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 […]

Pacific Media Workers Guild TNG-CWA Local 39521 Union Representative Based in San Francisco, CA Thousands of journalists and media workers have organized and joined The NewsGuild in the past few years. They’re doing it to save their jobs and our democracy. The Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 seeks a full-time Union Representative to support them. […]

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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 […]

We want to give you $1,000 to make a reporting or photography project. The members of the Pacific Media Workers Guild offer professional guidance and support through Bay News Rising, a one-of-a-kind summer program for emerging journalists. Dozens of journalism students have been part of Bay News Rising over the years. Many have gone on […]

The following is shared on behalf of the National Association of Black Journalists and other journalist advocacy organizations. The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is outraged and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and by the government’s escalating effort and actions to criminalize and threaten press freedom […]

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 […]