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Get Active: Fight Anti-Union Retaliation Against Newest Bay Area Journalists' Unit

Newspaper workers in the Bay Area who were laid off just days after organizing a new TNG-CWA unit this summer are asking fellow union members to help send a strong message to MediaNews management.

Through a new Get Active campaign, online at http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/medianews, Guild and all CWA members can send a message to Denver-based MediaNews urging the company to treat its workers fairly and negotiate a fair, first contract.

In July, the Guild filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board on behalf of the 29 fired workers. Twenty of them were active supporters of the union organizing drive, including newly elected Unit Chair Sara Steffens, an award-winning reporter for the Contra Costa Times. No leaders of the anti-union effort were let go.

The new unit, part of the Northern California Media Workers Guild, now represents about 200 newsroom workers at nine newspapers that are part of the Bay Area News Group (BANG) – East Bay. The union campaign and website is dubbed "One Big Bang – One Guild Universe."

"These brave media workers are going to need your active support in the coming weeks and months to keep the pressure on MediaNews," union leaders said. "Join us in urging the company to respect their workers and come to the table to negotiate a fair contract that's in the interests of ownership, workers and our communities."

More information about the new unit and its fight for fairness is at www.onebigbang.org.