WSJ Photo Editors Win!

NLRB Says Photo Eds Have The Right To Hold Union Election

Nearly nine months after the conclusion of a hearing into the question of their union eligibility, Photo Editors and Lead Photo Editors at The Wall Street Journal learned today that the National Labor Relations Board has directed an election to be held so they may be represented by IAPE TNG-CWA Local 1096.

The mail-ballot representation election must be concluded by Sept. 8, 2023, almost one year to the day after Photo Editors first filed an NLRB petition to be represented by IAPE.

In his decision, NLRB Regional Director John D. Doyle Jr. wrote that the election will apply to “All full-time and regular part-time photo editors and lead photo editors, including features photo editors, lead features photo editors, and news photo editors.”

The Regional Director rejected arguments by the company that Photo Editors and Lead Photo Editors are supervisory employees.

Today’s ruling is an ENORMOUS victory and would not have been accomplished without the solidarity of our Photo Editor and Lead Photo Editor colleagues, the leadership of IAPE Organizer Marissa Dadiw, and the guidance and presentation of the union’s case at the Labor Board by counsel for the union, Adam Bellotti from the Washington firm of Bredhoff & Kaiser.

When we fight, we win!