Oct 23, 2026 · 12 min · 11 segments
Workers at Tucson’s daily paper are organizing; The race for money has a clear winner in one local contest; tortoise wranglers hit the trail with big herd; and more...
Journalists and non-management staff at the Arizona Daily Star announced their intention to unionize last week.
It comes less than a month after the star was purchased by USA Today Co., the largest newspaper conglomerate in the country.
In a statement, the Arizona Daily Star News Guild says many reporters have not received raises in years, despite rising costs of living.
The newspaper has also suffered repeated layoffs, including in 2023, when the paper nixed nearly 25 percent of its staff.
On Thursday, the News Guild announced that USA Today Co. rejected employees' request for voluntary union recognition.
Members of the News Guild say the next step is to schedule a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.
Journalists and non-management staff at the Arizona Daily Star announced their intention to unionize last week.
It comes less than a month after the star was purchased by USA Today Co., the largest newspaper conglomerate in the country.
In a statement, the Arizona Daily Star News Guild says many reporters have not received raises in years, despite rising costs of living.
The newspaper has also suffered repeated layoffs, including in 2023, when the paper nixed nearly 25 percent of its staff.
On Thursday, the News Guild announced that USA Today Co. rejected employees' request for voluntary union recognition.
Members of the News Guild say the next step is to schedule a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.
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