Yeah, that's right -- we won. The journalists of the Bay Area News Group voted to establish a new unit of the Northern California Media Workers Guild, TNG/CWA Local 39521. Read the details at www.onebigbang.org or www.mediaworkers.org.
Now, a message to the folks from BANG-EB:
Congratulations. Welcome (or welcome back) to The Newspaper Guild. We're glad to have you, and think you'll be glad you chose to join us.
But most of all, we'd like to say "thank you." Your incredible campaign and the election results have inspired and energized more of your fellow journalists and union activists than you'll ever know. You've reminded many of us why we became journalists and union activists in the first place. You've provided a spark of light in the darkness enveloping the newspaper industry.
Yes, there's lots of hard work ahead -- like, say, bargaining a contract -- and we hope you will all stay involved, as we said during the campaign. Really, it wasn't just campaign propaganda.
But, for now, it's time to celebrate.
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