Government transparency, a.k.a. sunshine, is in grave danger in San Francisco. The city has the nation’s oldest and arguably strongest set of open-meeting and public-record laws, the Sunshine Ordinance (Administrative Code Chapter 67). Passed with a 16-point margin by the voters in November 1999, the ordinance establishes an 11-member panel, the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, whose job […]
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San Francisco Public Press workers form union, seek voice in the workplace.
Press Contact: sfpublicpressworkersguild@gmail.com PMWG Staff: esteban@mediaworkers.org SAN FRANCISCO — Workers at non-profit investigative newsroom, San Francisco Public Press have created a union as part of the Pacific Media Workers Guild Local 39521, joining the nationwide labor movement for a stronger media system. It follows in the footsteps of other local newsrooms which have unionized recently. They have […]
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2026 Scholarship Application
Please use this link to download an application: Scholarship Application
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EdSource Guild is on Strike
EdSource workers strike over unfair labor practices Posted onMay 14, 2026AuthorThe NewsGuild-CWA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 14, 2026 Contact: edsourceguild@protonmail.com OAKLAND, CA – Unionized staff at EdSource, the largest education newsroom in California, are on strike today, May 14, 2026 to protest unilateral changes to healthcare benefits and management’s lack of progress toward a fair […]
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