Huffington Post workers vote to join union
Source: Crains NY
By Matthew Flamm
The Huffington Post has joined the unionization wave that has been rolling through digital media since the spring.
On Tuesday, the editorial staff of the New York City-based Web news giant formally asked management to recognize the Writers Guild of America, East, as its collective-bargaining representative. An "overwhelming" number of editorial workers among the 350 employed by The Huffington Post and its streaming video operation, HuffPost Live, signed union cards, the announcement said.
The Huffington Post is now the biggest digital news operation to opt for union representation. The unionizing drive, in a sector of the industry that had previously had almost no union presence, started with Gawker Media's voting to join the WGA, East, this past June. Since then, Salon, Vice Media and ThinkProgress have also joined the ranks of the WGA, East. Digital staffers at The Guardian US and Al Jazeera America have unionized with the NewsGuild.
Management at all the companies voluntarily accepted union representation, except Al Jazeera America. The National Labor Relations Board subsequently supervised a vote that went heavily in favor of the union.
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Photo: Courtesy of Huffington Post
Arianna Huffington is editor in chief of Huffington Post.
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wolfie001
(2,131 posts)Best way to get $ into the hands of the working lower and middle classes!
Gumboot
(531 posts)We're always stronger when we stand together.
A job, a living wage, and a union. These are basic human rights all workers deserve.
Brickbat
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(1,209 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,154 posts)That always seemed the major labor relations disgrace there.