“Russ was our trusted confidant, invaluable resource and a wonderful voice of reason,” said Niesha Gates, president of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, the San Francisco-based Guild local which Russ helped create through a series of mergers.
Read MoreTentative agreement for Modesto copy desk move
The company and guild representatives met Monday in Modesto and Wednesday in Sacramento to continue bargaining on the production center consolidation.
Read MoreNo backing down in Hilo
By Niesha Lofing President, Pacific Media Workers Guild The aloha spirit is certainly alive and well among Pacific Media Workers Guild units in Hawaii. Executive Officer Carl Hall and I traveled to the islands recently to meet with members in Honolulu and Hilo to discuss negotiations, contracts and future plans. While union business was at […]
Read MoreGuild takes Tribune-Herald correction to labor board
The Pacific Media Workers Guild has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Hawaii Tribune-Herald in response to a published correction that identified reporter Hunter Bishop. The front-page correction published on August 1, highlighted in yellow above the fold, identified Bishop as the alleged source of an error in a July 26 newspaper story […]
Read MoreBargaining under way in Hilo
Pacific Media Workers Guild Hawaii Tribune-Herald Unit Bargaining Bulletin #1 August 9, 2012 Your bargaining committee met with representatives from the company on Wednesday and Thursday (Aug. 8 and 9) in Hilo to discuss a new contract. The committee presented the company with a three-year proposal that included annual pay raises and upgrades to sick […]
Read MoreHealth care questions dominate Guild contract talks at SF Chronicle
Bargaining Update August 2, 2012 Members of the San Francisco Chronicle Unit met Wednesday to hear the latest word — none too encouraging — from the bargaining front. No decisions were made or votes taken at the meeting. Members raised many questions, and discussed a written set of answers distributed by union officers. The […]
Read MoreCohen condemns job-killing corporations
CWA President Larry Cohen condemned job-killing corporations and the government policies that allow them to get away with it during a fiery speech Tuesday in San Francisco’s historic Union Square. Cohen was a keynote speaker during the biennial convention of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Delegates from throughout California came to the event, including a […]
Read MoreHealth care troubles loom at SF Chronicle — members meet Wednesday
Chronicle employees are facing a critical moment as time runs out to reach an agreement that keeps our current health system operating and brings costs and revenues into balance. Negotiations for a new labor agreement with Hearst Corp. so far have failed to produce a settlement. Health coverage is the key issue. Our health care […]
Read MoreCenter for Investigative Reporting rejects Guild in close vote
By a narrow margin, journalists at the Center for Investigative Reporting voted against Guild representation during an NLRB election Tuesday. The vote was 10 to 11. One year ago, journalists at The Bay Citizen, a nonprofit news startup based in San Francisco, voted to form a union through Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521. […]
Read MoreGUILD VOICES: Chronicle should end deal with Journatic
by Kat Anderson, Director, Bay News Rising July 18, 2012 Investigations, both internal and outside, have revealed that content outsourcer Journatic supplied fake bylines to its publishing customers which include the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, GateHouse Media and Hearst-owned San Francisco Chronicle and Houston Chronicle. Journatic’s head of editorial production, Mike Fourcher resigned over the […]
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