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Region 19 of the National Labor Relations Board sides with Guild over illegally withheld salary minimums

Region 19 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced last week that it found merit to the Washington State NewsGuild’s charge that the McClatchy Company illegally withheld long overdue raises to recently unionized journalists.

The Washington State NewsGuild has been voluntarily recognized by management

The Washington State NewsGuild has been voluntarily recognized by management.

NLRB ruling: Washington State NewsGuild to represent four newspapers

The Washington State NewsGuild heard today that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled in our favor that we have won the right to be one union across all four newsrooms: The News Tribune in Tacoma, The Olympian, The Bellingham Herald, and the Tri-City Herald.

Washington State NewsGuild calls on McClatchy to release cost of living raises

Despite the crisis of the ongoing pandemic, McClatchy has announced its intent to withhold raises from Washington journalists, claiming our ongoing union drive prevents the company from providing this money. They alone are choosing not to give us these raises.

The Washington State NewsGuild will make their case to the NLRB to become one union for the four papers

WASHINGTON STATE - It has been three weeks since journalists at The News Tribune in Tacoma, The Olympian, The Bellingham Herald, and the Tri-City Herald announced they are unionizing.

McClatchy has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) suggesting that our union should be four separate entities, rather than the joint unit we have proposed. We disagree. The Washington State NewsGuild will best serve our communities as one union committed to local journalism.

The News Tribune, The Olympian, The Bellingham Herald, and the Tri-City Herald journalists seek to unionize

Nearly 90 percent of eligible reporters, visual journalists and digital staff at the newspapers, all owned by the McClatchy Company, have signed cards authorizing representation by The Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild of The NewsGuild-CWA.