Merged into | Communications Workers of America |
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Founded | 1933 |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
Location | |
Members | 26,000 |
President | Jon Schleuss |
Parent organization | Communications Workers of America |
Affiliations | IFJ, AFL–CIO |
Website | newsguild.org |
The NewsGuild-CWA is a labor union founded by newspaper journalists in 1933.[1] In addition to improving wages and working conditions, its constitution says its purpose is to fight for honesty in journalism and the news industry's business practices. The NewsGuild-CWA now represents workers in a wide range of roles including editorial, technology, advertising, and others at newspapers, online publications, magazines, news services, and in broadcast.[2][3] The current president is Jon Schleuss.[4]