Washington-Baltimore News Guild
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The union for more than 3,000 news, information and non-profit employees in the mid-Atlantic and beyond. Part of @newsguild.org & @cwa.org. Solidarity is a verb ✊ www.wbng.org
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A neutral arbiter agrees: @politico.com violated our contract and its own journalistic standards when it deployed AI.
Our readers deserve news, not slop!
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Our readers deserve news, not slop!
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This is HUGE!
This case marks one of the nation’s first major labor-arbitration rulings addressing the impact of AI on journalists’ work, setting an important precedent for the entire U.S. news industry. ✊
This case marks one of the nation’s first major labor-arbitration rulings addressing the impact of AI on journalists’ work, setting an important precedent for the entire U.S. news industry. ✊
We again demand an immediate halt to all retaliatory firings, full compliance with outstanding reinstatement orders, and respect for union representation and due process. Anything less is a continued betrayal of the values the organization publicly espouses.
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We again demand an immediate halt to all retaliatory firings, full compliance with outstanding reinstatement orders, and respect for union representation and due process. Anything less is a continued betrayal of the values the organization publicly espouses.
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2/ Our readers deserve clear labeling on AI content, and we deserve job security. Sign our petition for a fair contract and we’ll keep you updated on our campaign: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
2/ Our readers deserve clear labeling on AI content, and we deserve job security. Sign our petition for a fair contract and we’ll keep you updated on our campaign: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Statement from the Washington-Baltimore News Guild on the unjust firing of @coc-union.bsky.social member Hunter Boone.
Color of Change must respect union protections, reinstate Hunter Boone, and take meaningful steps to restore trust with its staff and community.
Color of Change must respect union protections, reinstate Hunter Boone, and take meaningful steps to restore trust with its staff and community.
December 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Statement from the Washington-Baltimore News Guild on the unjust firing of @coc-union.bsky.social member Hunter Boone.
Color of Change must respect union protections, reinstate Hunter Boone, and take meaningful steps to restore trust with its staff and community.
Color of Change must respect union protections, reinstate Hunter Boone, and take meaningful steps to restore trust with its staff and community.
Members of @mlexguild.bsky.social are participating in a 24-hour walkout to demand a fair contract from MLex, FTCWatch and LexisNexis! ✊
Join them on the picket line today at the 12:30pm rally! More info ⬇️
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Join them on the picket line today at the 12:30pm rally! More info ⬇️
wbng.org/2025/12/15/m...
MLex Guild launches 24-Hour walkout demanding a fair contract - Washington-Baltimore News Guild
The MLex Guild is participating in a 24-hour walkout to demand a fair contract from MLex, FTCWatch and LexisNexis.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Members of @mlexguild.bsky.social are participating in a 24-hour walkout to demand a fair contract from MLex, FTCWatch and LexisNexis! ✊
Join them on the picket line today at the 12:30pm rally! More info ⬇️
wbng.org/2025/12/15/m...
Join them on the picket line today at the 12:30pm rally! More info ⬇️
wbng.org/2025/12/15/m...
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We wore our colors #UnionProud and #UnionStrong at the 32BJ Staff Retreat yesterday, and so did our union siblings in the 615 Staff Union. Solidarity with our New England siblings as they negotiate their next contract!
December 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We wore our colors #UnionProud and #UnionStrong at the 32BJ Staff Retreat yesterday, and so did our union siblings in the 615 Staff Union. Solidarity with our New England siblings as they negotiate their next contract!
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Today, in response to
@envdefensefund.bsky.social's delay in voluntarily recognizing our union, 120+ supportive EDFers sent messages about why they support the union to all 1,000+ EDF employees and asked leadership for voluntary recognition. Sign our petition here: actionnetwork.org/letters/volu...
@envdefensefund.bsky.social's delay in voluntarily recognizing our union, 120+ supportive EDFers sent messages about why they support the union to all 1,000+ EDF employees and asked leadership for voluntary recognition. Sign our petition here: actionnetwork.org/letters/volu...
December 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Today, in response to
@envdefensefund.bsky.social's delay in voluntarily recognizing our union, 120+ supportive EDFers sent messages about why they support the union to all 1,000+ EDF employees and asked leadership for voluntary recognition. Sign our petition here: actionnetwork.org/letters/volu...
@envdefensefund.bsky.social's delay in voluntarily recognizing our union, 120+ supportive EDFers sent messages about why they support the union to all 1,000+ EDF employees and asked leadership for voluntary recognition. Sign our petition here: actionnetwork.org/letters/volu...
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EDF Together joins dozens of other environmental nonprofit unions who are striving to strengthen their workplaces!
