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Anger Pushes NY Times Members from Apathy to Activism

Contract Ratified, But Many Still Bitter Toward Management

New York Times members voted overwhelmingly in November to ratify a new contract, after more than 20 difficult months of bargaining. Despite the lopsided vote, the contract and the company's approach to bargaining has left many members angry at Times' management, and with stronger loyalties to the Guild. Read what both "yes" and "no" voters have to say.

Detroit News Janitors Get the Last Laugh - and a Union

Outsourced to Contractor, Workers Reorganize as New Guild Unit

When Gannett decided to outsource its janitorial work in Detroit, forcing maintenance staff with decades of experience to reapply for non-union jobs, the janitors didn't get mad. They got even. They reorganized as a new Guild unit and are getting ready to negotiate a first contract. Photo: Longtime employees and Guild activists Tom Conrad, left, and Derrick Bell.

Guild Condemns Attacks on Journalists; Demands Action

NewsGuild-CWA condemns the recent assaults in the Mideast on journalists: one by Israeli soldiers on two Reuters cameramen who report being struck by rifle butts, forced to strip and attacked with tear gas in Hebron last week; and the other the kidnapping in Syria of NBC News correspondent and his four-person crew in Syria, who were threatened with death before they escaped after five days of captivity. Photo: The freed NBC crew.

Star Tribune Guild Members: 'Show Us the Green in 2013'

Sending a strong message to management, more than 50 Guild members lined the halls as bargaining for a new contract got underway Tuesday. Members held signs saying, "Show Us The Green in 2013."

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