New York, NY – Workers at Democracy Works, a nonpartisan voter education organization, ratified their first labor contract with the News Media Guild.
The pact, guarantees yearly pay raises, establishes job security, and secures important workplace rights at the leading civic technology nonprofit organization. The contract offers workplace protections for the next three years to their employees. The agreement was reached after nearly three years of collective bargaining efforts.
Millions of U.S. voters rely on Democracy Works for timely, accurate, and comprehensive guidance regarding all aspects of elections This includes voter registration requirements and deadlines, ballot content, mail voting, Election Day voting, and details about the post-election experience. Democracy Works also partners with businesses, universities, and nonprofits to help every voter use their voice.To ensure the data is accurate and authoritative, Democracy Works maintains relationships with state and local election officials across the United States.
“Over the course of a 3-year bargaining fight, our unit has seen many different faces, but the mission of fighting for a more democratic workspace is felt the moment you join the Democracy Workers Collective,” said Clem Vasquez, election researcher and coordination chair of the NMG bargaining unit. “Thanks to the tireless work of all of our members, both past and present, we have secured a collective bargaining agreement that moves us in the right direction and will help provide security to those who do the work of delivering the best election data to the millions of voters who engage with our work.”
Vin Cherwoo, president of the News Media Guild, added: “This was a long process for our fellow guild members at Democracy Works. It is great to see all their hard work and dedication pay off with a first contract.”
The Democracy Workers Collective is Local 31222, a unit of the The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO.
