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Cap Times reporters form union
In a news release, the Cap Times News Guild urged 'newspaper management to honor the paper’s legacy of support for labor movements by voluntarily recognizing its own staff’s right to unionize.'
https://isthmus.com/news/news/cap-times-reporters-form-union/
by Liam Beran News April 30, 2026 4:20 PM
Reporters at The Capital Times are forming a union affiliated with NewsGuild-CWA, the largest union for journalists and media workers in the United States.
“Every single one of our reporters is in support of this,” says Erin McGroarty, the paper’s health and policy reporter and, with three years on staff, the most senior reporter. “Local journalism thrives when local journalists are also thriving.”
McGroarty says the paper’s eight reporters presented a mission statement and letter seeking voluntary recognition of the union, which they call the Cap Times News Guild, to editor Mark Treinen and publisher/president Paul Fanlund Thursday morning.
She describes Treinen’s and Fanlund’s reactions as “friendly” and “professional” but says she does not yet know whether they will agree to voluntary recognition.
FULL story at link above.