In a powerful show of solidarity and worker militancy, CWA members and workers organizing with CWA were on strike this past week at five different companies demanding fair treatment, equity, a voice on the job, and better protections for workers.
On Strike at Gannet
Newsguild-CWA journalists at Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain, walked off the job on Monday, the day of Gannett’s annual shareholder meeting. In the largest collective action that Gannett employees have ever taken to date, hundreds of journalists in two dozen newsrooms across seven states participated in the one-day strike to demand that Gannett get serious about reinvesting in local news. Some newsrooms walked off the job for two days or more. The journalists urged shareholders to take a vote of no-confidence against Mike Reed, Gannett’s chief executive. Newsguild-CWA, which represents more than 50 Gannett bargaining units covering more than 1,000 employees, sent a letter two weeks ago to Gannett’s Board making the case that under Reed’s leadership, newsrooms have been hollowed out, local news coverage has dwindled, and Gannett share prices have fallen nearly 70 percent. Gannett has also been stalling on bargaining at various tables across newsrooms, and not bargaining in good faith around demands for living wages and the resources journalists need to cover their communities.
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