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100% of the workers in this unit stuck for five days during the Black Friday weekend
Wirecutter
This non-profit newsroom unionized in May and secured a first contract in December
MinnPost
This group of Canadian educators voted 99-2 to join CWA Canada in February
Second City
After a public outcry over not paying workers overtime, this CEO responded in a letter to TNG saying "attempts to manipulate public opinion serve only to create mistrust"
Mike Reed
This former lawyer at CWA became the general counsel of the NLRB in July
Jennifer Abruzzo
Workers from these units got really close to striking and won a first contract in July
Pitchfork, Ars Technica, The New Yorker (Conde Nast)
This newsroom won the IRS mileage rate after unionizing and demanding it early in bargaining
Dallas Morning News
Workers from this unit unionized in September as the largest publishing house organized in TNG
Oxford University Press
This shadowy private equity fund helped the "destroyer of newspapers" takeover Tribune in May
Cerberus Capital Management
This legislation included in Build Back Better has the potential to provide tax credits of up to $25,000 for each local journalist employed by a news company
Local Journalism Sustainability Act
This unit leafleted their hometown baseball stadium
Boston Globe
This unit won an NLRB ruling in July saying that the company must pay workers back pay
NBC News
This newsroom went public to unionize in June after a one-day strike over their CEO's column in the Washington Post
Washingtonian
14 newsrooms at this company published a pay study in April showing that women of color earned 73% of the median men's salary
Gannett
This state had a Gannett-wide action on December 6
Florida
Workers from these three units walked off the job for a day in April and later secured a first contract in June
Mashable, PCMag and AskMen (Ziff Davis)
This largest newsroom in its state won a first contract in December
VT Digger
This newsroom was the largest in terms of total workers to unionize in 2021
Insider
Workers across several newsrooms at this company all began bargaining jointly and coordinating more in 2021
Tribune
Members have demanded this piece of swag more than any other in 2021
Bomber jacket
New York Times Tech workers
This legislation passed in late 2020 and provided forgivable loans to save thousands of news jobs
Paycheck Protection Program
This newsroom became the first to unionize in 2021
Loveland Reporter-Herald
In November this company lost in the US Court of Appeals in a case where it refused to pay health care premium increases.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/Block Communications
This is how many workers joined TNG in 2021
2,128