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The results of a representation election for newsroom employees at the Los Angeles Times were tallied this Friday, and the result was an overwhelming 248 to 44 vote in favor of a union. The journalists will be represented by the NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America, a D.C. based labor union. The organizing drive began in October of last year, and the election was held earlier this month. The NewsGuild represents 25,000 journalists, reporters, and editors across the country, including employees at other major news outlets like the Washington Post and the New York Times. This is the first time that the historically anti-labor newspaper voted in favor of a union, and according to the staff organizing committee, it was prompted by years of high upper-level management turnover, cutbacks, and advertising declines.