On Jan. 1, 2022, new legal protections against arrest go into effect for journalists covering protests and similar activities in the state of California. Here’s a guide to understand them.

Media Guild of the West filed a petition for review in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday in support of stronger OSHA vaccination standards in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The L.A. Times staff includes more than 80 journalists with roots in Asia, the Pacific Islands, the Middle East and North Africa. We are coming together as the AAPI Caucus of the L.A. Times Guild.

Gov. Newsom's office announced that he has signed SB 98, ushering in expanded protections for California journalists covering protests and other civil disturbances.

The Guild’s Executive Committee voted to endorse bargaining for vaccine mandates as part of a set of comprehensive COVID-19 safety policies.

Election results were announced Wednesday by Media Guild of the West’s Elections Committee.

The authors of the Los Angeles Police Department’s after-action report about the March 2021 unrest in Echo Park failed to interview multiple journalists who were detained for doing their jobs.

Media Guild of the West members passed an endorsement resolution 54% to 46% at the July 12, 2021 membership meeting.

After an unprecedented outcry by local journalists in recent weeks, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 5 to 0 on Tuesday to support expanding legal protections for journalists covering protests and civil unrest in California.

An unprecedented coalition of press associations, labor unions, and journalism advocacy groups have announced their opposition to a recent amendment made to SB 98, a California state bill originally intended to protect journalists from arrest while covering protests.

When investors are passive, the vultures are active. We stand now with our Guild colleagues at Tribune Publishing as they face a future they fought so bravely to prevent.

The Media Guild of the West (TNG-CWA Local 39213) seeks candidates for a full-time Staff Representative/Contract Campaign Lead position based in Los Angeles.

The members of the Media Guild of the West, TNG-CWA Local 39213, endorse efforts by their local union to support the passage of SB 98 (McGuire).

“Our journalists have labored for years under increasingly difficult conditions. We intend to reverse that trend,” the SCNG Guild said in its mission statement.

Journalists of The Desert Sun won a resounding victory in their unionization campaign, forming a union with a vote of 13-1.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency in charge of prosecuting violations of federal labor law, has charged Phoenix New Times with violating federal labor law by refusing to bargain with its newly unionized employees to establish a fair contract.

Ninety percent of eligible staffers signed cards saying they want to be represented by The Desert Sun NewsGuild.

Nine bargaining unit members were illegally notified that they will lose their jobs, several of whom were already working for reduced hours and salaries since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On July 8, members of the Media Guild of the West, TNG-CWA Local 39213, voted 94% to 6% to support the local union’s efforts to engage in advocacy for open-records access and First Amendment issues.

Just weeks after the workers of Pop-Up/California Sunday Guild went public with their organizing campaign, management agreed to voluntarily recognize their union.