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Guild
Reporter Archives
NOVEMBER 2008 ISSUE: DELETED - Uncertainty nothing new to Rocky
This isn’t the first time the Rocky’s future has been in limbo. Those who have been following the newspaper’s series leading up to its 150th anniversary on April 23 will know that the paper has been the scrappy underdog in a life-and-death fight many times in the past — almost from the first edition in 1859.
TOP STORIES - This roller coaster goes only one way
The longest, steepest pitch of a roller coaster comes at the very beginning, each subsequent dip becoming progressively more moderate. The newspaper industry, alas, is no roller coaster. (Español)
- 75 years ago, they led the way
On a Sunday night in the fall of 1933, a handful of disgruntled newsmen from Twin Cities' newspapers gathered at the Curtis Hotel in downtown Minneapolis to "do something about the long hours, salary cuts and the quick dismissals that the stock market crash of 1929 trailed in its wake."
GUILD NEWS - As AP customers defect, employees get squeezed
Judging by its posture at the bargaining table, you might think that the Associated Press is in a world of hurt. (Español)
- Finally, a buyer emerges for Maine papers
An investment group headed by Richard Connor, publisher of the Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., agreed Nov. 12 to buy Blethen Maine Newspapers at a steep discount estimated at less than half the purchase price of approximately $230 million a decade ago.
- NY Times accepts Guild rescue plan
Amid all the bleak news about employee benefits getting whacked, here's a welcome item: the New York Times has approved a New York Guild plan to rescue the fund that pays health insurance claims of employees at the Times, New York Times Digital and WQXR Radio.
- Locals OK merger
By a vote of 240-25, members of the Northern California Media Workers Guild have approved a merger with the San Jose Guild.
- Guild Reporter nabs 5 awards
For the second consecutive year, The Guild Reporter has taken first place for general excellence among international and national union publications in the annual awards competition sponsored by the International Labor Communications Association.
- Start your entries
This is the time to be thinking about compiling entries for the Heywood Broun and David S. Barr awards. Entries must be postmarked no later than Jan. 30.
OTHER NEWS - Labor provided Obama 'firewall' in key states
Overwhelming support from unionists and their families became the "firewall" of votes that provided victory for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in key swing states, such as Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Minnesota, according to top AFL-CIO officials and their polling analyst.
- EFCA, no surprise, leads labor's legislative agenda
Bit by bit, in congratulatory statements to president-elect Barack Obama and in press conferences, labor's legislative agenda for a new Democrat-led government is beginning to emerge.
IN BRIEF... MISCELLANEOUS - News briefs
- Members reflect on a historic election
I say, with the help of all Americans, regardless of race, color, religion, or sexual orientation. . . in unity . . . yes, we can.
- What we can learn from Obama's campaign
It feels good to win. And now that we have a labor-friendly, African-American and post-Boomer president-elect, we can look at what the Obama campaign did right and figure out how to apply it to our own organizing and mobilizing drives.
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