This effort is for the survival of our papers,” said Denver Pratt, an organizer and courts and criminal justice reporter at The Bellingham Herald.
We deserve fair working conditions and appropriate pay. “Our communities deserve to have local papers that not only provide community-focused, watchdog journalism, but have a company that invests in the journalists telling those stories. Collectively, the four papers are down to a total of fewer than 40 union-eligible newsroom staff over the entirety of Washington state. Over the past decade, the number of people working at these newsrooms has precipitously declined, even as the population in the communities has increased and the issues needing coverage have multiplied. Under McClatchy, each paper has suffered losses that have been felt not only by the staff, but by the communities the papers cover. It will help us diversify the newsroom and become a paper that reflects our community, which has been a glaring issue since long before I started.” “Like an overwhelming majority of my colleagues, I’m supporting unionization because I believe it will give us a chance to build the kind of newspaper this community deserves. "I grew up in Pierce County, and watching the paper my family subscribed to as a kid suffer has been incredibly painful to watch,” said Matt Driscoll, an organizer and reporter and columnist at The News Tribune in Tacoma. Organizers note the four newsrooms do not reflect the communities they serve, and that needs to change. Our Washington communities rely on strong local newspapers to keep them informed about issues that impact their lives, and organizers say it is with them in mind the union will advocate for workplace security, diversity and inclusion and investments in our four newsrooms. The employees of the Washington State NewsGuild bargaining unit have requested voluntary recognition from management, citing overwhelming support among staff, as well as McClatchy’s recent decisions to voluntarily recognize unions at the Hilton Head Island Packet/Beaufort Gazette and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Nearly 90 percent of eligible reporters, visual journalists and digital staff at the newspapers, all owned by the McClatchy Company, have signed cards authorizing representation by The Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild of The NewsGuild-CWA. An app-native eEdition of the printed newspaper, including 60 additional pages in the ExtraExtra section.WASHINGTON STATE - Journalists at The News Tribune in Tacoma, The Olympian, The Bellingham Herald, and the Tri-City Herald are unionizing.Ability to share stories on Facebook, Twitter or by email.The Tri-City Herald opinions, editorials and columns you love.View stunning photos and videos of news coverage and events.The local news and sports topics you care about from around the Tri-Cities and the Mid-Columbia area.Breaking news alerts and real-time updates.The Tri-City Herald reports on the local topics you care about, including local weather, traffic, crime, sports and national news. Receive the latest local and breaking news from Kennewick, Pasco and Richland in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. Connect to the Tri-City Herald newspaper app wherever you are.
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