New York, NY – The Employees of Hachette Book Group (HBG), the third-largest Trade Publisher in the U.S., have announced they have Unionized with Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (CWA).
The workers unionized with Local 32035 in order to ensure better benefits, protections and rights for Workers – as well as increased equity, transparency and agency in the workplace.
The Hachette Workers Coalition (HWC) is the largest Union in Trade Publisher History, inclusive of Workers in every physical office and remote location, across the U.S. and Canada.
The HWC demands a livable wage regardless of work location, better working conditions, a cap on workload hours, a clear and neutral grievance process, Artificial Intelligence (AI) protections, follow-
For too long, Hachette Employees have been forced to accept sub-standard working conditions, overwhelming
HBG Designer Andy Wang said: “As Employees of the Hachette Book Group, we take great pride in working with talented authors and artists to create books that spark conversations, educate and inspire. As united Members of the Hachette Workers Coalition, we reject our current industry model, which actively undermines the long-term development of Employees’ skills and their ability to support themselves and their families in pursuit of unsustainable profit-driven growth. Both across the Publishing Industry – and especially at HBG, we have felt the crush of increased workloads while our compensation, career growth and opportunities have stagnated. Instead, leadership has continued to spin the revolving door with callously-handled layoffs, hushed dismissals and has regressed on common-sense policies such as the right to work from home, or to even have your own desk!”
