CWA Rallies In Support of Journalistic Freedoms

In March, journalists, federal workers, and their unions sued the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), its Acting Director Victor Morales, and Special Adviser Kari Lake to challenge the unlawful shuttering of the agency and silencing of global media. The NewsGuild-CWA is a co-plaintiff in the suit and represents about 100 journalists and other workers at Radio Free Asia (RFA), which receives a Congressionally-mandated grant from USAGM. 

The agency stopped paying RFA last month, and the newsroom furloughed about 75% of our members, leaving a skeleton crew to continue broadcasting news into countries controlled by repressive regimes. The NewsGuild-CWA is fighting to turn the grants back on and get members back on the job. On Friday, the Guild won a temporary restraining order to freeze efforts by the Trump administration to continue dismantling the agency.

“The work of journalists at Radio Free Asia, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other newsrooms ensures that these fundamental American freedoms know no borders,” said NewsGuild-CWA President Jon Schleuss. “Journalists across the globe fight every single day to hold power to account, expose corruption, and provide communities with life-saving news. We’ll do whatever it takes to support that fight.”

You can watch a video from the rally here.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.