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Six Hundred Reasons to Unionise: The Hachette Workers Are Done Waiting

Six hundred Hachette employees have signed union cards for the Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild-CWA — which would make it the largest trade publishing union in the US. What does it mean, and why does it matter now?

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When the Book Business Cuts the People Who Make the Books

Bloomsbury eliminates 55 positions after record profits. Catapult employees file for union representation. The publishing industry’s relationship with its own workers is coming into uncomfortable focus.