List of NewsGuild-CWA Locals

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The NewsGuild-CWA
The NewsGuild-CWA
Founded1933
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Location
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]

Contents

United States

Albany Newspaper Guild – 31034

Bakersfield – 39202

Boston – 31245

Buffalo – 31026

California Federation of Interpreters – 39000

Chicago – 34071

CWA (Los Angeles) – 9003

Dayton – 34157

Denver – 37074

Detroit– 34022

Erie – 38187

Eugene – 37194

Florida – 3108

Hazleton – 38216

IAPE – 1096

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

News Media Guild – 31222

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

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

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