Hearst Connecticut Journalists Vote Overwhelmingly To Unionize, Call For Immediate Contract Talks

Hearst Connecticut Journalists Vote Overwhelmingly To Unionize, Call For Immediate Contract Talks

Journalists at Hearst Connecticut Media Group have voted decisively to unionize, forming The Connecticut NewsGuild under The NewsGuild-CWA. According to results announced Thursday by the National Labor Relations Board, 68 out of 85 counted ballots supported unionization — an overwhelming 80% majority.

Hearst Employees Vote to Unionize, Seek Better Working Conditions

Reporters, photographers, editors and digital producers working for Hearst, Connecticut’s largest print/digital news organization, voted to form a union with The NewsGuild-CWA (Communications Workers of America).

Hearst Journos Vote Union - The Laurel | "Fostering cooperation among legislative newspapermen (and women, and broadcast journalists, and bloggers, and media junkies)."

Journalists working for Hearst Connecticut Media have voted overwhelmingly to join the Connecticut News Guild. The union plans to begin negotiations for a contract with Hearst as soon as possible. Hearst owns ten daily newspapers and 13 weeklies in Connecticut.

In landslide election, Hearst journalists vote to unionize and demand company begin bargaining immediately

Hearst workers at Connecticut’s largest print/digital news organization have voted overwhelmingly to form a union with The NewsGuild-CWA.