In These Times Magazine’s staff get their union cards.

This was the big news on Tuesday. It felt like everyone was talking about on Twitter, but Dave Jamieson had a piece up at Huffington Post. In These Times Magazine joined the Communications Workers of America; their local is Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, which also represents the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, and Bloomberg BNA. Not surprisingly the decision to unionize was unanimous about staff and was unopposed by the magazine’s management. Staffers hope that representation through CWA will give them a greater voice if they face another financial squeeze.