Dallas Morning News Newsroom Employees Are Unionizing

[TexasTowelie]

The Dallas Morning News' newsroom is looking to unionize, journalists at the newspaper announced Monday morning.

Newsroom employees, along with those from the newspaper's sister publication, Al Dia, requested voluntary recognition of the Dallas News Guild from parent company A.H. Belo. That request marks the first major step in forming a union.

In a news release, union organizers said they were seeking better protection for newsroom employees. They noted that the company didn't distribute personal protective equipment to newsroom employees until several weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic. They also said the company didn't offer security resources to reporters who were exposed to tear gas, less-than-lethal ammunition and thousands of possible COVID-19 carriers at recent protests.

"Our ultimate goal is to protect local journalism through Al Dia Dallas and The Dallas Morning News," Al Dia Dallas reporter Imelda Garcia said. "Our multi-diverse community needs strong journalists to tell the stories that must be told in these troubled times. The time for unity is now."

Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-morning-news-employees-unionizing-11927775

[Hortensis]

1. Strangely (ironically?), this doesn't mention yesterday's strikes by

BLM/essential workers in Dallas, as well as across the nation. Even the links to related stories didn't include that. And this is about a newspaper's own essential workers demanding better.

Go figure.

[Sherman A1]

2. Excellent