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Indy Guild members demonstrate
November 30, 2011
Negotiations between the Indianapolis Newspaper Guild and Gannett continued with a lunchtime demonstration today that saw over 100 Guild members marching outside the Indianapolis Star. A local Fox station carried a report: http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-indystar-rally-wednesday-indystar-workers-rally-outside-building-wednesday-20111130,0,165333.column For the complete story, you can visit...
Nominations for 20th Annual Terry Hughes Award
November 23, 2011
Terry Hughes was 36 when she died of breast cancer on July 22, 1991. A columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, her writing was clear, witty and descriptive, with a flair for portraying society’s underdogs. Some of her columns chronicled...
Mediation nets contract at Labor Tribune
November 22, 2011
After nearly one year of bargaining, followed by three months of federal mediation and a strike authorization vote by Guild members, a new contract has been reached and ratified by Labor Tribune employees. The contract runs three years from...
Mediation nets agreement for Pekin workers
November 22, 2011
Two Pekin Daily Times grievances appealed to arbitration were recently taken before a federal mediator (a step that was bargained into our contract with that paper) and - at least verbally - have been settled. One issue...
November 10, 2011
Midwest and Great Lakes Councils Nov. 4-6 Erie, Pa. Not all the news affecting media workers is negative. Reports at the joint meeting of the Midwest District Council and Great Lakes Council had a few rays of sunshine, although...
November 10, 2011
Midwest and Great Lakes Councils Nov. 4-6 Erie, Pa. Not all the news affecting media workers is negative. Reports at the joint meeting of the Midwest District Council and Great Lakes Council had a few rays of sunshine, although...
November 1, 2011
To read the previous posting on this subject. click here: http://www.stlouisguild.org/headlines/?cat=23 As regular readers know, our local has been involved in federal litigation since late 2008 - when Lee Enterprises notified those who had retired under the old (blue)...