Journalists at Hearst Connecticut Media Group won their union election to form the Connecticut News Guild, an affiliate of The NewsGuild-CWA, in a powerful landslide vote.
Reporters, photographers, editors and digital producers at Connecticut’s largest print and digital news organization first launched their organizing drive in August 2024. Since then, the news outlet has been running an aggressive union-busting campaign, even going so far as to terminate multiple members of the union’s organizing committee. But staff never gave up and continued to fight for their ability to negotiate over their wages, benefits and working conditions.
“Good unions make for good journalism, and good journalism is a foundation of a free and open society,” said Ethan Fry, a breaking news reporter. “I’m so thrilled that my colleagues and I affirmed our commitment to forming a union — the first one I am fortunate enough to be a member of after more than 20 years in the profession. I look forward to meeting management to bargain for a fair contract that ensures good local journalism in Connecticut for years to come.”
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