The
NewsGuild-CWA
The NewsGuild-CWA is a labor union founded by newspaper journalists in 1933. In addition to improving wages and working conditions, its constitution says its purpose is to fight for honesty in journalism and the news industry's business practices ...
is composed of 46 U.S.
locals
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and 17 Canadian locals, based largely on geography. Some locals represent the staff of a single
publication
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, organization or company, while others represent the employees of multiple workplaces, with each considered a "unit" within the local.
United States locals
Albany Newspaper Guild – 31034
* Founded in 1936 as the Newspaper Guild of Albany, NY, with its first bargaining agreement with the ''
Albany Times Union
The ''Times Union'' is an American daily newspaper, serving the Capital Region of New York. Although the newspaper focuses on Albany and its suburbs, it covers all parts of the four-county area, including the cities of Troy, Schenectady and Sar ...
'' newspaper.
Bakersfield – 39202
* Represents news staff of ''
The Bakersfield Californian
''The Bakersfield Californian'' is a daily newspaper serving Bakersfield, California and surrounding Kern County in the state's San Joaquin Valley.
History
''The Bakersfield Californian'' is the direct descendant of Kern County's first newspap ...
''.
Boston – 31245
* The Boston Newspaper Guild was founded in 1940.
* More than 300 employees of
Boston Globe Media Partners
''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...
, including the
''Boston Globe'' and
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are represented by Boston News Guild, but as of July 2021 Boston Globe does not have a
collective bargaining agreement
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with them (or the two other unions involved).
Buffalo – 31026
* Founded in 1934 as the Buffalo Newspaper Guild, representing employees of
''Buffalo News''.
California Federation of Interpreters – 39000
* In the 1990's California Federation of Interpreters, affiliated with Locale 39521 (Pacific Media Workers). In 2015 it separated into its current Local 39000.
* In 2019, CFI president Michael Ferreira supported
AB5 legislation, which would classify more interpreters as employees, not independent contractors.
Chicago – 34071
CWA (Los Angeles) – 9003
Dayton – 34157
Denver – 37074
Detroit – 34022
Erie – 38187
Eugene – 37194
Florida – 3108
Hazleton – 38216
IAPE – 1096
* The Independent Association of Publishers' Employees represents 1,300 employees of
Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is an American publishing firm owned by News Corp and led by CEO Almar Latour.
The company publishes ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Barron's'', ''MarketWatch'', ''Mansion Global'', ''Financial News'' and ''Private Equ ...
, including the
''Wall Street Journal''.
Indianapolis – 34070
Kenosha – 34159
Kingston – 31180
Knoxville – 33076
Lexington – 33229
Maine – 31128
Media Guild of the West – 39213
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The Arizona Republic
''The Arizona Republic'' is an American daily newspaper published in Phoenix. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. Copies are sold at $2 daily or at $3 ...
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*''
Austin American-Statesman
The ''Austin American-Statesman'' is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is owned by Gannett.
The paper prints Associated Press, ''New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', and ''Los Angeles Times'' internation ...
''
*''
The Dallas Morning News
''The Dallas Morning News'' is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average print circulation of 65,369. It was founded on October 1, 1885 by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the ''Galvesto ...
''/''
Al Día''
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The Desert Sun
''The Desert Sun'' is a local daily newspaper serving Palm Springs and the surrounding Coachella Valley in Southern California.
History
''The Desert Sun'' is owned by Gannett publications since 1988 and acquired the Indio ''Daily News'' in 199 ...
''
*''
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'' is an American daily newspaper serving Fort Worth and Tarrant County, the western half of the North Texas area known as the Metroplex. It is owned by The McClatchy Company.
History
In May 1905, Amon G. Carter acc ...
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*
Southern California News Group
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Phoenix New Times
''Phoenix New Times'' is a free digital and print media company based in Phoenix, Arizona. ''New Times'' publishes daily online coverage of local news, restaurants, music and arts, as well as longform narrative journalism. A weekly print issue ...
