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  Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald Newsrooms Vote to Unionize

  November 20 at 3:21 p.m.

  In a decisive 66-24 vote, the newsrooms of the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald have elected to form a union. Votes were counted this afternoon by federal officials at the Claude Pepper Federal Building in downtown Miami, where members of both the One Herald Guild and Herald management were present.

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  Miami Herald Says Columnists Shouldn't Have Union Protection

  November 18 at 2:57 p.m.

  With only two days to go before votes are counted in an election on whether to unionize employees in the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald newsrooms, Herald reporters have denounced a decision by management to exclude five of their colleagues from union protection.

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  Time Magazine Needlessly Honors Miami Mayor Francis Suarez

  November 14 at 8 a.m.

  Francis Suarez is the platonic ideal of what most people generally imagine a cisgender male politician should look like. He's fit, has a pronounced jawline, and by all accounts does not appear to be racist. The accolades basically end there.

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  CBS Says WFOR Anchor Michele Gillen's Firing Was Aboveboard

  October 29 at 12:03 p.m.

  In September 2018, longtime WFOR-TV (CBS 4) anchor Michele Gillen sued her former employer in federal court for wrongful termination due to age and sex discrimination. Gillen, an Emmy Award-winning reporter in WFOR’s investigative unit, claimed her story ideas were routinely rejected and then given to younger reporters. And she said a co-worker — anchor and investigative reporter Jim DeFede — made disparaging remarks to her and about women in general.

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  After Backlash, Miami Herald Will Let Journalists Julie Brown and Emily Michot Cast Union Votes

  October 28 at 3:43 p.m.

  After receiving substantial blowback this morning, Miami Herald leadership backpedaled on a decision to exclude two of its journalists from an upcoming vote on whether to unionize employees in the Herald and El Nuevo Herald newsrooms.

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  Miami Herald Employees Announce Union Drive UPDATED

  October 2 at 10:43 a.m.

  Months after reporters revealed McClatchy News CEO Craig Forman had received a $1 million bonus and $35,000 per-month housing stipend while laying off journalists and other workers at his news corporation, employees in the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald newsrooms today publicly announced they plan to unionize.