Randy Furst at LaborNotes reports the News Industry has undergone a sea-change in the last two decades.

Print readership of newspapers has declined sharply, while their digital readership has edged up slowly.

Local newspapers have consolidated into ever larger chains controlled by private equity and vulture funds.

Newer digital-only media sites have multiplied.

Into this changing news landscape has come an influx of new journalists who bridle at the poor working conditions and low pay inflicted by media moguls building their empires on the cheap.

But thousands of these Media Workers are finding a home in the NewsGuild.

The Guild has transformed itself in recent years, thanks to rising Rank-and-File militancy and innovative organizing tactics.

Since 2020, the Guild has organized 210 workplaces, including some of the largest media organizations in the U.S.

That includes 600 Tech Workers at The New York Times (the largest Unionized Tech Unit in the country), 226 Workers at Politico and 180 Workers at The Atlantic magazine, as well as smaller operations like 20 Workers at The Anchorage Daily News.

The Guild is a sector of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), which also represents workers in telecommunications, airlines, the Public Sector and manufacturing.

Since 2020, the Guild has grown faster than any other CWA Sector or District, organizing more than 8,500 workers.

Today, the Guild represents 25,800 Workers in 519 workplaces in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

The Guild also has 6,000 Members in Canada.

In the past five years, the Guild has conducted 95 Strikes, many of them short and almost all successful (although a difficult Strike at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette passed the 1,000-day mark in July).

Many of these Strikes were part of fights to win first contracts.

Since January 2024 alone, the Guild has negotiated 62 first-time contracts.

The Guild also represents an increasing number of Staff Workers at non-profits and Unions.

To Continue Reading This Labor News Report, Go To: NewsGuild Sees Organizing Surge as Media Workers Fuel Grassroots Militancy | Truthout

Photo Courtesy Of The NewsGuild’s Facebook Page.