Members endorse the NewsGuild’s efforts to save journalism jobs

On April 20, members of the Media Guild of the West, TNG-CWA Local 39213, voted 100% to 0% to approve the following resolution:

Whereas, tens of thousands of journalists and media workers have lost their jobs, taken pay cuts and been furloughed as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic;

Whereas, many communities no longer have robust newsrooms to cover local news, and many more are now at risk of losing access to vital, life-saving information during a historic pandemic;

Whereas, Los Angeles, like dozens of cities, has benefited from world-class journalism and seen the consequences of the diminishment of its great newsrooms;

Whereas, everyone has a right to timely, professional, accurate and independent information about their communities and the democracy in which we live;

Therefore, be it resolved: The members of the Media Guild of the West, TNG-CWA Local 39213, support efforts by the NewsGuild and by their local union to save journalism jobs during the pandemic and to assist in the renewal of quality journalism in the United States of America.