The text bulletin the Communication Workers of America sent its members on Aug. 3 urged them to take action on a hot-button issue—a mammoth Democrat-sponsored tax-and-spend package: “The Inflation Reduction Act tackles rising prices & creates good jobs. Tell your Senators: Vote YES!”
Among the union members urged to support the legislation, passed by a party-line vote, were thousands of journalists whose outlets were covering the contentious issue, including the New York Times, the Associated Press, and the Washington Post as well as many major television networks and affiliates.
The CWA—to which an estimated 16,000 editors and reporters belong through its NewsGuild component—is not only one of the nation’s largest unions, with about 700,000 members, but one of the most politically active and partisan….