Workers employed at Current Affairs magazine have announced formation of a Union with the Chicago News Guild-Communications Workers of America Local 34071. The new Union Workers received immediate voluntary recognition from the Editor-in-Chief and Current Affairs’ Board of Directors. In an announcement, the Staff said: “Membership in the News Guild will allow us to maintain the high standards in wages and working conditions we’ve experienced at Current Affairs, allowing us to do our best work and provide you with the high-quality writing, art, graphic design and political analysis you’ve come to expect. Unionization will allow us to preserve the magazine’s editorial independence and continue serving our readers with integrity in the years to come. In a time when the journalism and Publishing Industries are becoming increasingly dominated by corporate capital and precarious for Workers, we are proud to be moving in the opposite direction.”

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