Labor coverage is coming back in a big way
Ben Smith of the New York Times writes about the return of labor coverage at many publications. Smith writes, “Steven Greenhouse, a former labor reporter for The New York Times, told me that for a time in the 2000s, he was the ‘the only full-time daily labor reporter.’ Now, there are at least a dozen at […]
Reporting on the Workplace seminar to take place at CUNY in January
The second “Reporting the U.S. Workplace” program for journalists covering labor issues will be held Jan. 6-7, 2022, at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Tom Robbins, the J-School’s Investigative Journalist in Residence, will return as the program’s convener. This program is designed to bring business journalists up to speed on how to cover […]
NW Labor Press seeks a reporter
The Northwest Labor Press is looking to hire a skilled and hard-working writer to report on the labor movement and issues that matter to working people. THE PUBLICATION The Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported regional newspaper. It goes out twice a month in print to about 50,000 union households in Oregon and Southwest […]
Fortune postpones CEO conference after employees plan strike
Fortune magazine has postponed its CEO Initiative conference for later this month after its editorial employees, seeking a union contract with the publication, said they would strike for those two days, reports Maxwell Tani of The Daily Beast. Tani reports, “But ahead of the union’s announcement of the strike, Fortune CEO Alan Murray wrote in a Tuesday email to […]
Fortune editorial staffers to strike during CEO conference
The editorial employees of the Fortune Union announced Tuesday that they will walk off the job for two days and picket next month during the CEO Initiative event in protest over management’s negotiations with the NewsGuild of New York. Members of the Fortune Union have been fighting for a fair contract with standard benefits like […]
Bloomberg Industry union to CEO: Please reconsider return to office
The union that represents journalists at Bloomberg Industry Group sent the following to CEO Josh Eastright: Dear Josh, You may be aware that Alex Ruoff of Bloomberg Government and Billy House of Bloomberg News just reported that the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee postponed a hearing today after some of its members […]
Editorial workers at Forbes vote to join union
Editorial employees at Forbes voted 67-7 to be represented by The NewsGuild of New York, TNG-CWA Local 31003 in a National Labor Relations Board election that concluded Tuesday. The more than 100-person bargaining unit includes reporters, editors, designers, videographers and social media editors. “After months of organizing, we’re proud of our newsroom for coming together […]
Quartz union ratifies first contract
The Quartz union has ratified their first contract with management that sets a salary floor of $63,000 and includes a general wage increase, a ratification bonus, and just cause protections as well as a ban on non-disclosure agreements for situations involving harassment. Diversity and inclusion provisions include a joint labor-management diversity and inclusion committee that […]
Bloomberg Industry union taking steps to resist return to office
Jason Albright, the unit chair of the union representing journalists at Bloomberg Industry Group, sent out the following: Dear Colleagues, As the Guild continues the fight against a premature return to the office in July, it’s clear that INDG is not taking the safety or equity issues involved seriously enough. Sadly, it looks like the company prefers […]
Insider union wins election, bargaining to begin in the fall
Insider CEO and cofounder Henry Blodget sent out the following to the staff on Monday: Team, As you know, many members of our U.S. editorial team participated in a voting process earlier this month to decide whether to form an editorial union. The votes were counted today, and our team has decided to unionize. We respect this […]
