Over Memorial Day weekend, Jon Schleuss, a 31-year-old LA Times journalist who lost his union election to 61-year-old NewsGuild incumbent Bernie Lunzer by a mere 261 votes, threatened to file federal charges unless a new union election is held. The call for a new union election is being issued after

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Today, a group of dozens of prominent journalists and NewsGuild union activists released a letter calling for a new election for NewsGuild union leadership. The letter accuses 11-year NewsGuild incumbent President Bernie Lunzer, who won his re-election bid by only 261 votes, of violating federal labor law in multiple instances