{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-warren-offers-support-for-employee-organizing-efforts-at-two-western-massachusetts-news-outlets", "Senator Warren Offers Support for Employee Organizing Efforts at Two Western Massachusetts News Outlets", "2018-12-04", "2018", "2018-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Elizabeth Warren", "W000817", "www.warren.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 04, 2018\n\t\t\t Senator Warren Offers Support for Employee Organizing Efforts at Two Western Massachusetts News Outlets \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t A Large Majority of Employees at Newspapers Reportedly Support Forming a Union\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Text\r\nof the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC -United States Senator Elizabeth\r\nWarren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Daily Hampshire Gazette and The\r\nValley Advocate in support of their employees' request in joining together\r\nto form a union, the Pioneer Valley News Guild. Senator Warren is urging the\r\ntwo newspapers to carefully follow all applicable laws and respect their\r\nemployees' rights to join together and decide without interference whether to\r\nform a union. Well over half of the 72 eligible employees at these two\r\nnewspapers have reportedly signed a petition requesting voluntary recognition\r\nof their union and submitted it to the newspapers' publisher on November 12th. \"These two newspapers, and the local, high-quality journalism that they\r\nproduce, play a crucial role in the Western Massachusetts communities that they\r\nserve,\" Senator Warren wrote. \"Your employees at\r\nthese newspapers - including reporters, advertising sales agents, production\r\nstaff, paginators, press operators, distribution staff, customer service\r\nrepresentatives, and custodial staff - all contribute toward producing\r\nhigh-quality, local journalism that is crucial to a vibrant democracy and\r\nstrong communities in Western Massachusetts. These employees deserve a chance\r\nto have a voice in their workplace, and, if they choose, join a union.\" The National Labor Relations Act grants all workers the right to organize\r\nand prohibits employers from interfering with this right. These rights are\r\nessential to ensuring that all workers, including those at the Daily\r\nHampshire Gazette and The Valley Advocate, have a place at the\r\nnegotiating table and a meaningful opportunity to improve their wages,\r\nbenefits, and working conditions. ###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-warren-offers-support-for-employee-organizing-efforts-at-two-western-massachusetts-news-outlets"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5052328817546368, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}