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Bay News Rising Students Deliver Hard-Hitting Stories
Community , Local news

Bay News Rising Students Deliver Hard-Hitting Stories

DEREK MOORE August 22, 2018May 8, 2020 0 comment

The 2018 Bay News Rising class delivered a series of compelling articles tackling some of the more intractable issues of our time, including immigration, mental health and police shootings.

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Press Democrat purchase by locals is a lesson for Digital First Media
Local news , National news

Press Democrat purchase by locals is a lesson for Digital First Media

Michael Applegate September 10, 2014May 28, 2015 4 comment

When a group of local investors bought the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, the unionized news staff invested, too.

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Broken Table author says bargaining is wrecked
Local news , Opinion

Broken Table author says bargaining is wrecked

Pacific Media Workers Guild August 20, 2014March 8, 2020 0 comment

The Detroit newspaper strike was not only one of the longest and largest strikes in history, it also marked the destruction of the negotiation table, argues Fordham University professor Chris Rhomberg.

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Local news

Guild art show and panel on Méndez a hit

Michael Applegate July 16, 2014November 22, 2014 1 comment

More than 40 people showed up at the Mexican Museum in Fort Mason on Tuesday night to learn about the Leopoldo Méndez prints discovered and restored by the Guild.

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Local news

Guild recovers artwork’s distinguished heritage

Pacific Media Workers Guild July 8, 2014June 4, 2015 1 comment

For three decades, a set of black-and-white linocuts hung on the exposed brick walls of the Guild office, rarely eliciting more than passing interest. Each bore the signature of Leopoldo Méndez.

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Local news

Bay News Rising student bulletin #1

Michael Applegate June 5, 2014November 22, 2014 0 comment

On May 27, ten eager Bay News Rising journalism students met with the Guild to negotiate the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. The 9-week long summer program gives students the opportunity to experience freelance writing and to focus on labor reporting.

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Local news

J-school students face wage issues in bargaining and summer reporting

Michael Applegate May 29, 2014November 22, 2014 0 comment

Ten student journalists began the 2014 edition of the Bay News Rising summer program by organizing their own bargaining unit at Local 39521 in San Francisco.

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Local news

Méndez Rising: art show sponsored by the Guild

Michael Applegate May 15, 2014November 22, 2014 1 comment

Save July 8 for a special tribute to the art of Leopoldo Méndez. Méndez was a Mexican artist known for his political and social-justice images, part of a revolutionary arts movement that flourished in Mexico City from the 1930s through the ‘50s.

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Bulletins , Local news

Purple gets an earful during ULP strike

Michael Applegate May 5, 2014November 22, 2014 1 comment

American Sign Language interpreters struck Purple Communications Inc. on Monday in a lively show of outrage over the company’s latest unfair labor practices.

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Local news

A Statement to Local 39521 Members: Time for CFI to Depart

Michael Applegate March 24, 2014 1 comment

CFI and our national union leadership can move forward to create a great new local in the TNG-CWA family.

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Local news

A Statement to Local 39521 Members from TNG Leadership

Michael Applegate March 24, 2014 1 comment

The executive committee of Local 39521 is expected to take steps this week to sever its affiliation with the California Federation of Interpreters.

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Local news

A letter to members about Local 39521

Michael Applegate March 4, 2014 0 comment

We will negotiate with CFI leadership and TNG during the next two weeks with the singular goal of keeping our Local intact.

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Local news

Election Committee certifies results

Michael Applegate January 9, 2014November 22, 2014 1 comment

The Guild’s Local Election Committee has certified the results of last month’s election, finding that there were no procedural or substantive grounds for setting the results aside.

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Local news

Rebuilding effort starts with new year

Michael Applegate December 21, 2013November 22, 2014 1 comment

The Unity Slate wins Guild election. Winners were declared at 7:32 am this morning at the Guild office by Local Election Committee members.

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Local news

State Fed workers mull agreement with 5% increase

Michael Applegate November 10, 2013November 22, 2014 1 comment

Staff members of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, represented by the Pacific Media Workers Guild have a tentative agreement for a new two-year contract.

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