MLex, FTCWatch journalists join NewsGuild of 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. The 22 journalists at MLex and FTCWatch – news organizations that provide analysis and reporting on regulatory risk for businesses, law firms, and corporations – first organized in 2022 as part of […]
Child labor abuse coverage wins Sidney Award
Robert J. Lopez, Barbara Davidson and Lorena Iñiguez Elebee win the December Sidney Award for their two-part series exposing child labor abuses on California farms, produced in partnership with Capital & Main, the Los Angeles Times and the McGraw Center for Business Journalism at the City University of New York’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. Experts estimate that between […]
Pay disparity increases at Forbes, union study says
Unionized journalists of color at Forbes magazine continue to be paid significantly less – and stay on staff for significantly shorter periods of time – than their white counterparts, according to a new study by Forbes Union and The NewsGuild of New York. In its third year analyzing newsroom worker data, the Forbes Union’s pay equity […]
Business Insider journalists to hold rally protesting AI usage
Unionized journalists at Business Insider will hold a rally at 1 p.m. Thursday outside company headquarters at One Liberty Plaza in New York to protest management’s planned rollout of artificial intelligence-generated news stories. Earlier this year, Business Insider president Barbara Peng announced mass layoffs of 26% of union-represented jobs and vowed that the company would be […]
Politico/E&E News journalists win AI arbitration case
labor clabor covUnionized journalists at Politico and E&E News (PEN Guild) announced Monday a major victory in their arbitration case against management over the company’s unilateral introduction of artificial intelligence tools that bypassed negotiated safeguards and undermined core journalistic standards. In a detailed decision, the arbitrator found Politico violated the collective bargaining agreement when it […]
Bloomberg’s Eidelson wins Sidney Award
Josh Eidelson has won the October Sidney Award for his feature in Bloomberg Businessweek, “How Trump Broke Corporate America’s Most Valuable Consultant.” The story documents the massive cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a small workplace research agency that contributes billions of dollars of value to the U.S. economy. Unlike its cousin OSHA, NIOSH is […]
Bloomberg Law reporter Rainey departs
Rebecca Rainey, who covered labor for Bloomberg Law, has left for a new opportunity covering the same beat. She was a senior reporter covering the Labor Department. Rainey previously was at Politico for the past three years as an employment and immigration reporter with Politico Pro and the author of the Morning Shift newsletter. Prior […]
Union statement on Ziff Davis, CNET layoffs
The Ziff Davis Creators Guild, The NewsGuild of New York, issued the following statement on layoffs: Our parent company, the multibillion-dollar Ziff Davis, has announced that it is laying off 23 of our members. This reduction in force impacts over 15% of our bargaining unit and comes just after Ziff Davis executives piled on five […]
Forbes union: More temp workers are being used
Forbes management has increasingly shifted to using short-term, part-time, temporary employees instead of replacing those who leave with full-timers, a new Forbes Union/NewsGuild of New York study shows. “Hiring temp workers – who are not represented by us and won’t benefit from the contract we are fighting for – is another example of Forbes management’s […]
Reuters union files unfair labor practice charge
The NewsGuild of New York, which represents Reuters editorial staffers, has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the company. The union wants to hold negotiating sessions open to its members while the company won’t meet in that format, preferring that the meetings only include negotiation committee members. From the union’s perspective, the refusal to […]
