
‘Striking Does Work’: Fort Worth Journalists Win Only Newspaper Union Contract in Texas
Following a historic win in Cowtown, NewsGuild workers at papers in Dallas and Austin are still bargaining.
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Gus Bova is a senior staff writer and assistant editor at the Texas Observer. He covers labor, politics, and other major Texas stories. He has written extensively on topics ranging from the border wall to homelessness. Before coming to the Observer, he worked at a shelter for recently arrived immigrants and asylum-seekers. He studied Latin American Studies at the University of Kansas.
Following a historic win in Cowtown, NewsGuild workers at papers in Dallas and Austin are still bargaining.
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