As Bloomberg Acquires BNA, Guild Looks to Build Strength

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The Bureau of National Affairs (BNA)’s recent decision to sell to Bloomberg should have no immediate effect on employees “since under our contract any buyer is required to honor the collective bargaining agreement,” reports Newspaper Guild Local 30325, “but what happens later could depend on the strength of the union.” The Guild’s contract at BNA expires February 28, 2013, “and the best way to protect the gains we’ve made over the decades is to build our membership by getting nonmembers to join,” said the Guild. “A strong union will be crucial in the coming months and years if the Bloomberg deal goes through.”