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Check Out ROC's 2013 Diners' Guide to Ethical Restaurants

It's here: The (Guild-represented) Restaurant Opportunities Centers United's annual guide to eating out ethically, telling you which restaurants are doing a lousy job with pay and benefits and which ones are worth your support as a diner. The guide looks at 150 of America's most popular...

Solidarity Works! Fired Cablevision Workers Reinstated

All but one of the 22 CWA members at Brooklyn Cablevision who were fired in January are back on the job. Through email, Facebook, petitions and rallies, more than 100,000 people showed their support for the workers, who have been trying for the last year to negotiate a fair contract after an...

Unions Happy With Obama's Choice for Labor Secretary

From CWA to Jobs with Justice, labor organizations are applauding President Obama's choice of Tom Perez to head the U.S. Department of Labor. In a statement Monday, CWA called him an "inspired choice" whose "experience reflects a fervent devotion to working families." Official White House photo...

Petition: Stop California's Fee-for-Records Bill in Its Infancy

California's Administrative Office of the Courts has written a bill that imposes a $10 fee each time someone requests a court file -- a fee that would also apply to journalists, who regularly request dozens of such documents as part of ordinary beat reporting. Public records already are prepared...

Pew State of the News Media 2013: Challenges Intensify

Here's the good news out of Pew's 2013 report on the state of the news media: newspaper circulation is hodling steady, and even growing on Sundays. But the bad news is that, “There are more signs than ever that the reduced reporting power in the news industry is having an effect and may weaken...

Albany: Without Us, New Press Would Print Blank Pages

The Newspaper Guild of Albany is thrilled about the new press that will display our work like never before. We congratulate the Hearst Corp. for making this major investment at a time when many others are abandoning daily delivery. At the same time, the Hearst Corp. has not shown a similar...

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JRC Bankruptcy Hits Workers, Contracts Where It Hurts

Janelle Hartman — March 15, 2013 — NewsGuild-CWA

The Journal Register Co.’s second bankruptcy in three years and bullying behavior by the “new” company toward its employees have left many Guild members and local leaders angry, but also resigned. “This deal was negotiated with a gun to our heads,” said Kingston, N.Y., Guild President Patricia Doxsey. Photo: Kingston members vote on the new contract, narrowingly approving it March 11.

Outrage Grows Over Allowing Knives on Planes

Staff — March 15, 2013 — CWA

Flight attendants went to Capitol Hill on Thursday to make their case against new TSA rules that would allow small knives on airplanes. Members of Congress joined them at a news conference. ""If TSA won't reverse its policy to allow knives onto planes, then Congress will take action," Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said.

Boston Phoenix Publisher: 'We Had an Extraordinary Run'

Stephen Mindich, Publisher — March 15, 2013 — Boston Phoenix

In what is the final issue of his newspaper, Boston Phoenix Publisher Stephen Mindich writes, "As everyone knows, between the economic crisis beginning in 2007 and the simultaneous radical changes in the media business, particularly as it has affected print media advertising, these have been extremely difficult times for our Company and despite the valiant effort by many, many past and current staff to attempt to stabilize and, in fact, reverse our significant financial losses, we have been unable to do so and they are no longer sustainable."

Hawaii Tribune-Herald Seeks to Stiff Wronged Reporters

Carl Hall — March 15, 2013 — Pacific Media Workers Guild

Six years after illegally firing two reporters for union activity, management of the Hawaii Tribune-Herald this week sought to reduce the amount of back pay it owes the wronged journalists. The company argued its case to an administrative law judge, whose decision isn't expected for at least six weeks. Photo: Bishop at a celebration of his reinstatement in 2012.

Bloomberg-BNA Members Overwhelmingly Ratify Contract

Janelle Hartman — March 15, 2013 — NewsGuild-CWA

Guild members at Bloomberg-BNA on Thursday overwhelmingly ratified a strong new contract, the first negotiated at the Arlingon-based news service since Bloomberg bought it in 2011. The pact is the first major union contract bargained at any Bloomberg-branded entity in the United States, Washington-Baltimore Guild leaders said. Photo: A deal is finalized in the wee hours March 1 after a 17-hour bargaining session. Photo by John Small.

Time to Start Thinking About Workers Memorial Day

Staff — March 14, 2013 — AFL-CIO

The AFL-CIO has materials available to help union locals prepare to mark Workers Memorial Day on April 28, which honors workers who have been hurt and killed on the job.

Global Intimidation, Murders of Journalists on the Rise

Mark Gruenberg — March 14, 2013 — Press Associates

Worldwide intimidation of journalists, up to and including unsolved murders, is rising, a panel of experts on the issue warns. Further, panelists said that the United States, despite its free press traditions and its constitutional protections, rarely protests or raises the issue. Photo: From Committee to Protect Journalists video on Syria.

Are Koch Brothers Trying to Buy the Tribune Company?

Hillel Aron — March 14, 2013 — LA Weekly

Aron tells it this way: "The latest rumor about the next owner of the L.A. Times, which is for sale, is a doozy. A bombshell. It's a doozy wrapped in a bombshell exploding inside a Drudge siren. Multiple sources tell L.A. Weekly that Charles and David Koch -- the infamous right-wing billionaire brothers -- are considering an offer on either the Tribune Co. newspaper group, which includes the L.A. Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Baltimore Sun or the entire Tribune Co., which includes more than 20 stations like WGN and KTLA Channel 5."

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