining table, unlawful layoffs of 10% of the newsroom without reason and a lack of any clear editorial vision.
Read more … LAW360 UNION: ‘WE HAVE LOST FAITH IN YOUR ABILITY’
04/29/2024
NEW YORK – Unionized staff at Condé Nast brands such as Vanity Fair, GQ, Glamour, Bon Appétit and more have pledged to walk off the job after months of contentious bargaining on their first contract as well as on management’s proposed layoffs – and with the Met Gala a week away.
04/03/2024
NEW YORK – Unionized journalists of color at Forbes magazine continue to be paid less than their white counterparts – and that divide has widened, according to a new study by Forbes Union and The NewsGuild of New York.
Read more … RACIAL PAY GAP AT FORBES WIDENS, NEW GUILD STUDY FINDS
03/19/2024
NEW YORK - Instead of coming to the table ready to bargain in good faith Tuesday, Condé Nast executives chose to bring no new contract proposals, and to instead add five more names to their list of union employees they want to lay off.
Read more … STATEMENT from Condé Nast Union, NewsGuild of New York on Tuesday’s bargaining session
03/18/2024
NEW YORK – With today’s news that Minute Media will be taking over as publisher of Sports Illustrated, SI’s unionized journalists say they welcome the change and look forward to remaining part of the storied brand’s future.
Read more … STATEMENT FROM SI UNION: ‘Minute Media, We're Ready to Work’
03/11/2024
NEW YORK – The NewsGuild of New York strongly opposes NJ bills S2930 and A4045, which would decimate the New Jersey Open Public Records Act and roll back vital avenues used to hold the powerful accountable and bring information to the public.
02/27/2024
The New York Post is reporting that ABG is considering a deal that would result in The Arena Group keeping the rights to operate Sports Illustrated while going through with its widely publicized plans to gut our staff and eliminate our union. If this comes to pass, then it would represent the true death of SI.
Read more … STATEMENT from Sports Illustrated Union: ‘Sports Illustrated does not exist without us’
01/29/2024
NEW YORK – The NewsGuild of New York and Sports Illustrated Union took legal action against The Arena Group on Thursday, accusing the company of targeting employees for immediate termination because of their union activity.
Read more … BREAKING: NewsGuild of New York, Sports Illustrated Union take legal action over layoffs
01/29/2024
NEW YORK – Over the past seven days, nearly 9 percent of The NewsGuild of New York’s membership walked off the job.
10/16/2023
NEW YORK – Unionized journalists at ProPublica are demanding that the nonprofit’s management halts future collaboration with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on its investigative series about the Phillips respirator recall until the strike is over.
11/17/2021
From Poynter: Workers at the three New York Times unions — the Times Guild, Times Tech Guild, and Wirecutter Union — rallied outside the Times building Tuesday in protest of what they say are anti-union tactics by company management.
11/16/2021
From the NYTimes: More than 100 New York Times workers and their supporters protested outside The Times’s Manhattan headquarters on Tuesday, accusing the company of delaying contract talks.
Read more … New York Times employees protest over union fights.
11/08/2021
From the NYTimes: Union members at Wirecutter, a product review website owned by The New York Times Company, said on Monday that they were prepared to stop work during the busy shopping period around Black Friday if a deal for a contract was not reached.
Read more … Wirecutter workers threaten a walkout during a peak shopping week over contract delays.
08/31/2021
From The Daily Beast: Staffers at the popular business publication Fortune planned to strike outside the magazine’s first in-person conference in years, ultimately forcing its postponement.
08/19/2021
From Poynter: The announcement comes just months after three other Gannett newsrooms in the state organized their own union drive.
Read more … From Poynter | Three more Gannett newsrooms in New Jersey are unionizing
