The Newspaper Guild sector conference delegates voted to change the name of The Newspaper Guild-CWA to The NewsGuild-CWA, reflecting media and union changes.
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The legacy of the great San Francisco newspaper strike of 1994
The solidarity demonstrated at the bargaining table and on the streets of San Francisco inspired the international unions involved to form a national level council of newspaper unions — the Newspaper Industry Coordinating Committee, or NICC. NICC fostered cooperation among the Guild, International Typographical Union, Teamsters and Graphic Communications International Union (pressmen) that had never occurred on a national level.
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TNG president requests meeting with Berkeley mayor to ensure journalist safety
The Newspaper Guild (TNG) president Bernie Lunzer sent a letter on Monday to Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and Police Chief Michael Meehan that expressed outrage about the brutal treatment that several journalists suffered at the hands of law enforcement officers during protests in Berkeley over the weekend.
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Fiscal challenges led to diminished San Mateo Times
Location and timing is everything for local journalism as it is for real estate. The San Mateo Times adhered to that principle for decades. And it proved quite profitable.
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Press Democrat purchase by locals is a lesson for Digital First Media
When a group of local investors bought the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, the unionized news staff invested, too.
Read MoreCalling volunteers for 20th anniversary strike history committee
We are putting together a committee to decide how we’d like to honor the 20th anniversary of the San Francisco newspaper strike. Please volunteer.
Read MoreWhy the Guild matters today
Good jobs, good benefits and a just society depend on workers acting together.
Read MoreJ-school students face wage issues in bargaining and summer reporting
Ten student journalists began the 2014 edition of the Bay News Rising summer program by organizing their own bargaining unit at Local 39521 in San Francisco.
Read MoreProtest at GAP HQ highlights garment giant’s lack of humanity
Community activists gathered from across the Bay Area to protest the status of safety conditions and labor rights, outside the annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday at the GAP headquarters in San Francisco.
Read MoreDetroit Strike History: A Table Still Broken?
Guild freelancer Steve Early weighs in on The Broken Table: The Detroit Newspaper Strike and the State of American Labor by Chris Rhomberg — an account of one of labor’s biggest media industry defeats in decades.
Read MoreA letter to members about Local 39521
We will negotiate with CFI leadership and TNG during the next two weeks with the singular goal of keeping our Local intact.
Read MoreProfile: Interpreter unit president Michael Ferreira
The National Interpreter Action Network is an organization created by and for interpreters dedicated to advocating for the profession. It is backed by The Newspaper Guild-CWA.
Read MoreGathering of the western guilds
Two dozen delegates and Guild officers gathered in Long Beach this weekend for the biggest Western District Council meeting in at least a decade. For the first time, locals from Minnesota, Denver, Pueblo and Chicago joined the western locals as the regional guild organization expanded, part of an on-going national reorganization. Bernie Lunzer, president, and […]
Read MoreGuild offers unique summer program to the Next Generation of media workers
by Niesha Lofing July 12, 2012 A college student journalism project spearheaded by the Pacific Media Workers Guild is being heralded by media professionals and industry leaders as a critical program to help the next generation of workers gain experience and introduce them to the value of unionism. Bay News Rising, a summer program of […]
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