The Newspaper Guild

Name

The Newspaper Guild

Legal name

The NewsGuild Sector of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC

Website

https://newsguild.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Member Dues: The NewsGuild-CWA generates revenue through monthly membership dues paid by journalists and media workers. Dues are calculated based on a formula tied to average top reporter minimum in TNG-CWA contracts, with additional per-capita taxes remitted to the Communications Workers of America.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The NewsGuild-CWA is a labor union that represents journalists, media workers, and other communications professionals through collective bargaining, contract negotiation, grievance handling, and workplace advocacy. Members receive professional pay guarantees, health insurance, retirement benefits through the International Pension Plan, paid leave, "just cause" disciplinary protections, and increasingly AI-related job protections. The Guild organizes workers at print, digital, and nonprofit news organizations across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

Product overview

The NewsGuild-CWA is a labor union (not a technology company) providing union representation and advocacy for journalists and media workers. Its core offerings include collective bargaining representation, the Newspaper Guild International Pension Plan (a defined benefit retirement plan established in 1977), member organizing services, and AI protections negotiated into collective bargaining agreements. The organization does not offer technology products or services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Newspaper Guild International Pension Plan (IPP) A defined-benefit retirement plan providing monthly pension benefits to NewsGuild members throughout retirement. Guild employers contribute based on rates established through collective bargaining, and the fund is administered by trustees with dedicated staff support.
• Organizing and Collective Bargaining Representation End-to-end union representation services: organizing campaigns, contract negotiations, collective bargaining agreements, strike support, grievance handling, and enforcement of existing agreements on behalf of journalists and media workers.

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Communications Workers of America (CWA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1995The NewsGuild became a sector of the Communications Workers of America in 1995, merging with the 700,000-member progressive union. This affiliation provides the Guild with access to broader labor movement resources, strike funds, political advocacy infrastructure, and representation on the CWA Executive Board. The Guild operates as The NewsGuild Sector of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC (TNG-CWA).
• AFL-CIOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe NewsGuild-CWA is part of the AFL-CIO through its CWA affiliation. The Guild originally affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in 1936, then became part of the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1937 when it expanded to include non-editorial employees. The two organizations merged in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO.
• Pacific Media Workers Guild (Local 39521)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPacific Media Workers Guild is a local union of TNG-CWA representing media workers in the San Francisco Bay Area and Pacific region. The local has successfully organized several new shops including San Francisco Public Press and is actively hiring staff to support organizing efforts.
• Washington-Baltimore News Guild (Local 32025)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWashington-Baltimore News Guild (WBNG) is a local union representing workers at publications in the DC-Baltimore metro area, including Politico/E&E News. WBNG has been active in negotiating landmark AI protections and has achieved significant arbitration victories.
• Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia (Local 10)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal 10, the Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia, represents workers at The Philadelphia Inquirer and other Philadelphia-area publications. The local has a long history in the Guild movement and current International Chair Diane Mastrull serves as president.
• CWA/SCA CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCWA/SCA Canada is the Guild's Canadian region, maintaining constitutional jurisdiction over Canadian Locals under a Memorandum of Understanding with CWA. It functions as an autonomous body within TNG-CWA, with President Carmel Smyth serving on both The NewsGuild and CWA Executive boards.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Service Employees International Union (SEIU): One of the largest AFL-CIO unions with 2+ million members across healthcare, public sector, and property services. Several Guild staff (e.g., Andrew Carillo, Nhi Nguyen) came from SEIU, reflecting shared organizing methodologies and overlapping federal-government worker organizing.
• International Federation of Journalists (IFJ): Global federation of journalists' unions and associations. Provides international press cards to Guild members and represents the broader global labor movement for journalists, with similar organizing mandates and press-freedom advocacy.
• Communications Workers of America (CWA): Parent federation of TNG-CWA with 700,000+ members across telecom, media, and public-sector workers. CWA is the most directly comparable organization as it provides the institutional infrastructure, strike funds, and political resources that the Guild operates within.
• Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA): Represents broadcast journalists, news anchors, and on-air talent across TV and radio. Overlaps with the Guild's broadcast membership and competes for jurisdiction at news-anchor and on-air roles.

Regional players

• American Federation of Musicians (AFM): AFL-CIO affiliate representing musicians in media and live performance. Comparable as a fellow craft-based media-labor union with similar dues-funded membership model and collective bargaining focus.
• Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU-UFCW): AFL-CIO affiliate representing retail and warehouse workers. Comparable as a fellow organizing-focused union where Guild staff (e.g., Stephanie Basile) previously built careers, sharing organizing tactics and labor movement infrastructure.

Others

• News/Media Alliance: Trade association representing newspaper and digital news publishers. Not a labor organization, but the closest industry counterpart on the employer side of the table, with overlapping policy interests in local news preservation and AI regulation.

Direct peers

• Writers Guild of America East (WGAE): Represents writers at digital news outlets, magazines, and online publications in the eastern US. Directly competes with TNG-CWA for representation rights at digital media employers and overlaps on journalism-adjacent collective bargaining.
• National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA): CWA sector representing technical and broadcast employees at networks and stations. Sibling CWA sector with overlapping jurisdiction in broadcast newsrooms and shared parent federation resources.

Emerging players

• Campaign Workers Guild: Represents campaign and political workers across progressive organizations. Emerging CWA-affiliated union with overlapping membership on the communications and nonprofit-worker segments that the Guild also organizes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/news_guild
• Facebookfacebook.com/thenewspaperguildcwa
• Instagraminstagram.com/thenewsguild
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/newspaper-guild

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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