November Meeting of the EC, RA and General Membership

November 17 @ 6-8 p.m.

TO ATTEND THE MEETING

Zoom Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5570450039

To join audio by phone, dial: 669-900-6833

Meeting ID: 557 045 0039

AGENDA

A. Call to order

B. Approve October meeting minutes

C. Approve agenda

D. President’s Report

1. Contribution Requests – donation to Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh Strike Fund

2. New Member Report

E. Treasurer’s Report – October Budget vs Actuals

F. Executive Officer’s Report

a. Organizing

b. Representation – update on Maui negotiations and Chronicle layoffs

c. Current and upcoming bargaining

d. Mobilization –

• • Local Holiday Party – support needed
  • Hunter Paniagua traveling to NY in January to help produce internal mobilizing/negotiations guides
  • Input on 2023 Meeting Dates

e. Pension Administration Staffing Transition

G. Report from Michael Cabanatuan re: International Guild Executive Council Work

a. Update on Pittsburgh Strike

H. Report from Legislative and Political Committee Chair, Richard Knee

a. Proposed Local statement re: U.S. District Court Ruling forcing workers and journalists to surrender their communications, Buffalo, NY

b. Proposed Local statement in opposition of the Biden Administration’s proposal to revert to using a “totality of circumstances” standard in applying the Fair Labor Standards Act

c. Proposed Statement of Solidarity to the National Forum of Journalists and Communicators, Oaxaca Chapter, in remembrance of journalists killed while doing their jobs.

d. Proposal to sign on to letter calling attention to oppose threats of violence against Julia Quiñones, Borders Committee of Women Workers

I. Building Corps Report – none

J. Old Business

K. New Business

a. Election of Local delegates to the 2023 Nominating Conference and 2023 Sector Conference

L. Adjourn

M. Executive Session