In the United States, the majority of the staff at Al Jazeera America’s digital newsroom have voted to unionize. The workers will join The NewsGuild of New York, which is part of the national union, Communications Workers of America. Al Jazeera America marks the fifth digital newsroom to unionize in recent months. The Guardian US editorial staff voted to unionize in July. Gawker, Salon and Vice have recently voted to unionize under Writers Guild of America.