Employees at the newsroom of Gannett-owned The Arizona
Republic officially announced in early September that they are taking steps to
unionize, the NewsGuild-CWA announced.
In August,
Arizona Republic Executive Editor Greg Burton sent an email to staff mentioning
what he called “divisive unionization effort” in the newsroom, HuffPost reported.
Before the
announcement, “management unleashed a campaign of intimidation and harassment,
calling known union supporters into the Human Resources office individually and
questioning them about their activities,” the NewsGuild claims.
An HR
director took the work phone of Rebekah Sanders, a consumer protection
reporter, the Guild says.
The move to
unionize comes amid the pending $1.4 billion GateHouse buy of Gannett, which
will, if it makes it through, result in the biggest newspaper company in the
country, with 260 daily news operations. The companies were already at the #1
and #2 spots.
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