Hawaii Tribune-Herald collective bargaining continued Wednesday and Thursday in Waikiki. The guild suggested that the scope of the negotiations be narrowed to focus on about a half dozen priority issues, including wages, job security, medical and management rights. Management offered no pay raise and proposed increases in health care.
Read MoreHearst Health Care 2013 – will the Chronicle be fair?
The 1.5% proposed raise in the expensive Bay Area is equivalent to Hearst buying the staff a box of crackerjacks with each paycheck. Taking an essential “pay cut” in order to continue receiving medical benefits could leave many supporting staff swinging back and forth on a trapeze between their loved jobs or a higher-paying future.
Read MoreFuture of newspaper guild discussed on Liberty ship
Delegates to the Bay Area maritime council met aboard the S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien, docked in San Francisco to hear a presentation by Guild Executive Officer about the changing landscape of the Bay Area’s print news.
Read MoreGuild, McClatchy reach tentative agreement
The Guild and Sacramento Bee management reached an agreement that will transition Modesto Bee copydesk personnel to the new Sacramento consolidated production center, govern labor and wages at the new center and extend the contract for existing Sacramento Bee newsroom and advertising employees covered by the guild.
Read MoreHearst replays its tired dirge in negotiations
Chronicle Guild negotiators broke off talks Tuesday with the Hearst Corp. after enduring yet another rendition of the same old company song and dance routine.
Read MoreAssembly OKs Guild-backed bill to boost transparency in politics
Guild-supported legislation that would require petitions for state and local initiatives, referenda and recalls to include a list of their top funders is before the state Senate after getting the Assembly’s nod.
Read MoreMay 1 is International Workers’ Day
We organize and fight for just treatment of all working people, for better opportunities, for better standards.
Read MoreGuild receives CWA organizing award for Purple Communications
At the CWA convention in Pittsburgh, our guild received a special organizing award for our recent addition of Purple Communications, a large multi-state unit of sign language interpreters.
Read MoreCWA convention delegates stand up for coordinated bargaining
Delegates to the 2013 CWA convention in Pittsburgh debated competing plans to coordinate national telecommunications bargaining Monday.
Read MoreHearst resistant to honoring the sacrifices of Chronicle workers
As has been the pattern lately, Hearst negotiators offered no change in the Company’s position and indicated no interest in the Guild’s proposed compromise regarding protecting take-home pay in 2015 and 2016.
Read MoreChronicle members pick up the pace
Hearst lawyers brought nothing new to the bargaining table Thursday when talks resumed for a new Guild contract at the San Francisco Chronicle.
Read MoreGuild receives Berger Marks grant to run mentorship program again
SFSU journalism majors got a preview of “Bay News Rising,” a summer mentorship program our local started last year with funding from the Berger Marks Foundation. BNR offers paid work opportunities, individual coaching and introductions to news organizations.
Read MoreBay City News members ratify a new three-year contract
Bay City News Service Guild members unanimously ratified a new three-year contract last night that improves pay and other benefits, while avoiding any concessions.
Read MorePlay the Hearst health care game
To play this game, plug in your weekly pay, indicate what Guild health benefits you currently have and then select possible Hearst choices from the “same as” management plan. See what your pay will look like with a 1.5% increase and the contributions you will have to make to the Hearst-sponsored benefits.
Read MoreWorkers walk circles around Chronicle
At least a hundred Chronicle Guild members and allies took a break together today to walk around the building in protest of Hearst’s contract proposal that spikes health care costs but offers very little in pay increases.
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