After a 37-year career at the Mercury News, Sweeney, who retired in 2004, died Aug. 22, 2021. Read his obituary in the San Jose Mercury News. “Luther Jackson, executive officer of the Guild from 1995 to 2009, described Sweeney as a caring and canny negotiator who was “always several steps ahead of management. I hope […]
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The San Francisco Living Wage Coalition is presenting its Labor Man of the Year Award to Guild member David Bacon at their 11th annual awards dinner on Friday, July 30, 6pm to 9pm. Bacon is a writer and photographer, former factory worker and union organizer. He documents workers, migration, and the struggle for human rights. […]
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Questions, or want your organization to become a signatory? Contact Adam Rose of the LA Press Club at adjoro@gmail.com or Matt Pearce of Media Guild of the West at president@mediaguildwest.org We, the undersigned organizations, which collectively represent thousands of California journalists, strongly oppose a recent amendment made to SB 98, a bill originally intended to […]
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Sunshine, First Amendment efforts Guild officers have voted to support three California bills strengthening government transparency, to oppose a bill that would weaken it and to back a bill aimed at discouraging law enforcement officers from attacking or harassing journalists. In addition, Paul Burton, who serves with Gloria La Riva and yours truly on the […]
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To his already impressive list of accolades, Guild member Seth Rosenfeld has added a James Madison Award from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Northern California Chapter, for a series of articles in the San Francisco Public Press detailing how the California Public Utilities Commission kept the public from knowing of vehicle collisions and traffic safety […]
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OAKLAND, CA – Today, employees at the progressive news site Daily Kos announced the creation of the Daily Kos Guild. The union will join the Pacific Media Workers Guild, Local 39521, an affiliate local of the NewsGuild-Communication Workers of America. As the nation’s largest online progressive media and activism hub, which reaches over 18 million […]
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To Pacific Media Workers Guild Chronicle unit members: We’re distressed that Chronicle management is announcing that everyone on staff except Pacific Media Workers Guild members gets Martin Luther King Day as a paid holiday. We want our members to understand the background and the situation. The Guild has pushed forcefully over several contract negotiations for […]
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Cites breach of fiduciary duties by Alden directors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 6, 2021; original release Jan. 5, 2021 CONTACT: Sally Davidow sdavidow@cwa-union.org (202) 368-3324 The Chicago News Guild has called for the immediate removal of three members of the Tribune Publishing Board of Directors, citing a breach of fiduciary duties in a recent filing of regulatory […]
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“David Perlman was the kind of journalist who had newspaper ink in his veins. When he retired from the San Francisco Chronicle three years ago, at 98, he was the oldest known full-time news reporter at a U.S. metro newspaper. With a career that spanned most of the last century and the start of this […]
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The Guild Executive Committee has authorized the Local’s co-signing a petition by the activist group Action Network supporting a U.S. House of Representatives resolution calling for the government to end its pursuit of journalist Julian Assange. Assange is fighting extradition to the United States from Britain, accused by U.S. authorities of espionage in the wake […]
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The Sacramento Bee Guild is happy to announce it has reached a tentative contract agreement with McClatchy that ensures reporters can stay focused on the quality local journalism for which The Bee is known. The company, which was bought in September by hedge fund Chatham Asset Management, had proposed tying reporters’ raises to the number […]
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Surviving Prop 22 and AB 5: A Guild Workshop, Wed, Dec 16, 5:30-7 pm PST The Pacific Media Workers Guild and The NewsGuild-CWA represent a growing sector of freelancers. Guild Freelancers comprise independent journalists and media professionals, and advocates vigorously on their behalf in the marketplace, the Legislature, and the public mind. We work to […]
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CWA has established a memorial page to honor members who have lost their lives to COVID-19. Please join the Guild in remembering their lives, service, and families during this time.
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The David Bacon Archive is now one of the largest collections of documentary photography at the Libraries, offering scholars and students stunning perspectives of labor and social justice movements as well as societal impacts of globalization and war. Stanford, CA—From the streets of Oakland and Los Angeles to farmlands and factories across the United States, […]
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The Guild urges its members to vote “yes” on California Proposition 15, which would revamp property taxation on high-value industrial and commercial real estate and generate an estimated $6 billion to $11 billion annually in state tax revenue. The money would support certain local public services including schools and community colleges, where many future journalists […]
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