Mashable, PCMag staffers stage 24-hour walkout
Unionized editorial employees at Ziff Davis — Mashable, PCMag and AskMen — are walking off the job for 24 hours on Thursday, arguing that the management is not bargaining in good faith. The workers are holding a digital rally at 12:30 p.m. ET. The News Guild of New York has filed several unfair labor practices […]
NPR hires Hsu as labor and workplace correspondent
NPR chief business editor Pallavi Gogoi announced the following update: Andrea Hsu is NPR’s new Labor and Workplace Correspondent. She will be taking on the beat at a critical moment, as workers have become ever more vocal about what they want, as companies figure out what the future of work looks like, and as a new […]
Politico taps editors for new economics and business team
Politico managing editor Sudeep Reddy sent out the following on Tuesday: Today we’re taking another leap in our efforts to advance collaboration across our policy teams and keep POLITICO ahead of the competition. We’re bringing together groups covering issues at the center of the wider economy – economic and monetary policy, trade, agriculture, labor, tax, financial services […]
STAT News journalists to join Boston Globe union
STAT News journalists will join the Boston Globe’s union, reports Katie Robertson of The New York Times. Robertson reports, “Stat, based in Boston, focuses on science, health and biotech journalism and has close to 40 editorial staff members. It was one of the first outlets to extensively cover the outbreak of the coronavirus in January 2020 and saw a boost […]
NLRB runs against “Marketplace” media production staffers
The National Labor Relations Board has ruled against the union attempting to represent “Marketplace” journalists, who sought to include its media production staffers in the union. The vote to join the union will take place on March 30, with votes being due by April 21. American Public Media, the parent company of the show, has […]
FT Specialist Guild recognized by company
The Financial Times’ parent company has recognized FT Specialist’s U.S.-based editorial employees who unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East. Forty-one FT Specialist journalists are part of the guild. The journalists had joined the union in January. In the letter announcing the movement, the members wrote, “Our union will ensure that editorial employees, thanks […]
Philly Inquirer labor reporter Reyes moves to investigations team
Juliana Feliciano Reyes, who covers work and labor for the Philadelphia Inquirer, is moving to the newspaper’s investigations team. Reyes has been at the paper since December 2017 and has also written about the area’s Asian-American community. Last year, she won the 2020 Kenneth May Media Award from the Labor Employment and Relations Association. Reyes […]
Bloomberg Industry union leader: This is why unions matter
Fatima Hussein, a reporter at Bloomberg Law and the head of the union that represents Bloomberg Industry staffers, sent out the following on Thursday afternoon: Dear Guild Members, As reported in the New York Times, 90 of our beloved colleagues at Bloomberg News will be laid off. Our hearts, thoughts, and prayers are with them. […]
Politico’s Mueller moves to labor beat
Politico reporter Eleanor Mueller, who has been covering employment, is moving to the labor beat at the publication. She has been reporting on legislation, as well as labor policy: specifically, the pandemic economy, how it is affecting workers, particularly those already at a systemic disadvantage, and what their elected officials are doing to address it. […]
The Markup hires Kerr to cover labor
The Markup has hired CNET senior reporter Dara Kerr to cover labor. Kerr has been covering the on-demand economy and tech culture. She previously was a freelance reporter who wrote stories on everything from El Salvador’s civil war to an Oakland shepherd who uses goats to prevent wildfires. Kerr holds degrees from New York University, Columbia University and […]
