Journalists
at The Dallas Morning News and Al Dia have won the right to negotiate as a
group for a union contract, the paper reports.
The National Relations Labor
Board said newsroom staff voted 84 to 28 in favor of union representation. NLRB
must formally certify the results.
“We are disappointed with the
unofficial results of the union vote,” said The News' Publisher Grant Moise in
a statement. “We felt strongly that the best way to move forward is without a
third party being inserted into our newspaper’s culture. We respect the rights
of these employees and will proceed forward in good faith negotiations.”
A. H. Belo owns the paper.
The vote to form the Dallas
News Guild under the Communications Workers of America makes them the only
unionized newsroom in
That may be short-lived,
however, as journalists at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram announced last week that they are forming
a union. McClatchy owns the paper.
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