State from Business Insider union on layoffs
We are appalled and angry that Business Insider has chosen, like too many other newsrooms recently, to lay off 22 of our talented members as well as many of our non-union colleagues. Last summer, as we faced a similar round of layoffs, our members fought for and won language in our contract to protect us […]
Forbes union statement on layoffs
In an email to staff on Thursday, Forbes management announced plans to lay off less than 3 percent of the workforce. The Forbes Union and The NewsGuild of New York have not received notice as of Thursday that our members are affected. The union is in negotiations for a first contract with the company. Changes […]
Forbes staff begins three-day strike
Forbes employees are striking for the first time, protesting the lack of progress in collective bargaining more than two years since voting to join a union, reports Josh Eidelson of Bloomberg News. Eidelson reports, “Unionized employees, including reporters, editors, designers and videographers, plan to start a work stoppage at 9 a.m. New York time on Thursday, […]
LA Times staffers strike to protest looming cuts
Los Angeles Times newsroom guild leaders called for a one-day walkout Friday to protest planned cuts to offset steep financial losses, reports Meg James of The Times. James writes, “The Times disclosed Thursday that substantial layoffs were coming due to a widening budget deficit. The one-day strike represents the newsroom’s first union-organized work stoppage in the paper’s […]
FT journalists demanding $80K starting salary
Financial Times journalists are demanding a minimum starting salary of $80,000 (£63,000) in a dispute over pay, reports James Warrington of The Telegraph. Warrington reports, “The newspaper’s American union is locked in discussions with bosses amid concerns that current wages are not ‘anywhere close’ to livable. “Under current plans, the FT’s US-based staff have been offered a […]
Law360 editorial workers stage one-day strike
Unionized editorial workers at Law360 are holding a one-day strike on Wednesday, highlighted by a mid-afternoon rally and a day-long picket line outside corporate headquarters in New York City. The work stoppage comes after The NewsGuild of New York filed an unfair labor practice charge on behalf of Law360 Union against LexisNexis on Tuesday. The […]
Dreier of NY Times wins WERT Prize for migrant child labor coverage
Hannah Dreier, an investigative reporter at The New York Times, won the WERT Global Prize for outstanding business reporting by a woman for “Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.” and related stories exposing a migrant child labor scandal involving some of the world’s largest corporations. The award is given by […]
NY Times reporter Goldberg on covering the changing workplace culture
New York Times business reporter Emma Goldberg writes about her workplace culture beat has changed during the past few years. Goldberg writes, “I started my beat by reading writers who have detailed the day-to-day rhythm of workers’ lives. I read “Nickel and Dimed,” in which Barbara Ehrenreich tries to experience firsthand what it’s like to work as […]
Fortune staffers walk out at lunch
Staffers who are part of the News Guild of New York union, which represents digital employees of Fortune magazine, took a coordinated lunch break Thursday to the parent company slow-walking contract talks. A supermajority of members left their desks at 1 p.m. and presented management with a letter with a demand for the company to […]
The inconsistency of strike coverage
Emily Leedham of the Press Progress in Canada writes about the inconsistencies of strike coverage. Leedham writes, “While more strike coverage happens in Ontario compared to the rest of the country, there are still labour actions outside Toronto that do not get much attention. Strikes in smaller Ontario communities are usually covered by local outlets with […]
