Truthout Becomes First Online-Only News Site to Unionize

[babsbunny]

http://www.truthout.org/090809A

Tuesday 08 September 2009

by: Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t | Report

On the night of Thursday, August 27, a small group gathered in a quiet, bare room in Pacific Palisades, California, preparing to sign off on the future of an organization and spur the momentum of a movement. Though the meeting was brief and inconspicuous, it made history.

A member of Truthout's board of directors had signed a recognition statement, granting Truthout employees membership in The Newspaper Guild/Communication Workers of America. Earlier that evening, Truthout had held the country's first "virtual card check," verifying union cards with faxed PDFs of each employee's signature. We became the first online-only news site to successfully unionize.

[blondeatlast]

1. As a frequent Truthout reader, I consider thios very good news.

Proud to be the first rec.

[Hawkeye-X]

2. Oooh does that mean Will Pitt is a union member?

:toast:

[Arctic Dave]

3. Good on all of you.

If only I had joined the union earlier. It was one of the best decisions I ever made.