The Chicago News Guild stands in solidarity with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Staff Council (IBTSC) as they fight for their first contract. We believe that unions should live their values and treat their own staff with dignity and respect. Unionized IBT Staff fight for their members every day, and deserve a fair contract that recognizes their hard work and dedication to the labor movement. Teamsters Leadership: Stop delaying, and bargain in good faith! Signe

This summer, The Chicago News Guild welcomed our largest unit yet: The University of Chicago Press Workers Guild (UCPWG). Representing 134 members from across the University of Chicago Press, the unit was certified after a landslide election win, with 89% of workers voting in favor of forming a union. UCPWG members and CNG staff celebrate the launch of the UCPWG campaign in May 2026. The UCPWG members work in a variety of roles, including manuscript editing, design, acquisi

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With a small but mighty crew of five members, the Kenosha-Racine NewsGuild is working to protect local journalism in the beautiful state of Wisconsin. Located only about ten miles apart along the lakefront of Southeast Wisconsin just south of Milwaukee, the two newsrooms have a lot in common. Aside from their geographic kinship, they share the same regional editor, and one reporter covers crime for both papers. The Racine newsroom unionized in September 2024 and soon merged w

Click here to register for the 2026 Chicago News Guild Leadership Summit! Whether you're a newly elected leader, a seasoned steward, or a member of our Guild, you are invited. Join us for a day of "Taking Action to Build Power." We will be talking about Power Mapping, Guild wins, strategy, and membership engagement. Questions? Email nikki@chicagonewsguild.org

We are excited to see folks from across CWA, TNG, and CNG this weekend for the Coachella of the Labor Movement, AKA the 2026 Labor Notes Conference! Join us for dinner and games at Emporium Logan Square (2363 N. Milwaukee Ave.) from 7:00 to 10:00PM. We will have tacos from L'Patron, space to hang and chat, game tokens, and lots of solidarity. Come say hi!

AI is harming so many communities across the globe. AI’s carbon emissions and consumption of electricity and freshwater resources means higher bills and more pollution. AI bots on social media platforms are further eroding democracy. And actors from ICE to the Israeli military are using AI to disappear and kill people. As workers, we also face the threat of AI to our jobs and the better world we are fighting for. But CNG members are fighting back. For our media units, journa

by: Dave Mulcahey, CNG co-treasurer and editor at Tribune News Service Just over eight months ago, the Department of Homeland Security deployed thousands of federal agents to Illinois to carry out militarized sweeps of undocumented immigrants and crack down on the sanctuary policies of the state, Cook County, Chicago, and its suburbs. Operation Midway Blitz, as it was called, quickly devolved into violence, intimidation and official misconduct. Less than a week after the ope

Contact: UCP Workers Guild | ucpworkers@gmail.com Emily Steelhammer, Executive Director | esteelhammer@chicagonewsguild.org Sign On to Help Chicago Press Workers Gain Voluntary Recognition! Workers at the University of Chicago Press are forming a union with the Chicago News Guild, TNG-CWA Local 34071, joining the nationwide labor movement for a stronger publishing industry. The UCP Workers Guild has requested that leadership agree to voluntary recognition and work with staff

Every year on May 1, workers around the world mark May Day as a day of solidarity, protest, and collective power. May Day’s roots are in Chicago, the city of big shoulders- and the home of the labor movement. The Fight for the Eight-Hour Work Day In the late 19th century, working people in Chicago faced horrific conditions. Fourteen to sixteen hour shifts were the norm. Factory floors were super dangerous. Wages were low. Workers had little protection and even less power. The

By: Rose Schafer, SEIU Local 1 PSU Unit Chair Things are bad at the NLRB. Between increased union organizing (good!) and intentionally vicious understaffing (bad!), it now takes over 400 days to get to a complaint. And even when you do get a complaint (and then a hearing and then — if you win — a remedial order), what does it actually order? These days, maybe just a notice posting. And if all you’re gonna is a flyer in the breakroom a year or so later, why bother filing ULP c