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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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Bulletins

Monterey Herald members fight for fair wages and affordable benefits

Michael Applegate February 5, 2014November 22, 2014 2 comment

Monterey County Herald members delivered a petition for a fair pay increase and a reasonable cap on what employees pay for health care to publisher Gary Omernick.

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Local news , National news

R2 Interpreters don’t let rain dampen their resolve, continue picketing for fair contract

Pacific Media Workers Guild November 19, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

Employee interpreters, independent contractors and union activists picketed outside the Hall of Justice on Tuesday, the second day of rallies in the Bay Area by language professionals advocating for a fair contract and meaningful language access.

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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

CFI to JC: Interpreters do it better in person

Pacific Media Workers Guild October 19, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

About two dozen interpreters filled up the Judicial Council gallery Friday to push for extending language services to court users in civil matters and caution against the misuse of Video Remote Interpreting.

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Bulletins

ASL interpreters at Purple fight for a fair contract

Pacific Media Workers Guild September 30, 2013November 22, 2014 1 comment

During the latest round of bargaining, Purple Communications negotiators said the company is unwilling to pay video interpreters higher wages. Video Interpreters gear up on campaign for a fair contract.

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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

CFI-backed bill to provide interpreters in civil cases clears legislature

Pacific Media Workers Guild September 19, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

A CFI-sponsored bill to ensure quality language access for civil court users has cleared the state Senate and Assembly and awaits the governor’s signature.

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Local news

Chronicle members ratify 5-year contract with raises in pay and healthcare costs

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

After 16 months of bargaining, San Francisco Chronicle Guild members ratified a 5-year contract that provides annual raises, but comes with big changes in their health care plan.

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Local news , Opinion

Memories of Brother Russ Cain

Michael Applegate June 24, 2013December 9, 2014 2 comment

My enduring memory of Russ doesn’t directly relate to the decades of Guild service he rendered as an organizer, local president, or international vice president.

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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

Hawaii Tribune-Herald bargaining bulletin

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

Negotiators for the guild and the company met on Wednesday and Thursday in Hilo to discuss a new collective bargaining agreement.

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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

Guild, McClatchy reach tentative agreement

Michael Applegate May 10, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

The Guild and Sacramento Bee management reached an agreement that will transition Modesto Bee copydesk personnel to the new Sacramento consolidated production center, govern labor and wages at the new center and extend the contract for existing Sacramento Bee newsroom and advertising employees covered by the guild.

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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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