List of NewsGuild-CWA Locals

{{Short description|List of NewsGuild union Locals}}

{{Infobox union

|name = The NewsGuild-CWA

|location_country = United States, Canada

|affiliation = IFJ, AFL–CIO

|members = 26,000

|full_name = The NewsGuild-CWA

|native_name =

|image =

|founded = 1933

|parent_organization = Communications Workers of America

|dissolved =

|merged =

|headquarters = Washington, D.C.

|key_people = Jon Schleuss, president

|website = [http://www.newsguild.org/ www.newsguild.org]

|footnotes =

}}

The NewsGuild-CWA is composed of 46 US trade union locals and 17 Canadian locals, based largely on geography. Some locals represent the staff of a single publication, organization or company, while others represent the employees of multiple workplaces, with each considered a "unit" within the local.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-05|title=Locals {{!}} The NewsGuild - CWA|url=https://newsguild.org/locals/|access-date=2020-12-23|language=en-US}}

United States

Albany Newspaper Guild – 31034

  • Founded in 1936 as the Newspaper Guild of Albany, NY, with its first bargaining agreement with the Albany Times Union newspaper.{{Cite archive|collection=Newspaper Guild of Albany, Local 34 Records, 1936-1989|institution=M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York}}

Bakersfield – 39202

  • Represents news staff of The Bakersfield Californian.{{Cite web|date=2019-06-17|title=Staffers at The Bakersfield Californian informed in vague email of final paychecks as new owners take over June 30|url=https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/staffers-at-the-bakersfield-californian-informed-in-vague-email-of-final-paychecks-as-new-owners-take-over-june-30/|access-date=2021-07-23|publisher=KGET 17|language=en-US}}

Boston – 31245

  • The Boston Newspaper Guild was founded in 1940.{{Cite web|title=Boston Newspaper Guild|website=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0150230D:US|access-date=2021-07-23|agency=Bloomberg News}}
  • More than 300 employees of Boston Globe Media Partners, including the Boston Globe and Stat are represented by Boston News Guild,{{Cite web|last=Seiffert|first=Don|date=March 25, 2021|title='Dozens' of STAT journalists to join Boston Globe union|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2021/03/25/dozens-of-stat-journalists-to-join-boston-globe.html|access-date=2021-07-23|website=www.bizjournals.com}} but as of July 2021 Boston Globe does not have a collective bargaining agreement with them (or the two other unions involved).{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Greg|date=July 2, 2021|title=Labor unions blast Boston Globe management; guild raises possibility of strike|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2021/07/02/labor-unions-blast-boston-globe-management-raise.html?ana=newsbreak|access-date=2021-07-23|website=Bizjournals}}

Buffalo – 31026

  • Founded in 1934 as the Buffalo Newspaper Guild, representing employees of Buffalo News.{{Cite web|last=Mroziak|first=Marian Hetherly, Jay Moran, Michael|title=The Buffalo News sold to Lee Enterprises|url=https://news.wbfo.org/post/buffalo-news-sold-lee-enterprises|access-date=2021-01-04|website=news.wbfo.org|date=29 January 2020 |language=en}}

California Federation of Interpreters – 39000

  • In the 1990's California Federation of Interpreters, affiliated with Locale 39521 (Pacific Media Workers). In 2015 it separated into its current Local 39000.{{Cite web|title=Our History|url=https://www.calinterpreters.org/our-history|access-date=2021-07-24|website=www.calinterpreters.org}}
  • In 2019, CFI president Michael Ferreira supported AB5 legislation, which would classify more interpreters as employees, not independent contractors.{{Cite web|last1=Roosevelt|first1=Margot|last2=Faughnder|first2=Ryan|date=2019-09-29|title=California has a new law for contract workers. But many businesses aren't ready for change|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-09-27/ab5-independent-contractors-how-businesses-are-responding|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

Chicago – 34071

CWA (Los Angeles) – 9003

Dayton – 34157

Denver – 37074

Detroit – 34022

Erie – 38187

Eugene – 37194

Florida – 3108

Hazleton – 38216

IAPE – 1096

  • The Independent Association of Publishers' Employees represents 1,300 employees of Dow Jones & Company, including the Wall Street Journal.{{Cite news|last=Steele|first=Anne|date=2016-11-15|title=News Corp's Dow Jones Reaches Contract With Union|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/news-corp-s-dow-jones-reaches-contract-with-union-1479231709|access-date=2021-03-14|issn=0099-9660}}{{Cite web|date=November 4, 2019|title=IAPE & Dow Jones Agree To Three-Year Contract|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/iape-dow-jones-agree-three-152540184.html|access-date=2021-03-14|publisher=Yahoo Finance|language=en-US}}

