The Verge union reaches tentative agreement
The union that represents editorial staffers at tech news site The Verge said it had reached a tentative three-year agreement after an overnight bargaining session. Todd Spangler of Variety writes, “The tentative deal covers about 250 writers and other editorial workers represented by the Writers Guild of America East. Union members and the WGAE Council’s Online […]
Union: Business Insider layoffs due to leadership failures
The NewsGuild of New York, which represents journalists at Business Insider, sent out the following statement in the wake of the news that the publication plans to lay off 21% of its staff: We were notified that Business Insider management intends to lay off about 20 percent of our staff members as part of their […]
Press Progress hires Arkell to cover labor
The Press Progress, a Canadian nonprofit news organization, has hired Emma Arkell to cover labor. A story on its website states, “It’s ironic too, Emma notes, given every newspaper has a business section, but never a labour section: ‘I wish that many stories that would normally be reported as ‘business’ or ‘tech’ stories would instead be […]
Labor Department warns staff not to speak to reporters
A Department of Labor top official this week informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, reports Mark Olalde of ProPublica. Olalde reports, “The warning comes as current and former Labor Department employees have spoken to the news media about harms they see resulting from the dismantling of portions of their […]
WSJ union files complaint over bylines, taglines
The Wall Street Journal management’s decision to restrict bylines and eliminate taglines will be reviewed by the National Labor Relations Board after IAPE TNG-CWA Local 1096 filed a complaint on Thursday. The charge, delivered to NLRB Region 2 in New York, accuses Dow Jones of unfair labor practices by unilaterally imposing new byline and tagline […]
Yahoo Finance seeks a labor and economy reporter
Yahoo Finance’s Personal Finance news team produces industry-leading coverage of housing, taxes, retirement, student loans, and more with a consumer-first focus. Our work aims to give context to what’s happening in the economy with inflation, interest rates, unemployment, and more in a way that helps readers make smart decisions with their money. A Lot About […]
Gizmodo journalists reach labor agreement
Gizmodo’s editorial staff has reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement via the Writers Guild of America East, reports Katie Campione of Deadline. Campione reports, “Per the WGAE, the 14-member bargaining unit unanimously ratified the contract, marking the first since the tech and science outlet was acquired by Keleops Media in 2024. Gizmodo was previously […]
Bloomberg Industry Group union gets new contract
Bloomberg Industry Group and its union members have reached a new contract agreement with management. The new contract, which came after two months of negotiations, guarantees: Just cause protections – Management attempted to roll back these rights for editorial employees, which would have left workers vulnerable to being fired without a fair process. The Guild successfully […]
CNET, ZDNet staffers to join NewsGuild of New York
Editorial workers at CNET and ZDNet are joining The NewsGuild of New York as members of the Ziff Davis Creators Guild. Late last year, Ziff Davis acquired both websites, which cover technology, reviews and beyond. CNET and ZDNet workers will be covered under the Ziff Davis Creators Guild’s current contract, ratified last summer. Under the […]
Fortune union: We won’t return to office until talks resume
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, a Fortune reporter who leads the editorial union, sent the following to magazine management on Friday: To Fortune management, NewsGuild newsroom employees will not be following the company’s 2025 return-to-office edict until the issue has been properly negotiated as part of a complete contract with the NewsGuild. Our bargaining committee sent the Guild’s […]