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Memphis – 33091
Milwaukee – 34051
Minnesota – 37002
New Hampshire – 31167
NewsGuild of New York – 31003
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New York Amsterdam News
The ''Amsterdam News'' (also known as ''New York Amsterdam News'') is a weekly Black-owned newspaper serving New York City. It is one of the oldest newspapers geared toward African Americans in the United States and has published columns by s ...
* Ars Union –
Ars Technica
''Ars Technica'' is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998. It publishes news, reviews, and guides on issues such as computer hardware and software, sci ...
AskMen
AskMen is a free online men's web portal, with international versions in Australia, Canada, the Middle East, the United Kingdom and the United States. It is owned by Ziff Davis and operates through the IGN Entertainment unit.
History
AskMen was ...
* BuzzFeed News Union –
Buzzfeed, Inc.
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*
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
Founded ...
* Daily Beast Union – ''
The Daily Beast
''The Daily Beast'' is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. It was founded in 2008.
It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 20 ...
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*
El Diario La Prensa
''El Diario Nueva York'' is the largest and the oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the United States. Published by ImpreMedia, the paper covers local, national and international news with an emphasis on Latin America, as well as human-in ...
* ''
Foreign Policy
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* Fortune Union –
''Fortune''
*
The Forward
''The Forward'' ( yi, פֿאָרווערטס, Forverts), formerly known as ''The Jewish Daily Forward'', is an American news media organization for a Jewish American audience. Founded in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily socialist newspaper, ' ...
*
The Hour
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Insider
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*
Jacobin
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The Jersey Journal
''The Jersey Journal'' is a daily newspaper, published from Monday through Saturday, covering news and events throughout Hudson County, New Jersey. ''The Journal'' is a sister paper to ''The Star-Ledger'' of Newark, ''The Times'' of Trenton and ...
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*
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) is an international news agency and wire service, founded in 1917, serving Jewish community newspapers and media around the world as well as non-Jewish press, with about 70 syndication clients listed on its web ...
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La Opinión
''La Opinión'' is a Spanish-language daily newspaper and website based in Los Angeles, California. It is the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States and the second-most read newspaper in Los Angeles (after ''The Los Angeles Time ...
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*
The Markup
''The Markup'' is an American nonprofit news publication focused on the impact of technology on society. Founded in 2018 with the goal of advancing data-driven journalism, the publication is headquartered in New York City.
History
''The Marku ...
*
Dotdash Meredith
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Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...
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Martha Stewart Living
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Shape
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Law360
Law360 is a subscription-based, legal news service based in New York City. It is operated by Portfolio Media, Inc., a subsidiary of LexisNexisSabroski, Suzxanne (May 1, 2012) LexisNexis goes 360, ''Onliline'' and delivers breaking news and analys ...
*
Mashable
Mashable is a digital media platform, news website and entertainment company founded by Pete Cashmore in 2005.
History
Mashable was founded by Pete Cashmore while living in Aberdeen, Scotland, in July 2005. Early iterations of the site were a ...
*
The Nation
''The Nation'' is an American liberal biweekly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper tha ...
* NBC Digital NewsGuild –
NBCNews.com
NBCNews.com, formerly known as msnbc.com, is a news website owned and operated by NBCUniversal as the online arm of NBC News. Along with original and wire reporting, it features content from NBC shows such as ''Today'', ''NBC Nightly News'', ''M ...
* The New Republic Union – ''
The New Republic
''The New Republic'' is an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts. Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in hum ...
''
*''
New York Daily News
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''
* New York Mag Union –
''New York''
* The
New York Times Guild – ''
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
'' (unionized since 1940s)
*
The New Yorker Union
The New Yorker Union formed in 2018 as the first labor union in the magazine's history. Its bargaining unit includes editorial workers, such as copy editors and fact checkers, but not staff writers.
