Organizing Updates Around CWA - CQ Roll Call and the EO Media Group

CQ Roll Call

A supermajority of workers at CQ Roll Call have decided to form a union, the CQ Roll Call Guild, which will become part of NewsGuild-CWA. CQ Roll Call’s parent company, FiscalNote, has denied the workers’ request for voluntary recognition of the union, so the workers will participate in a​ National Labor Relations Board election to win their union​.

“I work for a consistently profitable news outlet,” said Jim Saksa, a features reporter at CQ Roll Call. “That should be a source of comfort and joy. But instead of seeing reinvestment in the newsroom, I’ve seen it shrink. That’s absurd. It’s past time to unionize.”

Workers are demanding fair pay and benefits, stronger job protections, and more transparency from management about decisions affecting the newsroom.

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EO Media Group

Staffers at two Central Oregon papers, The Bulletin and The Redmond Spokesman voted last month to form the Central Oregon NewsGuild, TNG-CWA Local 37082, after EO Media Group refused to voluntarily recognize their union. Citing skyrocketing cost of living increases and the vulnerability of journalism jobs, workers agreed that forming a union would provide more security and a chance to improve wages.

“I supported unionization at The Bulletin because of the nature of the industry,” said Morgan Owen, The Bulletin’s general assignment reporter. “I have seen too many young reporters like myself change jobs because they cannot afford to have a career doing what they love. EO Media Group has been generous, but the industry as a whole is in need of reform.”

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.