Post-Gawker vote to unionize, union organizations ramp up efforts to move into new media companies

You might have heard: Gawker Media’s editorial staff voted to unionize, which would make Gawker the first major online media company to unionize

But did you know: In the wake of Gawker’s vote to unionize, Ken Doctor says it’s starting to look like other new media workers could unionize as well, with News Guild and Writers Guild entering into a competition for New York’s new media workers. Attempting to woo new media workers is not new: News Guild has been trying to move into the Huffington Post for at least four years, Doctor says. But with many new media companies leading in more nontraditional ways, some staffers are wary of what a traditional labor union would bring to their workplaces.

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