Condé Nast and the union produced an agreem ...
– ''
The New Yorker
''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...
''
*
PCMag
''PC Magazine'' (shortened as ''PCMag'') is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009. Publication of online editions started in late 1994 and have continued to the present d ...
* People Magazine Union –
''People''
*
''Pitchfork''
*
Quartz
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*
The Record,
Daily Record,
New Jersey Herald
The ''New Jersey Herald'' is a newspaper published six days (Sunday-Friday) every week. Its headquarters are in Newton, New Jersey. It is the only daily newspaper published in Sussex County, New Jersey and one of the oldest in the state. It has a ...
*
Reuters
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The agency was estab ...
*
Roosevelt Institute
The Roosevelt Institute is a liberal American think tank. According to the organization, it exists "to carry forward the legacy and values of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt by developing progressive ideas and bold leadership in the service of rest ...
*
S&P Global Ratings
S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities. S&P is consi ...
* Sports Illustrated Union – ''
Sports Illustrated
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''
* TIME Union – (
''Time'' print staff have been unionized since 1940s, with digital more recently)
*
Wirecutter
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* WIRED Union –
''Wired''.
*
WPIX
WPIX (channel 11) is a television station in New York City. Owned by Mission Broadcasting, it is operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Nexstar Media Group, making it a ''de facto'' owned-and-operated station and flagship (broadcas ...
News Media Guild
The News Media Guild, formerly known as the Wire Service Guild, is Local union 31222 of The NewsGuild, which is a sector of the Communications Workers of America.
Most of its members are employees of the Associated Press, where the union represe ...
– 31222
*
Associated Press
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union goes back to 1969 when it was called
Wire Service Guild
The News Media Guild, formerly known as the Wire Service Guild, is Local union 31222 of The NewsGuild, which is a sector of the Communications Workers of America.
Most of its members are employees of the Associated Press, where the union represe ...
* Democracy Works
*
EFE
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* ''
Guardian US
''Guardian US'' is the Manhattan-based American online presence of the British print newspaper ''The Guardian''. It launched in September 2011, led by editor-in-chief Janine Gibson, and followed the earlier ''Guardian America'' service, which was ...
''
*
Oxford University Press
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* Pageant Media
*
United Press International
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Northeast Ohio – 34001
Pacific Media Workers – 39521
*
San Francisco Chronicle
The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and M. H. de Young, Michael H. de ...
*
Daily Kos
Daily Kos ( ) is a group blog and internet forum focused on the U.S. Democratic Party and liberal American politics. The site includes glossaries and other content. It is sometimes considered an example of "netroots" activism.
Daily Kos was f ...
*
East Bay Times
The ''East Bay Times'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Walnut Creek, California, United States, owned by the Bay Area News Group (BANG), a subsidiary of Media News Group, that serves Contra Costa and Alameda counties, in the East Bay ...
*
The Fresno Bee
''The Fresno Bee'' is a daily newspaper serving Fresno, California, and surrounding counties in that U.S. state's central San Joaquin Valley. It is owned by The McClatchy Company and ranks fourth in circulation among the company's newspapers. I ...
*
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
''Hawaii Tribune-Herald'' is a daily newspaper based in Hilo, Hawaii. It is owned and published by Oahu Publications Inc., a subsidiary of Black Press.
History
The ''Hilo Tribune'' began publication on November 23, 1895, and changed its name to ...
*
The Maui News
''The Maui News'' is a Wailuku, Hawaii based, daily newspaper covering the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai. ''The Maui News'' began publication on February 17, 1900. Henry Perrine Baldwin
Henry Perrine Baldwin (August 29, 1842 – July 8, ...
*
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The ''Honolulu Star-Advertiser'' is the largest daily newspaper in Hawaii, formed in 2010 with the merger of ''The Honolulu Advertiser'' and the ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'' after the acquisition of the former by Black Press, which already owned the ...
