My name is Autumn Grace. I am a former member of the Chronicle family and presently an employee advocate and organizer for the Pacific Media Workers Guild. I am still covered under the Chronicle health care plan and have been a Kaiser member for as long as I can remember. My son was born at […]
Read MoreValentine’s day sweet for Fresno Bee members
In a Valentine’s Day vote, Guild members at the Fresno Bee unanimously approved the tentative agreement on this year’s contract re-opener.
Read MoreChronicle management wants members to endure burdensome health care costs
The Guild raised new cost issues concerning Hearst Corp.’s proposal.
Read MoreHealth Care 2013: will the Chronicle be fair?
Heather Smith has worked in the Prepress Department as a Graphic Designer for the San Francisco Chronicle for almost 13 years. In that time, the co-pay for a visit to her doctor has gone from $10 to $30 per visit. She can’t afford higher co-pays.
Read MoreChronicle guild members push for health plan alternatives
Guild bargainers met with Chronicle representatives Monday to resume negotiations, calling on the management to reach an agreement by the end of February that protects affordable health care.
Read MoreBay Area News Group – East Bay talks resume; fair pay sought
Bargaining resumed Thursday in the East Bay after an extended break from contract talks. The Guild committee pressed for a new labor agreement that puts pay and benefits on par with the Bay Area standard for professional journalists.
Read MoreSEIU local 87 workers picket GCA at the Chronicle
SEIU Local 87 workers held an informational picket in front of the SF Chronicle building Tuesday to reveal the unfair treatment of janitorial workers by GCA, which contracts with the newspaper.
Read MoreFresno Bee members face furloughs; Guild urges them to say “no” to free overtime
Management wants the right to do two furloughs in 2013, threatening to take away raises if the workers do not approve. As the company acts to diminish workers’ earnings, Guild members are reminded to put in for their over-time pay.
Read MoreGuild member Jeremy Hay on battling mental health issues
Jeremy Hay, a staff writer at The Press Democrat and a Guild member, shares his struggle with a mental disorder, and notes the positive role of a union contract which provided support amid his challenges with severe mental illness.
Read MoreCFI addresses Judicial Council over video remote proceedings
CFI President Michael Ferreira highlighted language access concerns on Thursday over a Judicial Council plan to let courts carry out remote video proceedings.
Read MoreHealth Care 2013 – will the Chronicle be fair?
Chronicle worker can’t afford higher health care costs and helping daughter in college at the same time.
Read MoreNew staffing for interpreter members
Officers of the Pacific Media Workers Guild announced a new staff lineup Tuesday for the Guild’s California Federation of Interpreters (CFI) unit.
Read MoreInterpreters fighting for court language services
Guild interpreters (CFI) are leading the push to expand interpreter services and enhance language access in California courts. CFI has detailed hundreds of instances of court users going without quality language services.
Read MoreMichigan’s “right-to-work” fight foreshadowed at Free Press
Michigan Gov. dealt a sucker punch to unions in America’s symbolic capital of labor by signing two controversial “right-to-work” bills that ban unions from requiring workers to pay dues as a condition of employment.
Read MoreBay Media credit union merges with Fire
After more than 50 years serving the financial needs of San Francisco news workers, the Bay Media Federal Credit Union is calling it quits as an independent institution.
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