An ad hoc advisory body is recommending revamping the system of appointing members to San Francisco’s open-government watchdog panel, the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, in a way that would make it easier for the Board of Supervisors to pack it with people who have little or no knowledge of open-meeting and public-record laws, thus paving […]

December 27, 2025 Dear Guild Members, Balloting for the election of Local President of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521, closed on Dec. 17. The Local Election Committee met that day to count the ballots and tentatively certify the results of the Local election. The results of the Local election have now been […]

December 17, 2025 Dear Guild Members, Balloting for the election of Local President of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521, closed today.  The Local Election Committee met at 5 p.m. PT to count the ballots and tentatively certify the results of the Local election: For President Annie Sciacca received 86 votes Steve Zeltzer […]

Guild Members, An important LOCAL 39521 Election is being conducted by secret mail ballot for the role of President on our Local. NOTICE: All members in good standing within units of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521, will soon receive an official notice and ballot in the mail to vote for our next […]

Here are some final reminders about the close of the nomination period for unit and local leadership positions across the Pacific Media Workers Guild.  Unit council and local executive committee terms are two years, beginning Jan. 1, 2026.   The Executive Committee is comprised of representatives from across our local who support our membership at large. […]

The Guild is joining other organizations and individuals in urging San Francisco officials to leave the city’s open-government watchdog panel, the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, off the chopping block list that an ad hoc panel is compiling, purportedly to make the city more operationally and fiscally efficient. Called the Commission Streamlining Task Force, the special […]

We’re proud to announce that our union siblings at the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have ratified their first contract under the aegis of the Pacific Media Workers Guild Local 39521 TNG-CWA. A three year agreement, this first collective bargaining agreement contains the following standard-setting highlights: Just Cause Job Security–including progressive discipline and support for […]

The Pacific Media Workers Guild joined several other press rights and civil liberties organizations in condemning federal agents’ treatment of the press during recent protests in Los Angeles. We’re sharing the below message from Ginny LaRoe, Advocacy Director for the First Amendment Coalition. A copy of the letter sent to Department of Homeland Security Director […]

Guild members Sam Stanton and Melissa Montalvo are to receive prestigious awards that the Society of Professional Journalists’ Northern California Chapter gives each spring to champions of government transparency and freedom of expression. Stanton, who retired in 2024 from the Sacramento Bee, is to receive the Norwin S. Yoffie Career Achievement Award named for a co-founder […]

The Pacific Media Workers Guild shares this on behalf of our members at the papers owned by Sonoma Media Investments (the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Sonoma Index Tribune, Petaluma Argus Courier and North Bay Business Journal. With SMI on the verge of being sold to Hearst, the Guild is seeking assurances that the Collective Bargaining […]

OAKLAND, CA – The staff of EdSource, the award-winning nonprofit journalism outlet covering education in California, announced today that they are forming a union to maintain their organization’s relentless drive for critical journalism, while building an inclusive and equitable newsroom. An overwhelming majority, 93% of non-management staff, have signed cards authorizing union representation by The […]

The Pacific Media Workers Guild is thrilled to welcome a new group of workers to our Local, the Autistic Self Advocacy Union. This unit is comprised of 14 members from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, a non-profit devoted to disability rights advocacy. The ASAU has unanimous support and is seeking voluntary recognition from their management. […]

The Pacific Media Workers Guild is excited to announce the recipients of the 2024-25 Guild Scholarship. This year, Annabel Crescibene and Grace Gafni will receive $500 each toward their college educations. For more than a decade our scholarship program — started in memory of late Guild leader Russ Cain — has benefitted guild members and […]

The Guild congratulates San Francisco Chronicle unit member Daniel Lempres, former member Jason Fagone, and former Mercury News unit member Julia Love on getting James Madison Awards that the Society of Professional Journalists’ Northern California Chapter gives annually to champions of government transparency and press freedom. Lempres and Fagone, along with colleagues from the Chronicle […]