*
The Mercury News
''The Mercury News'' (formerly ''San Jose Mercury News'', often locally known as ''The Merc'') is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is published by the Bay Area News Group, a subsidiar ...
*
The Modesto Bee
''The Modesto Bee'' is a California newspaper, founded in 1884 as the ''Daily Evening News'' and published continuously as a daily under a variety of names. Before its purchase by Charles K. McClatchy and McClatchy Newspapers in 1924, it merged ...
*
The Monterey County Herald
''The Monterey County Herald'', sometimes referred to as the ''Monterey Herald'', is a daily newspaper published in Monterey, California that serves Monterey County.
In December, 2013, the Herald's parent company Media News Group merged to become ...
*
The Press Democrat
''The Press Democrat'', with the largest circulation in California's North Bay, is a daily newspaper published in Santa Rosa, California.
History
The newspaper was founded in 1897 by Ernest L. Finley who merged his ''Evening Press'' and Thomas ...
*
The Sacramento Bee
''The Sacramento Bee'' is a daily newspaper published in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Since its foundation in 1857, ''The Bee'' has become the largest newspaper in Sacramento, the fifth largest newspaper in California, and the 2 ...
*
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada. The union was established in 1937 after the 1934 Wes ...
Pacific Northwest – 37082
Philadelphia – 38010
Pittsburgh – 38061
Providence – 31041
Puerto Rico – 33225
Rochester – 31017
Scranton – 38177
Sioux City – 37123
Southern California – 9003
*
City News Service
City News Service, Inc. is a regional news service covering Southern California. City News Service clients include local and regional newspapers, broadcasters and websites.
History
The company was founded in 1928 by Marvin Willard and Welland Go ...
*
International Documentary Association
International Documentary Association (IDA), founded in 1982, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that promotes nonfiction filmmakers, and is dedicated to increasing public awareness for the documentary genre. Their major program areas are: Advocacy, Filmm ...
Southern California – 9400
*
Los Angeles Daily News
The ''Los Angeles Daily News'' is the second-largest-circulating paid daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is the flagship of the Southern California News Group, a branch of Colorado-based Digital First Media.
The offices of the ''Dai ...
*
Press-Telegram
The ''Press-Telegram'' is a paid daily newspaper published in Long Beach, California. Coverage area for the ''Press-Telegram'' includes Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Compton, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, Lynw ...
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Terre Haute – 34046
Toledo – 34043
United Media Guild – 36047
Utica – 31129
Washington-Baltimore – 32035
WashTech – 37083
Wilkes-Barre – 38120
CWA/SCA Canada locals
CWA/SCA Canada
Alberta – 30400
Canadian Media Guild- 30213
Halifax – 30130
Kingston Typographical – 30204
Moncton – 30636
Montreal – 30111
New Brunswick – 30664
North Bay – 30241
Northern Ontario – 30232
Ottawa – 30205
Peterborough – 30248
Saskatchewan – 30199
Sault Ste Marie – 30746
Sydney – 30460
Thunder Bay – 30044
Victoria-Vancouver – 30223
Windsor – 30553
Archives
The
Walter P. Reuther Library
The Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, located on the campus of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, contains millions of primary source documents related to the labor history of the United States, urban affai ...
is the official repository of The Newspaper Guild Official Archives
Walter P. Reuther Library Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Newspaper Guild Records 1933–1973. 156.5 linear feet.
St. Louis Newspaper Guild Local 47 Records 1933–1966. 10.5 linear feet.
Detroit Newspaper Guild Local 22 Records 1933–2007. 67.25 linear feet.
Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild Local 82 Records 1950–1976. 6.5 linear feet.
Columbus Newspaper Guild Local 13 Records 1934–1986. 5.5 linear feet.
Newspaper Guild of Albany, N.Y., Local 34 Records 1936–1989. 5.25 cubic feet.
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