But how they self organize is important with respect to their ability to do "actual" journalism. Setting aside the fact that Gawker's whole point is to provide

But how they self organize is important with respect to their ability to do "actual" journalism. Setting aside the fact that Gawker's whole point is to provide a narrative and to take sides, this type of agreement is important exactly for the reasons you state: collective bargaining will give them the power to push for more time to gathering facts, write bigger stories, etc. Otherwise, the corporation's interests may very well result in clickbait links and hyperbolic headlines.