Journalists at the Financial Times are seeking to unionize the publication’s U.S. operation, the latest in a wave of organizing efforts in the news media.
Employees involved in the drive said they’ve signed up more than two-thirds of a proposed bargaining unit of about 40 people and are asking the company to voluntarily recognize their union. In an emailed statement, the U.K.-based publisher’s spokesperson Finola McDonnell said, “We respect the right of our staff to organize if they so choose.”
