01/17/2019
Management of The Forward, a long-standing union publication, has announced that in addition to ceasing its 121-year-old print edition, they will lay off 40 percent of editorial employees to become a more “digitally-focused” publication.
Read more … NewsGuild of New York Statement on Layoffs at The Forward
01/16/2019
From The Wrap | Mic.com has begun quietly publishing again just weeks after the company laid off its entire editorial staff and sold itself off to Bustle Media for $5 million.
Read more … From The Wrap | Mic Quietly Comes Back to Life With New Writers, Fresh Content
12/20/2018
Early last month, the NewsGuild of New York successfully convinced an arbitrator to return one of our sales associates back to work after being terminated by the Hudson News.
12/18/2018
Last night, we unanimously (168-0!) ratified a remarkable first contract that fiercely protects and improves the working conditions of everyone in the newsroom at Law360.
Read more … Law360 Union Statement on Unanimous Contract Ratification
12/18/2018
The tentative agreement includes an immediate $2.1 million increase in Guild member salaries, improved benefits, editorial protections and future protections against closure.
Read more … Law360 Union Members Secure Progressive, Strong First Contract
12/14/2018
We’re proud to announce that our members at AskMen, Geek, Mashable, and PCMag were voluntary recognized by Ziff Davis management earlier today.
Read more … NewsGuild of New York Statement on Ziff Davis Voluntary Recognition
12/12/2018
From BuzzFeed | Staffers are asking that New York Media management voluntarily recognize an editorial union.
Read more … From BuzzFeed | New York Magazine Staff Is Unionizing
12/12/2018
Overwhelming majority of newsroom — which includes the print and web staff of New York Magazine, Daily Intelligencer, the Cut, Vulture, Grub Street, and the Strategist — seek union representation
Read more … Editorial Staff of New York Magazine Unionizes with The NewsGuild of New York
12/12/2018
To safeguard our rights as workers and sustain the magazine’s voice into the future, we have decided to form a union with the NewsGuild, which represents our peers at outlets that are producing some of today’s most important and vital journalism, such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Associated Press, and The Nation — and including newly unionized publications like The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and The New Republic.
12/10/2018
In a nomination meeting at TIME Magazine on December 7, 2018, one Guild member was nominated to fill the open Unit Chair position.
