Another buyout
Dear Guild members: You all should have heard from your shop stewards by now that the company informed me and Bill Ross earlier today that it is offering a buyout to ALL FULL-TIME Inquirer Guild members with the exception of those employees in classified ad sales and customer service. Each employee eligible for the buyout […]
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A DRAMA-FREE ELECTION
Dear Inquirer Guild Members: While a certain election consumed the country this week, another one quietly happened that will impact your Inquirer life. The following people were elected to serve on the Guild executive board, in most cases reelected and in one case a brand new member, which I’m thrilled about. They are: President: Diane […]
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A Labor Day message.
Dear Guild members: From Philadelphia to Wilmington, Hazleton to Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre to Scranton, members of the NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia have spent the last year courageously fighting for their rights as workers in journalism, law, health-care advocacy and academics, among other fields. As you enter the Labor Day weekend, take a moment to reflect on […]
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YOUR MESSAGE WAS DELIVERED
Dear Guild members, At 8 this morning, the letter signed by 102 of us expressing concerns about The Inquirer’s recent job posting for a Sports – Trending Writer listing “profound respect” for supervisors as a characteristic of an ideal job candidate was delivered to Gabe Escobar, senior vice president and editor; Charlotte Sutton, managing editor; […]
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YOUR SOLIDARITY NEEDED
Dear Guild Siblings: Happy SOLIDARITY WEEK at The Inquirer. Last week, FIVE of our members were told that despite years and years of dedication and hard work for the company, both in their jobs and, for some, in serving on committees to better The Inquirer that we were all told were so critical, they are […]
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GUILD MEMBERS LAID OFF
Dear Guild members:Less than a week after The Inquirer announced a desire to have employees increase their days working in the office in the spirit of “collaboration, inclusion, and sense of urgency about our work,” today the company informed five Guild members who have been extraordinary contributors to our mission that they are being laid […]
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About layoffs, hybrid work and disrespect
Dear Guild members: If you attended or tuned into today’s newsroom meeting, you heard the questions and answers regarding layoffs and hybrid work adjustments. I have been quiet on these issues because Bill Ross and I have been spending the past many weeks trying to convince Inquirer leadership that layoffs are inhumane, horrible for morale […]
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HELP HONOR A GUILD TREASURE
Dear Guild friends. A little more than three years ago we lost an unparalleled newsroom force and dedicated Guild member when a health emergency took the life of Kathy Hacker, someone who had seemed unconquerable. To be edited by her was not for the weak. She was demanding, exacting and known to do wholesale rewrites, […]
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Show support for striking Guild members.
Friends, Our Guild members in much-neglected Alden Global Capital-owned Tribune properties, including the Orlando Sentinel, Morning Call, Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Tribune Suburban publications, The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press have been patient enough after prolonged bargaining to secure decent compensation and other recognition of their work. As greedy hedge funds do, Alden has ignored […]
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BUYOUT NEWS
Dear Guild Family: To say “Happy New Year” would ignore a reality for nearly three dozen of our members who face the loss of their jobs in about a month. The Inquirer has extended buyout offers to all employees in customer service with the intent of laying off just about anyone who does not take […]
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