Connecticut News Guild

Money. Power. Respect.

Coming together in unions is how we win all three.

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

These member testimonials make clear what’s at stake. After a disappointing last session at the bargaining table, we hope they show up to our final bargaining session ready to seriously engage and deliver a fair contract. ✊

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A person stands with a megaphone and a sign that reads "ProPublica Workers Deserve Fair Pay"

We’re ready to strike! Our members are walking out of @propublica.org’s offices today to practice picketing and show we are serious about winning a fair contract. Support us by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Tell Hearst: Keep Texas News written by Texans!

The company is already trying to bust our unions and we need your help to keep these jobs in Texas!

Sign the petition to support local journalism: bit.ly/TellHearst

This is a dark day for our democracy -- at a time when we need the @postguild.bsky.social the most. Our union siblings deserve better than inept corporate leadership. We stand with the @postguild.bsky.social #SaveThePost

We are proud to be among a coalition of unions backing the NY FAIR News Act. Readers and journalists need real protections against artificial intelligence! Read more about this bill here nyguild.org/post/fahy-ro...

gos: New York State Senate, New York State Union Strong AFL-CIO, New York State Assembly, Writers Guild of America East, SAG-AFTRA, Directors Guild of America, The NewsGuild of New York Local 31003, CWA] THE NY FAIR NEWS ACT LEGISLATION TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS AND THE PUBLIC FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE JEOPARDIZING NEWS REPORTING S.8451/A.8962-A Senator Patricia Fahy (D—Albany) and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D—NYC)

“Perhaps one of the industries at most risk from the use of artificial intelligence is journalism and as a result, the public's trust and confidence in accurate news reporting. More than 76% of Americans are concerned about AI stealing or reproducing journalism and local news stories, as AI continues to reshape our daily lives and careers across industries. To protect the public's trust in reporting and the news they read everyday and the journalists who do the work, I'm proud to introduce the NY FAIR News Act with Assemblymember Rozic, and I look forward to working with my colleagues in the State Senate to enact common sense guidelines that protect New Yorkers from the unintended consequences of AI." SENATOR PATRICIA FAHY (D—ALBANY) [Logo: New York State Senate]

“At the center of the news industry, New York has a strong interest in preserving journalism and protecting the workers who produce it The NY FAIR News Act promotes journalistic integrity and ensures total AI-disclosure to journalists, workers, and the public alike." ASSEMBLYWOMAN NILY ROZIC (D—NYC) [Logo: New York State Assembly]

“Artificial Intelligence presents a clear and demonstrable threat to the integrity of the news. The NY FAIR News Act recognizes that AI may be used in newsrooms, but rather than let this nascent technology run wild, especially in a critical election year, the bill mandates cooperation between news media companies and the highly skilled human workers they employee to uphold journalistic standards and workplace protections." TOM FONTANA, PRESIDENT OF THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA EAST [Logo: Writers Guild of America East]

Introducing The NY FAIR News Act, legislation that establishes clear protections for both journalists, media professionals and the broader public to ensure that the integrity of the news and its workforce are safeguarded against artificial intelligence.

Read more: www.wgaeast.org/fahy-rozic-i...

We are picketing! 🪧

Now more than ever we need local news, and to do that we need support for the human beings behind local news like the Times Union

Hearst, however, is continuing to stall on our contract — as they have for the past 17 years (1/3)

In January and all year round, our members are commItted to covering communities across CT with accuracy, courage and timeliness. Thanks for your support! 🐳 ✊ 📰

Michael Gagne, Natasha and Peter were all over the story of Waterbury schools getting attention from the feds for allowing transgender and gender-nonconforming students to participate in interscholastic sports www.ctinsider.com/waterbury/ar...

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Why a CT city bought a jar of pennies from the mayor’s mother-in-law, and other payment solutions The first penny was issued in 1793. The last one was minted on Nov. 12, 2025.

Jordan Fenster was on the penny beat (www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...) and Susan Braden was on the 'weird noise' beat (www.nhregister.com/news/article...)

Simsbury's Vladimir Petrenko guiding CT native Maxim Naumov on Olympic skating quest Vladimir Petrenko was de facto second father to Max Naumov. He remains more than a coach to the Olympic hopeful.

Our coverage of the Winter Olympics started to ramp up, with several stories by Bryant Carpenter highlighting the story of CT native Maxim Naumov www.ctinsider.com/sports/artic...

'Now or never': CT woman marries partner of 25 years from her hospital bed as her final wish "She was holding on for this moment," said Betty Nieves-Ramos, one of Luz Fonseca's nurses.

Kaitlin Keane handled the story of a couple married in a Bridgeport hospital – a day before the bride’s death – carefully and compassionately www.ctpost.com/news/article...

