Forbes union votes “no confidence” on company leaders
The unionized editorial staff of Forbes, represented by The NewsGuild of New York, has overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence against CEO Mike Federle and chief content officer Randall Lane, charging them with failing to maintain essential standards of editorial integrity, allowing pay inequity and erosion of staff to persist and refusing to be […]
Law360 editorial workers go on strike
The unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 went on strike at midnight after the union was not able to reach an agreement on a new contract with management. The Law360 Union — which is represented by The NewsGuild of New York — has been preparing to strike since taking a formal authorization vote in February. […]
FT union reaches deal
The following was sent out to the Financial Times newsrooms in the United States on Wednesday: To the FT newsroom: Big news! More than two years after we were formally recognized by the company, the FT US Guild has won its first contract. The three-year contract helps bring benefits in the US closer in line […]
Law360 editorial workers threaten to strike
Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 put management on notice that they will walk off the job on an unfair labor practice strike in September unless there’s real progress in rectifying the company’s unlawful tactics and at the bargaining table. Law360 Union — which is represented by The NewsGuild of New York — has been […]
Bloomberg Law hires Klar to cover EEOC
Bloomberg Law has hired Rebecca Klar to cover the Equal Employment Opportunity Office and workplace issues. She has been at The Hill covering artificial intelligence, data privacy, antitrust law, online disinformation and other issues facing the evolving tech world. Klar also co-authors The Hill’s Technology newsletter. She grew up in New York and graduated from Binghamton University. […]
Wargo departs Law360 for grad school
Abby Wargo, a New York-based journalist reporting on wage and hour law for Law360, is leaving to attend graduate school. They will be pursuing a masters degree on English literature at the University of Tennessee. Wargo previously worked in South Dakota reporting for both the Rapid City Journal and the Pierre Capital Journal. In South […]
Mashable, PC Mag union wins guarantees against AI
The editorial union for Mashable and PC Mag has successfully bargained for protections against generative artificial intelligence, reports Andrew Deck of Nieman Lab. Deck writes, “The language around AI in the contract, which I reviewed, doesn’t place specific restrictions on the way generative AI is used in the editorial process — say, whether it can be […]
Dow Jones union members approve new contract
Members of the IAPE 1096 union that represents business journalists at Dow Jones publications The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron’s have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new four-year contract. A record-high 81% of members voted 97% in favor of a new deal adding, on average, 16.43% to member wages by the end of the […]
WSJ union staging afternoon walkout
IAPE 1096, the union that represents Wall Street Journal editorial staffers, sent out the following to its members: You may have heard the rumors of another round of layoffs, this time in U.S. News. While we cannot confirm a definitive number of IAPE-represented cuts until the end of the day, we can confirm the rumors […]
Wirecutter union members approve new contract
Unionized journalists behind The New York Times’s Wirecutter have unanimously approved a new three-year contract. Wirecutter Union workers had been working under an expired contract since Feb. 28. Highlights of the contract include a new wage floor of $66,300, wages increases ranging from 9.5% to 18.5% over the life of the contract, a $3,000 ratification […]
