KC Star journalists announce plan to organize union
Journalists of the award-winning newspaper, The Kansas City Star, took a major step toward forming The Kansas City News Guild, a union that will give them a voice in their workplace.
The McClatchy Co. on Wednesday notified journalists at the award-winning newspaper The Kansas City Star that it will voluntarily recognize the Kansas City News Guild.
In the May 24 edition, the Kansas City Labor Beacon wrote about a group of The Kansas City Star reporters, videographers/photographers, visual artists asking McClatchy Co. management to voluntary recognize The Kansas City News Guild.
Employees in the The Kansas City Star newsroom on Monday asked The McClatchy Co. to voluntarily recognize the Kansas City News Guild, a unit of The NewsGuild-CWA, and begin contract negotiations.
Journalists of the award-winning newspaper, The Kansas City Star, took a major step Monday toward forming the Kansas City News Guild, a union that will give accountability, mission-driven journalists a voice in their own workplace.
