Dow Jones, union agree on one-year contract
The Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees, Local 1096 of The Newspaper Guild – Communications Workers of America, has reached a tentative agreement with Dow Jones & Co. on a new one-year collective bargaining agreement covering more than 1,300 employees across the United States and in Canada. The deal, agreed to by representatives of the union […]
Bloomberg Law hires Atkinson to cover labor and employment
Bloomberg Law has hired Khorri Atkinson as a senior reporter covering labor and employment stories. He previously was at Law360. Atkinson is also the president of the Washington chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists. His work has been published in several local and national media outlets such as The New York Times, NBCNews.com and MSNBC.com. […]
Nearly 300 Reuters journalists walking off the job
Nearly 300 journalists at Reuters will walk off the job Thursday for 24 hours in protest of management’s slow-walking contract renewal negotiations, the first major labor action by journalists at the company in more than 30 years. Journalists are expected to walk out and hold rallies at seven Reuters bureau offices — Washington, D.C., New […]
Bloomberg Industry seeks deputy team leader for labor and employment news
Bloomberg Industry Group is seeking a deputy team leader for labor and employment news. We’re looking for an editor to help craft stories from pitch to posting; shape and raise the quality of our labor and employment coverage; and lead and inspire our smart, ambitious reporters. What You Will Do Manages assignments and stories from […]
Wired union reaches first contract agreement
The Wired union, a unit of The News Guild of New York, which represents more than 55 workers at the technology magazine, reached an agreement on a first contract with management late Monday night. Jon Schleuss of The News Guild writes, “The culmination of nearly 14 months of bargaining, the agreement allows the company to avoid […]
Wired union members threaten to strike
The union representing roughly 65 editorial workers at tech magazine Wired is threatening to strike for two days if it can’t reach a contract agreement with Condé Nast management by July 12, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “The workers are threatening a work stoppage on July 12 and 13, which are Amazon Prime Days. Those […]
Washington Post hires Gurley to cover labor
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery, economics editor Damian Paletta and deputy economics editor Jen Liberto sent out the following on Tuesday: We’re excited to announce that Lauren Kaori Gurley is joining the economics team as The Post’s labor reporter. Lauren joins us from Vice’s Motherboard, where she has covered labor since 2019, producing groundbreaking […]
Motherboard labor reporter Gurley departs
Lauren Kaori Gurley, a senior staff writer at Motherboard covering labor issues, is leaving the Vice site for a new opportunity. Motherboard is an online magazine and website focused on technology. Gurley focused on the “ballooning labor movement” in the tech sector. She previously worked at The New Republic as a reporter. Prior to her time […]
TB Times series on working conditions wins Worth Bingham Prize
“Poisoned,” a meticulously researched series by The Tampa Bay Times that revealed dangerous working conditions inside the Gopher Resource lead smelting plant in Tampa, Florida, is the winner of the 2021 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism. The series was produced by investigative reporters Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington and Eli Murray. They revealed that […]
NBC News hires Rosenberg to cover tech and labor
NBC News has hired Eli Rosenberg to be on its tech investigations team to cover the intersection of technology and labor. He will start on May 9 and be based in the San Francisco bureau. Rosenberg was previously a labor and work reporter at the Washington Post. He wrote about how economic social forces, as well as the decisions […]
