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Local news , Opinion

Niesha Gates — Our Wonderful President Moves On

Michael Applegate November 8, 2013 1 comment

Niesha Gates, president of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, has landed a dream job for any former college student. She gets paid to start talking about the teachers.

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Local news

Court interpreters plan pickets. Join us.

Michael Applegate November 8, 2013November 22, 2014 1 comment

Our California Federation of Interpreters unit is planning three pickets in the coming days as part of a strong push for fair terms in their next contract in Region 2 (Bay Area).

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Local news , National news

A Dispatch from the Western District Council President

Pacific Media Workers Guild November 7, 2013November 22, 2014 1 comment

The Western District Council of The Newspaper Guild (TNG) met over the weekend in Santa Fe Springs to discuss the challenges they face and the strategies they have utilized to maintain a stable work environment despite difficult times.

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Local news

Scholarship, memorial honor beloved Guild veteran

Michael Applegate September 24, 2013November 22, 2014 1 comment

Tech-savvy Guild leader Russ Cain was the union’s main database expert and one-man help desk for years. When he died recently, staff members wondered how they could possibly manage without him.

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Local news

Artfully organizing with Design Action talent

Michael Applegate July 9, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

CWA and Pacific Media Workers Guild staffers Sara Steffens and Autumn Grace join SF Labor Council Executive Director Tim Paulson at a labor action in San Francisco. The “End the Gridlock Now” posters were designed and printed by Guild union shop Design Action Collective.

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Bulletins , Local news

Bay News Rising student union reaches agreement with the Guild

Michael Applegate June 14, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

The Bay News Rising Student Union and the Pacific Media Workers Guild reached a collective bargaining agreement Tuesday after an hour of negotiations.

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Bulletins , Local news

Federal mediator brought into Chronicle negotiations

Michael Applegate June 11, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

A federal mediator was brought into the Chronicle-Guild negotiations in a renewed effort to settle terms of a new labor contract at the newspaper.

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Bulletins , Local news

Bay Area News Group East Bay Bulletin #8

Michael Applegate June 2, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

On Thursday, the Guild presented a revised proposal that clarified priorities in the achievement of parity with the San Jose Mercury News contract.

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National news

Future of newspaper guild discussed on Liberty ship

Michael Applegate May 13, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

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.

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Bulletins , Local news

Hearst replays its tired dirge in negotiations

Michael Applegate May 7, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

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.

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Local news , National news

CWA convention delegates stand up for coordinated bargaining

Michael Applegate April 22, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

Delegates to the 2013 CWA convention in Pittsburgh debated competing plans to coordinate national telecommunications bargaining Monday.

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Bulletins , Local news

Hearst resistant to honoring the sacrifices of Chronicle workers

Michael Applegate April 15, 2013November 24, 2014 0 comment

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.

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Bulletins , Local news

Chronicle members pick up the pace

Michael Applegate April 12, 2013November 24, 2014 0 comment

Hearst lawyers brought nothing new to the bargaining table Thursday when talks resumed for a new Guild contract at the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Bulletins , Local news

Hostile management attacks union as Hilo talks resume

Michael Applegate March 15, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

Hawaii Tribune-Herald management opened talks by attacking union security and insisting on significant employee contributions toward health care with no pay increases.

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Local news

Hawaii paper seeks to stiff wronged reporters

Michael Applegate March 14, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

Six years after illegally firing two reporters for union activity, management of the Hawaii Tribune-Herald this week sought relief from NLRB to reduce the amount of back pay it owes the wronged journalists.

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