Lauren Lindstrom saw up close and personal the benefits of being part of a union during her four years as a reporter for the Toledo Blade, her first journalism job out of college.
In the past 20 years, the guild has been extremely active, fighting against the loss of its healthcare during the pandemic, against a lockout of 200 employees in 2006 and against its corporate owner’s refusal to bargain remotely during the pandemic in January 2021. They’re currently at the bargaining table — and have won the paper 10 statewide journalism awards in the last year.
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