(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) - An overwhelming majority of Workers employed at the Catapult Book Group have voted to join United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110 via a Union Election with the National Labor Relations Board. The Catapult Workers Collective, which encompasses around 20 Staffers spanning Editorial, Design, Marketing, Publicity, Production, Operations and rights at the Brooklyn-based publisher expressed excitement to begin the collective bargaining process. In an announcement, Staffers cited "job security, wages and a need for greater transparency from company leadership as reasons for Unionizing." UAW Local 2110 also represents Workers employed at HarperCollins Publishers and the New Press. “Publishing Workers deserve a contract,” Senior Production Editor Laura Berry said. “It’s not sustainable to depend on good intentions when it comes to our livelihood and a Union can protect the conditions of our employment during a time of political hostility against books.” The Catapult Book Group, founded in 2015, encompasses the imprints Catapult, Counterpoint, Soft Skull and, since last Fall, Hawthorne Books.

For More Background On This Organizing Effort, Go To: Catapult Employees Move to Unionize