Reporters, photographers, editors and digital producers working for Connecticut’s largest print/digital news organization have voted overwhelmingly to form a union with The NewsGuild-CWA, joining newsrooms around the country by claiming a voice in decisions about their working conditions, pay, protections against unfair discipline and more.
The Connecticut News Guild only needed a simple majority to win our NLRB election. We far surpassed that: Of the 85 ballots counted, 80% (or 68 total) voted ‘YES’ to a seat at the bargaining table with Hearst.
With this display of solidarity and hope for the future of local journalism, we’re excited to begin bargaining a contract together that improves working conditions for all of us and future HCMG journalists, including our colleagues who didn’t vote or voted ‘no.’ The vote comes more than nine months after Hearst Connecticut staff first announced their union drive.
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