Extra benefits of union membership
June 10, 2013
Employees vote in the Guild because they want a collective voice in the workplace. That has enormous value during these challenging times in the media industry. The Guild is acutely aware of the financial challenges facing workers today. Our leaders...
Organized labor protests Koch Brothers’ Tribune Co. bid
May 29, 2013
Elsewhere around the county, organized labor is protesting the potential sale of the Tribune Co. newspapers to the Koch Brothers. Labor activists fear this sale would compromise the journalistic integrity of major newspapers like the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune...
Training opportunities for TNG members
May 6, 2013
The CWA/NETT Academy was formed in 2000 as CWA’s national online training academy to provide training opportunities to CWA members and their families. Areas of study include video editing and web development. Our members have found the video editing seminar...
Why people join the Newspaper Guild
May 5, 2013
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January 29, 2013
About 150 members and guests crammed into Maggie O'Brien's back room Friday evening to celebrate another passing year and to honor St. Louis-area journalists - union and non-union alike - whose work was judged to be exemplary. Also on the...
The “Holiday Party with an Attitude!”
December 10, 2012
This Thursday, scores of union members, activists, progressives and people who just like to party will gather at IBEW Local 1 to participate in Jobs with Justice's Annual "Scrooge of the Year" Party. Voting (it's a fundraiser - one dollar...
Happy birthday, Heywood Broun!
December 7, 2012
Today, in 1888, Heywood Broun was born. Broun was an incredibly interesting person; WWI foreign correspondent, rabble-rousing reporter and columnist who wrote about racism and social injustice and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. In 1930 Broun ran for...