Photo editors and lead photo editors at The Wall Street Journal received notice that the National Labor Relations Board has directed an election to be held so they may be represented by IAPE TNG-CWA Local 1096, the union that represents Journal editors and writers.

The mail-ballot representation election must be concluded by Sept. 8, 2023, almost one year to the day after photo editors first filed an NLRB petition to be represented by IAPE.

In his decision, NLRB Regional Director John D. Doyle Jr. wrote that the election will apply to “all full-time and regular part-time photo editors and lead photo editors, including features photo editors, lead features photo editors, and news photo editors.”

The regional director rejected arguments by the company that photo editors and lead photo editors are supervisory employees, according to the union.