Rollie Dreussi —
June 6, 2012— Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild
A labor song written and performed by two members of the Repository Guild unit of the Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild-CWA, Local 1, was the highlight of a recent community rally in Canton, Ohio, one of many actions the local has taken to draw attention to their fight.
Sherman Miller, left, and vocalist Jennifer Randell perform their new labor song.
You’re racing through New York’s Penn Station with just enough time to grab coffee and a doughnut. Speed walk your way right past that other national chain and head into one of two – soon to be three – Hudson News stores with new full-service Dunkin’ Donuts shops. You’ll be buying pastry with a union label – more specifically, treats and sandwiches baked and sold by 60 of the newest members of The Newspaper Guild-CWA.
Photo: NY Guild Rep. Anthony Napoli makes a purchase from new Guild member Yanil Astacio at the May 30 grand opening of the combined Hudson News-Dunkin' Donuts shops at Penn Station.
Bay Area News Group East Bay media workers, who work in a consolidated staff environment with San Jose Mercury News employees, are paid 25 percent less, on average, than their South Bay counterparts. That's a key issue as Guild negotiations begin for a new BANG contract.
Mark Gruenberg —
May 24, 2012— Press Associates Union News Service
Are private college professors managers? The National Labor Relations Board is once again tackling that question in a nine-year-old Pittsburgh Guild case that has bounced up and down between the board, its Pittsburgh office and federal courts.
Veteran South Carolina political reporter Jim Davenport, suffering an incurable bone cancer, thanks the Guild for "all that our leaders and members do to make the AP a better place to work... If yo'ure not a member of the Guild, join. If you are, become active," Davenport writes. Photo: Jim, in front row, with friends and colleagues.
Members of the Canadian Media Guild at three Maritime Broadcast System radio stations in Saint John, New Brunswick, have voted unanimously to give their bargaining committee a strike mandate, if necessary. The workers are "overwhelmed and humbeld" by the support of their community, as well as a Facebook campaign, CMG says.
The Detroit Newspaper Guild knows there are no small battles, whether you’re 2,000 workers striking the city’s daily papers or five workers brawling with the Catholic Church.
Updating bargaining at the Peoria Journal Star, union leaders say Gatehouse has made some movement, including backing off a demand for salary concessions. The company "remains steadfast in its insistence on outsourcing circulation," although it has slightly improved its severance offer.
Cancellation of a traditional meeting between the Consumer Reports' board chair and the Guild unit chair is the latest sign of disrespect from management toward the union, Pierdiluca writes. Photos: Scenes from CR members' demonstration at the company's 75th anniversary meeting last fall.
Subcommittees of the New York Guild and Times bargaining teams, charged with trying to resolve differences over the pension plan, explored possible solutions May 10 that would reconcile corporate management’s concerns about risk and volatility with the Guild's demand to continue a defined pension plan that provides adequate retirement payments for life.
