Huffington Post employees look to unionize

Huffington Post employees are in discussions with the Writers Guild of America, East, to organize a union, according to a statement released Wednesday.
“In 10 years, Arianna Huffington has built The Huffington Post into a digital-media powerhouse,” reads the organizing committee’s statement. “The creative freedom we enjoy is one of the things that makes HuffPost a great place to work. We believe organizing is the best way both to preserve what’s already working and to bring about positive change. Simply, a union will give us a voice in our newsroom’s future.”
The discussions between The Huffington Post and the Writers Guild of America, East, first reported by IBTimes, come amid a wave of union efforts at digital media outlets.
In recent months, Gawker, Salon, ThinkProgress, and writers at Vice Media have organized with WGAE. Guardian US and digital employees at Al Jazeera America have been represented by NewsGuild-CWA.  HuffPost, with an editorial staff of about 250, would be the largest digital newsroom yet to organize.
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