Here are three examples of peer organizations that have unionized in recent years (all voluntarily recognized!) and the positive changes they’ve achieved. 🎉
Here are three examples of peer organizations that have unionized in recent years (all voluntarily recognized!) and the positive changes they’ve achieved. 🎉
December 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
EDF Together joins dozens of other environmental nonprofit unions who are striving to strengthen their workplaces!
Here are three examples of peer organizations that have unionized in recent years (all voluntarily recognized!) and the positive changes they’ve achieved. 🎉
Here are three examples of peer organizations that have unionized in recent years (all voluntarily recognized!) and the positive changes they’ve achieved. 🎉
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Thank you! Because of your support, we've been able to send over 1,000 letters (and counting) to EDF leadership, asking for voluntary recognition. 🎉 actionnetwork.org/letters/volu...
Voluntarily Recognize EDF Together!
On December 2, 2025, workers at the Environmental Defense Fund announced the formation of our union, EDF Together. With this announcement, we formally requested voluntary recognition from EDF’s Execut...
actionnetwork.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thank you! Because of your support, we've been able to send over 1,000 letters (and counting) to EDF leadership, asking for voluntary recognition. 🎉 actionnetwork.org/letters/volu...
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/8 ✍️ Support our members fighting for AI protections in the workplace and join 2,000 by signing our petition here:
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Stand with NewsGuild-CWA journalists and demand news, not slop!
Unionized journalists across North America have come together to sound the alarm: Media companies are implementing artificial intelligence in ways that damage the credibility of the journalism on whic...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
/8 ✍️ Support our members fighting for AI protections in the workplace and join 2,000 by signing our petition here:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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More than 50 contracts across our union include language that directly addresses artificial intelligence. Earlier this week, we released our demands #NewsNotSlop
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
More than 50 contracts across our union include language that directly addresses artificial intelligence. Earlier this week, we released our demands #NewsNotSlop
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
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Politico & E&E News journalists won a landmark arbitration case after management rolled out AI tools w/out bargaining. The ruling affirms employers can’t use AI to bypass union rights or newsroom ethics, & The NewsGuild-CWA is urging support for its News, Not Slop campaign.
https://ow.ly/Aqzk50XBvIU
https://ow.ly/Aqzk50XBvIU
News, not slop — The STAND
Unionized journalists at Politico won a landmark arbitration demonstrating how collective bargaining agreements protect workers from unethical AI in the workplace WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 3, 2025) — Politico and E&E News journalists announced a major victory in arbitration this week, successfully arguing that Politico management violated the workers’ collective bargaining agreement by unilaterally introducing two […]
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December 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Politico & E&E News journalists won a landmark arbitration case after management rolled out AI tools w/out bargaining. The ruling affirms employers can’t use AI to bypass union rights or newsroom ethics, & The NewsGuild-CWA is urging support for its News, Not Slop campaign.
https://ow.ly/Aqzk50XBvIU
https://ow.ly/Aqzk50XBvIU
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🗓️ THIS THURSDAY: We are hosting an AI Town Hall to hear from journalists who are fighting for HUMAN-driven news that's not robot-generated slop.
Join us tomorrow by registering here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us tomorrow by registering here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🗓️ THIS THURSDAY: We are hosting an AI Town Hall to hear from journalists who are fighting for HUMAN-driven news that's not robot-generated slop.
Join us tomorrow by registering here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us tomorrow by registering here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Here are some of the reasons that EDFers are excited to unionize! 🌟
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Here are some of the reasons that EDFers are excited to unionize! 🌟
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2/ NewsGuild members are fighting hard for AI protections and now it’s YOUR turn.
Visit: NewsNotSlop.org and sign the petition now!
Visit: NewsNotSlop.org and sign the petition now!
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
2/ NewsGuild members are fighting hard for AI protections and now it’s YOUR turn.
Visit: NewsNotSlop.org and sign the petition now!
Visit: NewsNotSlop.org and sign the petition now!
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Workers can regulate AI with strong contract language. Full stop.
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Workers can regulate AI with strong contract language. Full stop.
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
New unit alert! Send a letter to EDF management calling for voluntary recognition for these almost 500 workers!
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December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New unit alert! Send a letter to EDF management calling for voluntary recognition for these almost 500 workers!
actionnetwork.org/letters/volu...
actionnetwork.org/letters/volu...
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RELEASE: NewsGuild journalists are sounding the alarm – media companies are undermining public trust with unethical AI in the newsroom.
Today, we launch #NewsNotSlop, a national campaign kicking off a Week of Action on AI, December 1–5.
newsguild.org/release-stan...
Today, we launch #NewsNotSlop, a national campaign kicking off a Week of Action on AI, December 1–5.
newsguild.org/release-stan...
RELEASE: STANDING UP TO PROTECT JOURNALISM FROM AI SLOP | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
On the heels of a ground-breaking arbitration win at POLITICO, NewsGuild-CWA members launch national campaign and week of action on AI.
newsguild.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
RELEASE: NewsGuild journalists are sounding the alarm – media companies are undermining public trust with unethical AI in the newsroom.
