(NEW YORK CITY) - The Employees of Hachette Book Group (HBG), the third-largest Trade Publisher in the U.S., have announced they have Unionized with Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 32035 in order to ensure better benefits, protections and rights for Workers - as well as increased equity, transparency and agency in the workplace.

The Hachette Workers Coalition (HWC) is the largest Union in Trade Publisher History, inclusive of Workers in every physical office and remote location, across the U.S. and Canada.

The HWC demands a livable wage regardless of work location, better working conditions, a cap on workload hours, a clear and neutral grievance process, Artificial Intelligence (AI) protections, follow-through on Diversity, Equity and Inclusions (DEI) policies, and more.

The Hachette Workers Coalition has signed hundreds of cards in support of forming a Union at HBG.

For too long, Hachette Employees have been forced to accept sub-standard working conditions, overwhelming workloads, and compensation not commensurate with the exceptional success and growth that Workers have brought HBG.

The Union intends to actualize the Hachette Book Group mission pillars of Understanding Consumers, Changing the Story, Growth Mindset, and Owner Mentality for the benefit of the Workers and book lovers - not only the corporate shareholders.

From the successful campaign canceling HBG’s publication of Woody Allen’s memoir in 2020 to the powerful campaign amending return-to-office work in 2022, HBG Workers know how to organize and advocate in their own best interests.

The way Hachette Book Group and the Book Publishing Industry as a whole currently functions - where shareholder profit is prioritized over product quality and Workers’ Rights - is unsustainable.

HBG Designer Andy Wang said: “As Employees of the Hachette Book Group, we take great pride in working with talented authors and artists to create books that spark conversations, educate and inspire. As united Members of the Hachette Workers Coalition, we reject our current industry model, which actively undermines the long-term development of Employees’ skills and their ability to support themselves and their families in pursuit of unsustainable profit-driven growth. Both across the Publishing Industry - and especially at HBG, we have felt the crush of increased workloads while our compensation, career growth and opportunities have stagnated. Instead, leadership has continued to spin the revolving door with callously-handled layoffs, hushed dismissals and has regressed on common-sense policies such as the right to work from home, or to even have your own desk!”

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