After organizing at major metros like the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, the NewsGuild has now set sight on forming a newsroom union at The Dallas Morning News, reports Poynter.
An organizing committee announced the effort and added that majority of potential members had signed cards requesting union recognition. The members are hoping that the company would agree voluntarily.
Business reporter and member of the organizing committee Dominick DiFurio said that the effort began after a round of 43 redundancies last year preceded by many voluntary resignations.
“It was demoralizing,” DiFurio said. “There was a flood of departures … and not just of people going to national publications like The New York Times. They were staying in town taking other jobs, many in marketing or PR. … We would like for The Dallas Morning News to be a place where people want to end up.”
The Guild has been adding to its chapters quickly over the years with a little over half of those being at newspapers. Now, it is also taking into account newly unionized shops and magazines like The New Yorker and digital-only sites like BuzzFeed News.
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