List of NewsGuild-CWA Locals

The NewsGuild-CWA

The NewsGuild-CWA
Founded	1933
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Location	United States, Canada
Members	26,000
Key people	Jon Schleuss, president
Parent organization	Communications Workers of America
Affiliations	IFJ, AFL–CIO
Website	www.newsguild.org

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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

Bakersfield – 39202

• Represents news staff of The Bakersfield Californian . ^[3]

Boston – 31245

• The Boston Newspaper Guild was founded in 1940. ^[4]
• More than 300 employees of Boston Globe Media Partners, including the Boston Globe and Stat are represented by Boston News Guild, ^[5] but as of July 2021 Boston Globe does not have a collective bargaining agreement with them (or the two other unions involved). ^[6]

Buffalo – 31026

• Founded in 1934 as the Buffalo Newspaper Guild, representing employees of Buffalo News. ^[7]

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. ^[8]
• In 2019, CFI president Michael Ferreira supported AB5 legislation, which would classify more interpreters as employees, not independent contractors. ^[9]

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. ^{[10] [11]}

Indianapolis – 34070

Kenosha – 34159

Kingston – 31180

Knoxville – 33076

Lexington – 33229

Maine – 31128

Media Guild of the West – 39213

• The Arizona Republic
• Austin American-Statesman
• The Dallas Morning News / Al Día
• The Desert Sun
• Los Angeles Times
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Southern California News Group
• Phoenix New Times

Memphis – 33091

Milwaukee – 34051

Minnesota – 37002

New Hampshire – 31167

NewsGuild of New York – 31003

• New York Amsterdam News
• Ars Union – Ars Technica ^[12]
• BuzzFeed News Union – Buzzfeed, Inc. ^[13]
• Condé Nast union – Allure, Architectural Digest , Bon Appétit , Condé Nast Traveler , Epicurious, Glamour, GQ , Self, Teen Vogue , Them, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Condé Nast Entertainment ^[14]
• Consumer Reports
• Daily Beast Union – The Daily Beast ^[15]
• El Diario La Prensa
• Foreign Policy
• Fortune Union – Fortune ^[16]
• The Forward
• Gannett Regional Union
  • APP-MCJ Guild – Asbury Park Press , My Central Jersey
  • Hudson Valley NewsGuild – The Journal News , Poughkeepsie Journal and Times Herald-Record ^[17]
  • The Record Guild – The Bergen Record, The Daily Record , and New Jersey Herald
  • Reviewed Union
  • Newspaper Guild of Rochester – Democrat and Chronicle, and Canandaigua Daily Messenger
  • Utica Guild – Observer-Dispatch and Herkimer Times Telegram
• The Hour
• Hudson News
• Insider
• Jacobin
• Jewish Telegraphic Agency
• La Opinión
• The Markup
• Dotdash Meredith
  • Entertainment Weekly
  • Martha Stewart Living
  • Shape
• Law360
• Mashable
• The Nation
• NBC Digital NewsGuild – NBCNews.com ^{[18] [19]}
• The New Republic Union – The New Republic ^[20]
• New York Daily News
• New York Mag Union – New York ^[21]
• The New York Times Guild – New York Times (unionized since 1940s) ^{[22] [23]}
• The New Yorker Union – The New Yorker ^[24]
• PCMag
• People Magazine Union – People ^{[25] [26]}
• Pitchfork ^[12]
• Quartz
• The Record, Daily Record, New Jersey Herald
• Reuters
• Roosevelt Institute
• S&P Global Ratings
• Sports Illustrated Union – Sports Illustrated ^[27]
• TIME Union – (Time print staff have been unionized since 1940s, with digital more recently) ^[28]
• Wirecutter
• WIRED Union – Wired. ^[15]
• WPIX

News Media Guild – 31222

• Associated Press union goes back to 1969 when it was called Wire Service Guild ^{[29] [30]}
• Democracy Works
• EFE
• Guardian US ^[31]
• Oxford University Press
• Pageant Media
• United Press International

Northeast Ohio – 34001

Pacific Media Workers – 39521

• San Francisco Chronicle
• Daily Kos
• East Bay Times
• The Fresno Bee
• Hawaii Tribune-Herald
• The Maui News
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• The Mercury News
• The Modesto Bee
• The Monterey County Herald
• The Press Democrat
• The Sacramento Bee
• International Longshore and Warehouse Union

Pacific Northwest – 37082

Philadelphia – 38010

Pittsburgh – 38061

Providence – 31041

Puerto Rico – 33225

Rochester – 31017

Scranton – 38177

Sioux City – 37123

Southern California – 9003

• City News Service ^[32]
• International Documentary Association ^[33]

Southern California – 9400

• Los Angeles Daily News
• Press-Telegram ^[34]

Terre Haute – 34046

Toledo– 34043

United Media Guild – 36047

Utica – 31129

Washington-Baltimore – 32035

• Democratic Socialists of America ^[35]

WashTech – 37083

• Washington Alliance of Technology Workers

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. Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

• Newspaper Guild Records, 1933–1973. 156.5 linear feet.
• St. Louis Newspaper Guild Local 47 Records, 1933–1966. 10.5 linear feet.
• Detroit Newspaper Guild Local 22 Records. 1933–2007. 67.25 linear feet.
• Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild Local 82 Records. 1950–1976. 6.5 linear feet.
• Columbus Newspaper Guild Local 13 Records. 1934–1986. 5.5 linear feet.
• Newspaper Guild of Albany, N.Y., Local 34 Records. 1936–1989. 5.25 cubic feet.

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25. "Digital Editorial Staff of People Magazine Win Union Vote 45-3". www.nyguild.org. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
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