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Calling volunteers for 20th anniversary strike history committee

Michael Applegate August 28, 2014November 22, 2014 0 comment

We are putting together a committee to decide how we’d like to honor the 20th anniversary of the San Francisco newspaper strike. Please volunteer.

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Closer, but still no deal
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Closer, but still no deal

Michael Applegate August 26, 2014November 17, 2014 0 comment

Compromise was the name of the game when Purple Communications and ASLIU negotiators met in San Francisco last Thursday after nearly four months away from the bargaining table.

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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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City transparency measure goes to Oakland voters

Michael Applegate July 16, 2014November 22, 2014 0 comment

Thanks partly to the Pacific Media Workers Guild’s efforts, a city charter amendment aimed at improving transparency in local government and politics will go before Oakland voters in November.

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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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Bay News Rising a success (again)

Michael Applegate June 1, 2014November 22, 2014 0 comment

At a time when freelancers and temps comprise more than one-third of the workforce, the Guild is reaching out to the next generation of journalists to help them prepare for self-employment.

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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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ASLIU Members Stand Tall

Michael Applegate May 21, 2014November 17, 2014 0 comment

That ASLIU has “arrived” as a union with a highly committed membership was demonstrated beyond any doubt on May 5 when members took to the streets in a one-day strike to protest Purple’s imposition of changes to the health-care plan.

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Protest at GAP HQ highlights garment giant’s lack of humanity

Michael Applegate May 20, 2014November 22, 2014 0 comment

Community activists gathered from across the Bay Area to protest the status of safety conditions and labor rights, outside the annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday at the GAP headquarters in San Francisco.

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Fresno Bee members ratify a 3-year contract

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

After six months of bargaining, Fresno Bee Guild members voted Thursday to approve a new three-year contract. A huge thank you goes out to all of you who participated at the bargaining table or gave feedback on the social media policy and other issues.

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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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Deadline extended for Guild scholarships

Michael Applegate May 14, 2014November 22, 2014 0 comment

Apply for a Guild Scholarship. New deadline is June 30, 2014. Click on photo for details and app.

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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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Journalist committed to the working class

Michael Applegate May 2, 2014November 22, 2014 0 comment

When Paul Burton was a teenager, he got an old-school education about organized labor when he worked with his father, a union brick layer. Now he’s a labor writer and editor, and his respect for workers keeps growing.

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Settlements reached in Denver, Arizona ULP cases

Michael Applegate April 23, 2014November 22, 2014 0 comment

Purple Communications agreed to settle NLRB unfair labor practice cases in Colorado and Arizona. The Company allegedly disciplined workers for union activity and removed union materials from break rooms and community event bulletin boards.

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