Salon’s Editorial Staff Plans to Unionize

The editorial staff of the online magazine Salon plans to unionize. Salon, which was started in 1995, has opted to work with the Writers Guild of America, East.

The decision represents an embodiment of Salon’s progressive values, the 26 members of the editorial staff who signed the letter said, and provides “an opportunity to help establish standards and practices in Internet journalism. It’s an exciting moment for our field, and we want Salon to be at the forefront of change.” The Salon employees, said Lowell Peterson, the executive director of the Writers Guild of America, East, “can make a real difference in their own lives, and in the standards of digital media generally, by negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with their employer.”