The Newspaper Guild

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The Newspaper Guild
Founded	1933
Members	32,000
Country	United States, Canada
Affiliation	CWA, IFJ
Key people	Bernie Lunzer, president
Office location	Washington, D.C.
Website	www.newsguild.org

The Newspaper Guild is a labor union founded by newspaper journalists in 1933 who noticed that unionized printers and truck drivers were making more money than they did. In addition to improving wages and working conditions, its constitution says its purpose is to fight for honesty in journalism and the news industry's business practices.

Today, the Guild has more than 32,000 members in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Its membership has expanded from just journalists to many other employees of newspapers and news agencies, such as clerks who take classified ads and computer support workers. It also represents workers in a number of other industries.

The organization's founder was Heywood Broun, a columnist and critic in New York City. It was originally called the American Newspaper Guild, but it changed its name in the 1970s to reflect the fact that it also operated outside the United States. It had expanded into Canada in the 1950s.

It became affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in 1936, then left to go into the new Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1937, when it expanded its membership to non-editorial departments. It merged with the Communications Workers of America in 1995. The Guild is also affiliated with the International Federation of Journalists.

Its President is Bernie Lunzer, and its Secretary-Treasurer is Carol Rothman.