Your San Jose unit bargaining committee met today with Company management for the first in our latest round of contract talks. Our current contract expires Sept. 30, and these talks come very quickly after our last round of bargaining.
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SF Labor Council echoes Guild call for open meetings of state bodies
Echoing the Pacific Media Workers Guild, the San Francisco Labor Council is calling on the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers Compensation and the state Department of Industrial Relations to abide by the open-meeting law governing state policy bodies.
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Testimony concludes in Tribune-Herald severance pay arbitration
A two-day arbitration hearing concluded in Hilo Thursday that will determine whether full-time employees offered jobs by OPI in December will be paid severance because they were fired and forced to reapply under new terms of employment. An estimated $180,000 in total severance pay is at stake in the case. A decision by Arbitrator Thomas […]
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Newly organized language teachers launch contract talks
Language Teachers United met on Friday with St Giles Management to begin collective bargaining.
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Guild victory for ASLIU workers!
Two former Purple Communications employees have settled with the Company following an NLRB action for their wrongful discharge. The two video relay interpreters had been working at the Long Beach center during a union organizing drive by Pacific Media Workers Guild and Communications Workers of America. Purple had claimed the two employees engaged in hostile […]
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Hawaii Tribune Herald proposal “fundamentally intrusive.”
Our contract negotiations with OPI were sidetracked Wednesday when, more than four months into negotiations, the company presented an invasive proposal that would require drug-testing of all Hawaii Tribune-Herald employees without cause and allow the company to search any employee’s vehicle parked on company premises. OPI representatives said the proposal is a needed “deterrent” that […]
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Fresno Bee copy editors “move” to Sac Bee
McClatchy Company has consolidated the editorial production of eight of its papers today with the virtual move of Fresno copy editors to the Sacramento headquarters. This consolidation includes the Sacramento Bee, Fresno Bee, Modesto Bee, the Merced Sun-Star and four weeklies. The “move’ affects eleven hourly employees at the Fresno Bee. While the Fresno copy […]
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BANG members ratify contract extension
BANG Guild members voted today to ratify an agreement with management that extends our contract through September 30, 2015.
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Guild, OPI progress toward new Hawaii Tribune-Herald contract
Your Guild bargaining committee reached or confirmed agreements with OPI this week on a grievance procedure, a fair standard for discipline, union shop, dues deduction, and leaves of absence.
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Bay Area News Group members: vote on the TA today
Your Guild bargaining committee has reached a tentative agreement with BANG East Bay management on a contract extension through Sept. 30, 2015.
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Merc News members ratify extension as sale of paper looms
Members of the Mercury News Guild ratified a three-month contract extension Wednesday.
Under the terms of the extension, employees will receive a half day of paid leave, in addition to the two days of paid leave negotiated under the terms of our current contract, which is scheduled to expire June 30.
Copy editors put a period on bargaining with McClatchy
Guild representatives and McClatchy management this week completed the latest round of negotiations on the structure of the Sacramento Editorial Production Center (EPC).
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Fresno Bee unit ratifies raises and virtual transfer of copy desk
Guild members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the tentative agreement reached by the bargaining team and management. This language includes: – A 2% merit pool (raises). – Makes a small change so that a review date stays the same when a short leave of absence is taken. – Adds language to comply with state law […]
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Victory for video interpreters: first contract
All four ASLIU centers have voted to ratify contracts with Purple Communications. The union contracts are the first in the nation for American Sign Language video interpreters.
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Hawaii Tribune-Herald unit begins negotiations with new owners
Bargaining Bulletin #1 Newspaper Guild and OPI management representatives met and exchanged initial proposals this week, marking the official start of negotiations for a new contract for Tribune-Herald employees. The negotiations – the first since OPI took ownership of the paper and cancelled the Guild contract on December 3 – were constructive and substantive, and […]
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