A storm covered the state in snow, and our members covered the state in journalism – including stories by Peter Yankowski, Jayden Nguyen, and Natasha Sokoloff and photos by Arnold Gold and Ned Gerard

January recap! Here's some of the work our members did last month:

A storm covered the state in snow, and our members covered the state in journalism, including stories by Peter Yankowski, Jayden Nguyen, and Natasha Sokoloff and photos by Arnold Gold and Ned Gerard www.ctinsider.com/weather/arti...

Journalist Orgs outraged at arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort: ‘The First Amendment is not Optional.’ | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is outraged and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents.

Media organizations have to stand together and call out these attacks on journalists. Proud to stand with NABJ newsguild.org/journalist-o...

We, the undersigned members of the Hearst Union, will not accept a contract that does not adequately address issues such as compensation, work from home flexibility, and AI protections with binding guarantees. Should we not receive such a contract, we are prepared to strike.

Fair contract for union members at Hearst WGA East members at Hearst Magazines are bargaining for a fair union contract, and they need your support. Our contract proposals are reasonable, fair, and necessary for Hearst to be a sustainable pla...

@wgaeast.bsky.social members at Hearst are fighting for a fair contract with better wages, AI protections and more. But management has refused to address workers’ concerns.

Workers need your support. Tell Hearst Magazines executives: agree to a fair contract now!

Tell Hearst: Keep Texas news written by Texans! Hearst Media has bought up dozens of local newspapers across the state and now owns the four largest newspapers in Texas. We need to make sure that our local news and journalists’ jobs are protected!…

✅ Keep our news union. Respect the workers of Texas and our historic news institutions. Abide by the agreements you’ve made with workers, follow the law, and don’t outsource jobs from our state
Add your name here! (4/4)
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Tell Hearst: Keep Texas news written by Texans! Hearst Media has bought up dozens of local newspapers across the state and now owns the four largest newspapers in Texas. We need to make sure that our local news and journalists’ jobs are protected!…

✅ Keep our news local. Ensure journalists can afford to live in the communities they cover and report on by agreeing to sustainable pay and benefits (3/4)

Tell Hearst: Keep Texas news written by Texans! Hearst Media has bought up dozens of local newspapers across the state and now owns the four largest newspapers in Texas. We need to make sure that our local news and journalists’ jobs are protected!…

✅ Keep our news human. Ensure the news of the future is produced, edited, and attributed to humans not AI. Agree to contract language that places limitations on AI replacing the work of journalists (2/4)

Tell Hearst: Keep Texas news written by Texans! Hearst Media has bought up dozens of local newspapers across the state and now owns the four largest newspapers in Texas. We need to make sure that our local news and journalists’ jobs are protected!…

Hearst has bought up dozens of local newspapers and now owns the four largest newspapers in Texas. Local news and journalists’ jobs there must be protected. That’s why our News Guild siblings at the Austin NewsGuild and Dallas News Guild are demanding Hearst: (1/4)

Fair Contract Now for ProPublica Guild We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contribute...

Our fight for a strong contract continues. Show your support for the workers who make @propublica.org what it is. Sign our petition calling on newsroom management to agree to a fair contract now!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

THE TIMES IS UNION-MADE: Today we began bargaining our new contract, and in our first session, we not only told management we were united, we showed them. Our bargaining committee presented a pledge signed by 80% of our union, supporting five core priorities…..

A blue circle with a black sperm whale over top, spouting out the top and holding a newspaper in its mouth. In black above the circle it says Connecticut, below it says News Guild. Below the logo in blue it says The NewsGuild-CWA

Say hello to Nutmeg, the mascot of the Connecticut NewsGuild! (@ctnewsguild.bsky.social/@nyguild.bsky.social). They are the workers of Hearst Newspapers. They are gearing up to bargain their first union contract this year. The logo was designed by @taylorjohnston.bsky.social.

Congratulations to workers at Science News (@sn-media-guild.bsky.social)!

Tell VTDigger Management: Work with journalists on AI, not without us We, the journalists of VTDigger, have been at the bargaining table for a year — and are close to securing a more equitable and transparent contract. But a critical sticking point remains: artificial i...

Tell VTDigger Management: Work with journalists on AI, not without us. Petition : actionnetwork.org/letters/1f19...

The ProPublica Guild stands in solidarity with our colleagues at the @vtdiggerguild.bsky.social as they fight for common sense guardrails around AI implementation. Lend them a hand by signing their petition 👇
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Congratulations to @sn-media-guild.bsky.social members on ratifying their first contract! HUGE win for these members.🥳

The people of Pittsburgh deserve so much better than newspaper bosses who violate federal law.