Indianapolis – 34070

Kenosha – 34159

Kingston – 31180

Knoxville – 33076

Lexington – 33229

Maine – 31128

Media Guild of the West – 39213

Memphis – 33091

Milwaukee – 34051

Minnesota – 37002

New Hampshire – 31167

NewsGuild of New York – 31003

  • New York Amsterdam News
  • Ars Union – Ars Technica{{Cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=2019-03-29|title=Staffers at Condé Nast's Pitchfork, Ars Technica Unionize With NewsGuild of New York|url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/conde-nast-pitchfork-ars-technica-union-newsguild-1203175972/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Variety|language=en-US}}
  • AskMen
  • BuzzFeed News Union – Buzzfeed, Inc.{{Cite news|date=2019-07-19|title=BuzzFeed Agrees to Recognize Union After Monthslong Standoff|language=en|agency=Bloomberg News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-19/buzzfeed-reaches-deal-to-recognize-union-after-months-of-talks|access-date=2020-12-23}}
  • Condé Nast unionAllure, Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, Epicurious, Glamour, GQ, Self, Teen Vogue, Them, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Condé Nast Entertainment{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/09/09/conde-nast-union/ |title=Condé Nast workers win recognition of company-wide union |first=Elahe |last=Izadi |date=September 9, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=23 January 2024}}
  • Consumer Reports
  • Daily Beast Union – The Daily Beast{{Cite news|last=Tani|first=Maxwell|date=2020-04-22|title=Wired Staff Unionizing as Condé Nast Bosses Weigh Coronavirus Layoffs|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/wired-staff-unionizing-as-conde-nast-bosses-weigh-coronavirus-layoffs|access-date=2020-12-23}}
  • El Diario La Prensa
  • Foreign Policy
  • Fortune Union – Fortune{{Cite web|date=2019-05-22|title=Fortune Magazine's Digital Staff Unionizes — The Daily Front Row|url=https://fashionweekdaily.com/fortune-magazine-staff-union/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Daily Front Row|language=en-US}}
  • The Forward
  • The Hour
  • Insider
  • Jacobin
  • The Jersey Journal
  • Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  • La Opinión
  • The Markup
  • Dotdash Meredith
  • Entertainment Weekly
  • Martha Stewart Living
  • Shape
  • Law360
  • Mashable
  • The Nation
  • NBC Digital NewsGuild – NBCNews.com{{Cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=2019-12-13|title=NBC News Digital Workers Form New Union|url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/nbc-news-digital-workers-union-1203435907/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Variety|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Robb|first=David|date=2019-12-13|title=NBC News Digital Staff Votes Overwhelmingly To Unionize With NewsGuild Of New York|url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/nbc-news-digital-staff-votes-to-unionize-with-newsguild-of-new-york-1202809061/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}
  • The New Republic Union – The New Republic{{Cite magazine|last=Chang|first=Clio|date=2019-07-11|title=How to Save Journalism|magazine=The New Republic|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/154455/save-journalism|access-date=2020-12-23|issn=0028-6583}}
  • New York Daily News
  • New York Mag Union – New York{{Cite web|title=New York Magazine's Staff Is Unionizing|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stevenperlberg/new-york-magazine-union|access-date=2020-12-23|website=BuzzFeed News|date=12 December 2018 |language=en}}
  • The New York Times GuildNew York Times (unionized since 1940s){{Cite journal|last=Tracy|first=James|date=2004-11-01|title=The news about the newsworkers: press coverage of the 1965 American newspaper guild strike against the New York Times|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14616700412331296392|journal=Journalism Studies|volume=5|issue=4|pages=451–467|doi=10.1080/14616700412331296392|s2cid=145389172|issn=1461-670X}}{{Cite web|title=About The New York Times|url=https://www.nyguild.org/about-the-new-york-times|access-date=2020-12-23|website=www.nyguild.org}}
  • The New Yorker UnionThe New Yorker{{Cite web|author=Kerry Flynn|title=New Yorker union wins fight for just cause in contract|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/media/new-yorker-union-just-cause-contract/index.html|access-date=2020-12-23|website=CNN|date=6 October 2020 }}
  • PCMag
  • People Magazine Union – People{{Cite web|title=Digital Editorial Staff of People Magazine Win Union Vote 45-3|url=https://www.nyguild.org/post/digital-editorial-staff-of-people-magazine-win-union-vote-xx-xx|access-date=2020-12-23|website=www.nyguild.org|date=11 September 2020 }}{{Cite web|title=People Magazine Digital Team Declares Intention to Form a Union (Exclusive) |work=Hollywood Reporter|date=13 May 2020 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/people-digital-team-declares-intention-form-a-union-1294374|access-date=2020-12-23}}
  • Pitchfork
  • Quartz
  • The Record, Daily Record, New Jersey Herald
  • Reuters
  • Roosevelt Institute
  • S&P Global Ratings
  • Sports Illustrated Union – Sports Illustrated{{Cite news|last=Strauss|first=Ben|date=January 6, 2020|title=The staff of Sports Illustrated, its newsroom 'gutted,' is planning to unionize|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/01/06/staff-sports-illustrated-its-newsroom-gutted-is-planning-unionize/|access-date=}}
  • TIME Union – (Time print staff have been unionized since 1940s, with digital more recently){{Cite news|last=Tani|first=Maxwell|date=2019-04-25|title='Time' Magazine's Digital Staff Demands to Join the Union|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/time-magazines-digital-staff-demands-to-join-the-union|access-date=2020-12-23}}
  • Wirecutter
  • WIRED Union – Wired.
  • WPIX

