Sophia Stewart reports that the Catapult Workers Collective petitioned the NLRB on April 13, 2026, seeking an election under UAW Local 2110 - the same union family that already covers HarperCollins, the New Press, and Abrams. Staff quoted in the piece tie the drive to stagnant wages, shaky job security, and a need for clearer communication from management, with marketing assistant Skye Tarshis explicitly framing a contract as protection during a hostile political climate for books.
The article notes Catapult's Brooklyn-based constellation of imprints, including last year's Hawthorne acquisition, and that organizers haven't yet heard a timeline from the board. For publishing employees elsewhere, it's another datapoint in a multi-year wave of unionization efforts that treat editorial work as labor deserving enforceable rules, not vibes.