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Despite its name, the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) is not a government agency.

Originally created as the national news desk of U.S. News Corp., BNA began operations during the Great Depression providing businesses with the latest information on daily and weekly governmental changes in business, trade and tax regulations. During the Roosevelt administration in the 1930's, emergency actions by the government often resulted in new regulations being issued every day, and BNA became one of the most reliable sources of such regulatory information.

In 1947, owner/publisher David Lawrence sold his "National Affairs" desk to some of his managers. The new owners, in turn, offered BNA employees an opportunity to buy shares of the company, making BNA one of the oldest employee-owned corporations in the United States. (U.S. News went on to become U.S. News and World Report magazine.)

Today, BNA employs 26 correspondents nationwide who report on state regulations and legislation affecting labor, medical, insurance, and environmental issues.

These correspondents are represented by the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, which represents them on all issues of wages, benefits, and working conditions.

In addition to the correspondents, some 950 BNA reporters, editors, customer service reps, production workers, accounting staffers, computer technicians and other workers at BNA's Washington D.C.- and Rockville, Maryland-based operations also are protected by a contract that is bargained and enforced by the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild.

Address:
1231 25th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20037

Local 32035 Staff Rep:
Paul Reilly
Work phone: 202-785-3650, x13
e-mail: preilly@wbng.org