The Year Newspaper Unions Roared Back to Life in Texas
At the beginning of 2020, there were zero union papers in the Lone Star State. Soon, it seems, there will be three.
In December, journalists at the Austin American-Statesman announced they were unionizing. Wikimedia Commons
At the beginning of 2020, there were zero union papers in the Lone Star State. Soon, it seems, there will be three.
In December, journalists at the Austin American-Statesman announced they were unionizing. Wikimedia Commons
Gus Bova
Dec 23, 2020, 8:00 am CST
In mid-February, a coterie of newspaper higher-ups from around the country gathered at the Omni hotel in downtown Fort Worth for an affair ostentatiously called the Key Executives Mega-Conference. During one presentation, a Chicago-based employment attorney, Michael Rybicki, warned of a rising tide of organized labor in the news business.