Reporters at The Cap Times announced April 30 they have formed a union and are seeking voluntary recognition from newspaper management. The Cap Times News Guild includes all of the news organization’s reporters, making up the entirety of union eligible workers on staff.
Members of the Cap Times News Guild organizing committee presented Cap Times President and Publisher Paul Fanlund, Editor Mark Treinen and other members of Cap Times management with a request for voluntary recognition after 100% of eligible editorial staff signed authorization cards, signaling their desire to be recognized as members of the newspaper’s union.
In the Cap Times News Guild’s mission statement, reporters wrote: “Our union believes that in-depth, accountability journalism that serves the community starts by building that same accountability within. We want to construct the systems that propel the values we hope journalism can create in our community: transparency, fairness and diversity.”
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