Organizing Update

News department employees at the Register Star & Freeport Journal Standard in Rockford, Ill., voted 14-10 for TNG-CWA representation. The 25-member unit was subjected to intense captive audience meetings and relentless one-on-one pressure from managers. The St. Louis-based United Media Guild Local 36047 supported the workers in their fight for a union voice. The campaign followed an organizing win last year at the Springfield, Ill., paper. Both are owned by Gatehouse.