(DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA) – A super-majority of Workers employed at The South Florida Sun Sentinel have voted to form a Union to fight for stronger job protections, better pay and benefits, and a louder voice in newsroom decisions.

After the owner, New York-based hedge fund Alden Global Capital, pushed Workers to a vote, 23 eligible Members voted unanimously in favor of forming a Union.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel is the latest Florida-based publication to organize with The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (TNG-CWA), which represents 27,000 Journalists, Media, Non-Profit And Labor Union Workers across North America.

The NewsGuild is a sector of the CWA, which represents Employees in telecommunications and information technology, the airline industry, broadcast and cable television, health care, public service and education, law enforcement, manufacturing and other fields.

“The action we took was long overdue,” said Rafael Olmeda, a long-time Reporter at the Sun Sentinel who has seen first-hand the decimation of a once robust newsroom. “Our newsroom has been forced to make personal, professional and financial sacrifices to protect profits in which we do not share.  We will no longer allow that to happen without fighting for our rights as producers of the content this news organization exists to provide.”

Workers at The Sun Sentinel first announced their campaign to Unionize on July 3rd (2024), sharing a mission statement with management that outlines their priorities of transparency, pay and benefits, job security, and opportunities for growth.

“The Union is our way of defending the future of our newsroom - and South Florida’s access to quality local journalism,” their mission statement reads. “We seek fair compensation and benefits, a healthy work-life balance and the opportunity to grow professionally.”

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