Bargaining resumed Wednesday for a new Guild contract at the San Francisco Chronicle, where Guild representatives pressed for answers to questions surrounding a proposed transition of union members into the Hearst-run health care program.
Read MoreOrange County Register Invests in Print Journalism
Owners of the Orange County Register are doing an industry about-face: hiring scads of journalists and raising subscriptions fees on the premise that readers want quality news reporting and are willing to pay for it.
Read MoreGuild freelancers induct Doonesbury’s Rick Redfern
The guild freelancers created a special slot for former Washington Post investigative reporter, Rick Redfern, a Doonesbury character who lost his job in a reduction in force in 2008 and who has been freelancing ever since.
Read MoreNorth Bay solidarity wins job protection
On November 8, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat was bought by Sonoma Media Investments along with the Petaluma Argus-Courier and North Bay Business Journal.
Read MoreGathering of the western guilds
Two dozen delegates and Guild officers gathered in Long Beach this weekend for the biggest Western District Council meeting in at least a decade. For the first time, locals from Minnesota, Denver, Pueblo and Chicago joined the western locals as the regional guild organization expanded, part of an on-going national reorganization. Bernie Lunzer, president, and […]
Read MoreHearst unwilling to talk turkey in negotiations
Management failed to address our core concerns, rejecting at least for now Guild proposals to enhance pay, vacations and retirement. The company also showed little interest in capping health premiums or paying bonuses to help employees maintain decent take-home pay and quality health care for their families.
Read MoreSigned, sealed, delivered
Guild member Derek Moore and new Press Democrat CEO signed a three-year labor contract that guarantees no lay-offs for the life of the contract. The Press Democrat was purchased on November 8th by a group of local investors.
Read MoreGuild vote critical to locals’ purchase of Press Democrat
A North Bay investment group bought the Press Democrat after guaranteeing no layoffs for three years and promising to focus on high-quality community journalism.
Read MoreGuild starts dialogue with Press Democrat buyers
Your Guild bargaining committee met today with Steve Falk, representative of Sonoma Media Investments, to discuss the outline of a possible new labor agreement at the Press Democrat after the investment group completes its purchase of the paper.
Read MoreHearst finally makes its first comprehensive offer
Hearst offered its first significant move toward settling the SF Chronicle Guild contract, proposing a four-year deal that would nudge pay higher each year while changing the health care structure.
Read MoreHigh profile labor action sends message to Hearst: Fair contract now!
Guild members, workers-in-solidarity, labor leaders, and public officials gathered outside the Chronicle today to send a message to the Hearst Corp: Fair contract now! In the fifth month of collective bargaining, Hearst has yet to make an offer to which the Guild can respond. Rather, Hearst has said “no” to every economic proposal the Guild […]
Read MoreGuild to hold health care rally this Thursday
Guild members and their allies will gather Thursday outside the Chronicle building in downtown San Francisco to protest the New York-based Hearst Corp.’s attack on quality health care at the newspaper. Detailed flyer here. It will be one of the first public demonstrations by San Francisco media workers since the newspaper business began its long economic slide […]
Read MoreThe Balancing Act: Politics, Journalism and the Guild
Growing up with a dad who was managing editor of our city’s newspaper taught me a couple of things: The “Guild” — whatever that was exactly — meant I couldn’t play at being a kid reporter and see my stories in print, at least not in The Eugene Register-Guard. It also meant a front yard […]
Read MoreMailroom and ad production jobs on the line in Hilo
Bargaining Bulletin #3 Our Hawaii Tribune-Herald bargaining committee met with representatives of the company for negotiations on Oct. 10 and Oct. 11 at the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Imiloa Astronomy Center. The negotiations focused on a potential one-year extension of the collective bargaining agreement. The company indicated that it wants the unilateral right to […]
Read MoreNew York Times workers stage walk out to protest collective bargaining
NEW YORK — More than 300 journalists and media workers collectively walked out of the workplace for about ten minutes on Monday to protest contract negotiations between their union and management of the New York Times. Those who walked are members of the Newspaper Guild of New York. The afternoon’s exercise occurred during workers’ regular […]
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