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Bulletins , Local news

Bay Area News Group management has nothing new to say

Michael Applegate July 20, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

Your Guild bargaining unit offered a new approach Thursday on some of the core issues in our negotiations for a new labor agreement with the Bay Area News Group.

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Hawaii Tribune-Herald negotiations lack aloha spirit

Michael Applegate May 19, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

Hawaii Tribune-Herald collective bargaining continued Wednesday and Thursday in Waikiki. The guild suggested that the scope of the negotiations be narrowed to focus on about a half dozen priority issues, including wages, job security, medical and management rights. Management offered no pay raise and proposed increases in health care.

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Hearst Health Care 2013 – will the Chronicle be fair?

Michael Applegate May 17, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

The 1.5% proposed raise in the expensive Bay Area is equivalent to Hearst buying the staff a box of crackerjacks with each paycheck. Taking an essential “pay cut” in order to continue receiving medical benefits could leave many supporting staff swinging back and forth on a trapeze between their loved jobs or a higher-paying future.

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Court Interpreter details making ends meet without a raise in more than 5 years

Pacific Media Workers Guild May 16, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

California court interpreters have not received a wage increase in more than five years while healthcare costs spiked and inflation has gone up 11% from 2007 to 2013. In bargaining, the courts continue to reject a raise.

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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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Play the Hearst health care game

Michael Applegate April 5, 2013November 24, 2014 0 comment

To play this game, plug in your weekly pay, indicate what Guild health benefits you currently have and then select possible Hearst choices from the “same as” management plan. See what your pay will look like with a 1.5% increase and the contributions you will have to make to the Hearst-sponsored benefits.

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Workers walk circles around Chronicle

Michael Applegate March 27, 2013November 24, 2014 0 comment

At least a hundred Chronicle Guild members and allies took a break together today to walk around the building in protest of Hearst’s contract proposal that spikes health care costs but offers very little in pay increases.

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Seeing red: The story behind our Twitter and Facebook campaign

Pacific Media Workers Guild March 24, 2013November 22, 2014 0 comment

“We love the Chronicle, and we love journalism, but we can’t keep donating our own livelihoods to increase the profits of our corporate owners.” Join our Twitter campaign on Monday.

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Angered Chronicle journalists use Twitter and Facebook to tweak Hearst Corp

Michael Applegate March 24, 2013November 24, 2014 0 comment

Scores of reporters, editors and workers at the San Francisco Chronicle are using the social media tools of their trade — including Twitter and Facebook — in an unusual protest against Hearst.

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Hearst Health Care 2013 – will the Chronicle be fair?

Michael Applegate March 21, 2013November 24, 2014 0 comment

None of us ever expected to make big money writing for a newspaper, even though it’s a demanding, often stressful job. But we did expect to be paid decent salaries we could live on, good health insurance, a reasonable amount of time off and some retirement.

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Decision time for Guild members as Hearst digs in

Michael Applegate March 4, 2013November 24, 2014 0 comment

Hearst refused Monday to increase its pay offer of 1.5% a year over the proposed four-year term of a new contract. Nor would the management offer any more than it pays now (the same amount paid since 2005) to maintain our current health plan.

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Health Care 2013 – will the Chronicle be fair?

Michael Applegate February 28, 2013November 24, 2014 0 comment

I’m Mike Kepka. Raising three young daughters, I’m exposed to every cold and virus you might imagine. So having affordable access to medical care is a priority for me. Unfortunately, Hearst is proposing to make our health plans a whole lot less affordable. I love the Chronicle, and the work I do. But financially, I […]

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Hearst’s health plan proposal costs more and kills Guild H&W trust

Michael Applegate February 23, 2013November 24, 2014 0 comment

The Guild team crunched numbers provided by Hearst and determined that the Company’s own proposal would cost it about $600,000 more per year than our current system.

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Bulletins , Local news

Health Care 2013 – will the Chronicle be fair?

Michael Applegate February 19, 2013November 24, 2014 0 comment

My name is Autumn Grace. I am a former member of the Chronicle family and presently an employee advocate and organizer for the Pacific Media Workers Guild. I am still covered under the Chronicle health care plan and have been a Kaiser member for as long as I can remember. My son was born at […]

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Chronicle management wants members to endure burdensome health care costs

Michael Applegate February 14, 2013November 24, 2014 0 comment

The Guild raised new cost issues concerning Hearst Corp.’s proposal.

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