News Media Guild – 31222

  • Associated Press union goes back to 1969 when it was called Wire Service Guild{{Cite web|date=2019-02-01|title=AP, News Media Guild reach new tentative 3 ½ year agreement|url=https://apnews.com/article/db3891da7b6142c99561a8e503c01ea0|access-date=2020-12-23|website=AP NEWS}}{{Cite web|date=2019-02-06|title=A look back: 50 years after the Wire Service Guild strike against AP {{!}} The NewsGuild - CWA|url=https://newsguild.org/10735-2/|access-date=2020-12-23|language=en-US}}
  • Democracy Works
  • EFE
  • Guardian US{{Cite web|date=2015-07-29|title=Guardian US staff vote to unionise|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/30/guardian-us-staff-vote-to-unionise|access-date=2020-12-23|website=The Guardian|language=en}}
  • Oxford University Press
  • Pageant Media
  • United Press International

Northeast Ohio – 34001

Pacific Media Workers – 39521

Pacific Northwest – 37082

Philadelphia – 38010

Pittsburgh – 38061

Providence – 31041

Puerto Rico – 33225

Rochester – 31017

Scranton – 38177

Sioux City – 37123

Southern California – 9003

  • City News Servicehttp://www.cwa9003.org/?page_id=147
  • International Documentary Association{{cite web |title=IDA Signs Voluntary Recognition Agreement With Staff Union |date=2022-04-06 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726181135/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ida-signs-voluntary-recognition-agreement-with-staff-union-1235125015/ |archive-date=2023-07-26 |url-status=live |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ida-signs-voluntary-recognition-agreement-with-staff-union-1235125015/}}

Southern California – 9400

Terre Haute – 34046

Toledo – 34043

United Media Guild – 36047

Utica – 31129

Washington-Baltimore – 32035

WashTech – 37083

Wilkes-Barre – 38120

CWA/SCA Canada

CWA/SCA Canada

Alberta – 30400

Canadian Media Guild- 30213

Halifax – 30130

Kingston Typographical – 30204

Moncton – 30636

Montreal – 30111

New Brunswick – 30664

North Bay – 30241

Northern Ontario – 30232

Ottawa – 30205

Peterborough – 30248

Saskatchewan – 30199

Sault Ste Marie – 30746

Sydney – 30460

Thunder Bay – 30044

Victoria-Vancouver – 30223

Windsor – 30553

Archives

The Walter P. Reuther Library is the official repository of The Newspaper Guild Official Archives. [http://www.reuther.wayne.edu Walter P. Reuther Library], Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

  • [http://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3200 Newspaper Guild Records], 1933–1973. 156.5 linear feet.
  • [http://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3528 St. Louis Newspaper Guild Local 47 Records], 1933–1966. 10.5 linear feet.
  • [http://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3529 Detroit Newspaper Guild Local 22 Records]. 1933–2007. 67.25 linear feet.
  • [http://reuther.wayne.edu/node/2766 Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild Local 82 Records]. 1950–1976. 6.5 linear feet.
  • [http://reuther.wayne.edu/node/2780 Columbus Newspaper Guild Local 13 Records]. 1934–1986. 5.5 linear feet.
  • [https://archives.albany.edu/description/catalog/apap005 Newspaper Guild of Albany, N.Y., Local 34 Records]. 1936–1989. 5.25 cubic feet.

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