Today, we launch #NewsNotSlop, a national campaign kicking off a Week of Action on AI, December 1–5.
newsguild.org/release-stan...
Today, we launch #NewsNotSlop, a national campaign kicking off a Week of Action on AI, December 1–5.
newsguild.org/release-stan...
This is HUGE!
This case marks one of the nation’s first major labor-arbitration rulings addressing the impact of AI on journalists’ work, setting an important precedent for the entire U.S. news industry. ✊
This case marks one of the nation’s first major labor-arbitration rulings addressing the impact of AI on journalists’ work, setting an important precedent for the entire U.S. news industry. ✊
A neutral arbiter agrees: @politico.com violated our contract and its own journalistic standards when it deployed AI.
Our readers deserve news, not slop!
wbng.org/2025/12/01/p...
Our readers deserve news, not slop!
wbng.org/2025/12/01/p...
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is HUGE!
This case marks one of the nation’s first major labor-arbitration rulings addressing the impact of AI on journalists’ work, setting an important precedent for the entire U.S. news industry. ✊
This case marks one of the nation’s first major labor-arbitration rulings addressing the impact of AI on journalists’ work, setting an important precedent for the entire U.S. news industry. ✊
This is shameful behavior. Freedom of the press is and always will be one of the most important American values, one that WBNG will always uphold. A sitting president disregarding the severity of violence against journalists is despicable.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of a Washington Post columnist. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are nearing a high point.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is shameful behavior. Freedom of the press is and always will be one of the most important American values, one that WBNG will always uphold. A sitting president disregarding the severity of violence against journalists is despicable.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Just joined my coworkers for a practice picket outside Washingtonian HQ. Four years without a contract. We’d love to be doing something else today!
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Just joined my coworkers for a practice picket outside Washingtonian HQ. Four years without a contract. We’d love to be doing something else today!
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It's been 572 days since we started bargaining with the @society4science.bsky.social . That's way too long to wait for the fair contract our workers deserve. Looking to help? Be sure to✍️our petition calling on CEO @mayaajmera.bsky.social for a fair contract!
shorturl.at/RinYU
shorturl.at/RinYU
For a Fair Contract at Science News!
Workers at Science News and Science News Explores have been bargaining their first union contract for over a year now. Despite the entire staff's proven ability to work effectively from home, manageme...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It's been 572 days since we started bargaining with the @society4science.bsky.social . That's way too long to wait for the fair contract our workers deserve. Looking to help? Be sure to✍️our petition calling on CEO @mayaajmera.bsky.social for a fair contract!
shorturl.at/RinYU
shorturl.at/RinYU
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Today marks 2 years since we officially unionized! We remain committed to fair wages, strong protections and working conditions that let us do what we love. The perfect birthday gift? A signature on our petition calling on @society4science.bsky.social CEO @mayaajmera.bsky.social for a fair contract.
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today marks 2 years since we officially unionized! We remain committed to fair wages, strong protections and working conditions that let us do what we love. The perfect birthday gift? A signature on our petition calling on @society4science.bsky.social CEO @mayaajmera.bsky.social for a fair contract.
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Today we marched to engineering management's offices to deliver our unanswered questions about a tool the company is evaluating that would stack rank employees, violating status quo & disrespecting our union.
We won’t back down when they violate our rights and then ignore our concerns.
We won’t back down when they violate our rights and then ignore our concerns.
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Today we marched to engineering management's offices to deliver our unanswered questions about a tool the company is evaluating that would stack rank employees, violating status quo & disrespecting our union.
We won’t back down when they violate our rights and then ignore our concerns.
We won’t back down when they violate our rights and then ignore our concerns.
Members of @sn-media-guild.bsky.social participated in a 24-hour strike last week, showing management that they are united in pursuing the fair contract they deserve.
Support these workers by signing their petition! ✊https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/for-a-fair-contract-at-science-news
Support these workers by signing their petition! ✊https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/for-a-fair-contract-at-science-news
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Members of @sn-media-guild.bsky.social participated in a 24-hour strike last week, showing management that they are united in pursuing the fair contract they deserve.
Support these workers by signing their petition! ✊https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/for-a-fair-contract-at-science-news
Support these workers by signing their petition! ✊https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/for-a-fair-contract-at-science-news
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So grateful for the Science News alumni, @wbng.org, @mlexguild.bsky.social, other friends, family , neighbors and loved ones who have come out to support us today! You can show your support by signing our petition at shorturl.at/RinYU
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
So grateful for the Science News alumni, @wbng.org, @mlexguild.bsky.social, other friends, family , neighbors and loved ones who have come out to support us today! You can show your support by signing our petition at shorturl.at/RinYU