Forbes journalists ratify first union deal
Unionized editorial staff at Forbes have ratified their first contract in a deal that sets strong editorial integrity protections, establishes a new $68.5K salary floor, includes gold-standard job security protections, and more. Forbes Union, which represents close to 90 reporters, photo and video editors, ratified the three-year contract on Sept. 1. “We refused to accept […]
Green re-elected as Dow Jones union president
In accordance with the rules for the 2026 election of officers for IAPE TNG/CWA Local 1096, the union Elections Committee has determined the following members in good standing have been properly nominated, unopposed, and are declared “elected” to the office for which they were nominated for the term of office beginning December 1, 2026 and […]
WSJ union: Readers deserve better than AI content
The Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees (IAPE), Local 1096 of The News-Guild-CWA, issued the following statement after it was disclosed an column with the byline of a hedge fund manager was written by artificial intelligence: WSJ Opinion staff and contributors are not represented by our union. And they appear to have different standards for content. […]
Report: Media is undercovering the working class
The business media undercovers the working class, according to research from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Columbia University professor Elena Krumova spoke with Columbia Journalism Review about the results. Here is an excerpt: What stood out to me from your study is that a majority of the mentions of the “working class” after 2015—70 to […]
Forbes Union: We demand raises
The union that represents Forbes editorial staffers sent out the following statement: As you may have read, the New York Times reported that former Forbes EIC Randall Lane accepted $6 million from RJ Shook, a business partner of Forbes, which led to his firing. Randall Lane consistently stood against the Forbes Union during his tenure. […]
Reuters journalists protest intimidation
Unionized journalists at Reuters emptied newsrooms across the country for an hour on Monday to protest company executives’ attempts to chill their participation in federally-protected collective action. Management held “investigatory meetings” with journalists who leafleted in New York about Reuters President Paul Basacobert receiving $10 million in salary over three years while refusing to agree […]
Union files another complaint against Reuters
Top-level editors at Reuters – including editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni – have repeatedly big-footed unionized journalists by cherry-picking stories, taking bylines and doing reporting and writing instead of managing their staff, all in violation of labor law, the NewsGuild of New York said on Tuesday. The union took legal action on Monday, filing an Unfair Labor […]
Union files complaint against Reuters
The News Guild of New York filed an unfair labor practices charge against Reuters on Tuesday after management at the news organization threatened journalists and interfered with union actions, reports Jacob Bryant of The Wrap. Bryant writes, “The Reuters Guild represents over 300 media workers and has been bargaining for a new contract since their […]
Union blindsided by E&E News closure
The union that represents journalists at Politico and E&E News sent out the following: On January 29, as we were discussing buyouts for the energy and environment teams, Joe Schatz told PEN Guild union leaders, “The brands and the publications are not going away. We are looking to sharpen their missions.” Today, he told us […]
WSJ union confirms: Editors asked to volunteer for layoffs
IAPE 1096, the union that represents editorial staffers at The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones properties, issued the following: IAPE members, it has been a difficult week at Dow Jones. On Tuesday, members in Publishing and Platforms and News – Platforms departments were advised management intends to merge Publishing Editors and Platform Editors […]
