The CWA’s various offshoots continue to elbow through the tech and media realms with an array of developments this month. Now, they’re even coming for your Wordle:
The New York Times found itself in the unenviable position of reporting a strike by its own journalists. The one-day strike – the first in four decades at the storied paper – saw 1,000+ NewsGuild-CWA members walk off the job and ask readers not to cross the “digital picket line” by playing the popular word game.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram journalists launched an open-ended strike with the NewsGuild pushing for contract-talk progress with parent company McClatchy.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists moved closer to striking amid ongoing mandated mediation talks.
Earlier this year, Microsoft Corporationpublicly declared its intent to collaborate with unions in an effort to ward off “public disputes.” That neutrality agreement could lead to Microsoft voluntarily recognizing the first union within its ranks. At subsidiary ZeniMax Studios, makers of The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle, videogame testers begin voting on whether to join the CWA.
Also in 2022, Microsoft also moved to purchase Activision Blizzard. That deal has been met with regulatory scrutiny and may or may not reach finishing stages. For now, it’s enough to note that a second Activision Blizzard location saw about a dozen workers vote to join the CWA in Albany, New York.
Nickelodeon Animation Production Workers in California voted to join the IATSE to pursue higher pay and increased benefits.
You may have heard about how Elon Musk recently took over as Twitter CEO and promptly triggered widespread layoffs. The tech company’s janitors responded by striking at the behest of the SEIU.
