PABJ supports NewsGuild of Philadelphia in their fight against PMN
PABJ SUPPORTS THE NEWS GUILD OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA CALLING FOR FAIR WAGES PHILADELPHIA, January 24, 2019 – The Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists (PABJ), stands in solidarity with the News Guild of Greater Philadelphia in calling for fair wage labor practices and better accountability at Philadelphia Media Network (PMN). On Tuesday afternoon, roughly 50 PMN […]
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Guild NLRB charges filed, PMN “Fraudulently induced givebacks.”
Dear Guild Brothers and Sisters: It has not been with pride, but from a sense of duty to help the Company survive and, we hoped, thrive that the Guild since 2009 has agreed to pay cut after pay cut, unpaid furloughs, and the destruction of its pension, followed by year after year of no across-the-board […]
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A MAJOR ACTION
Guild Sisters and Brothers: It’s time for another gathering in the concourse of 801 Market St., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, at 2 p.m., when we will provide details of a substantial action taken by the Guild regarding your compensation. Those at SPP and Cherry Hill, you will receive a written account of this serious step in […]
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Diane Mastrull 2017 Charles B. Dale Guild Service Award Winner
CHARLES B. DALE GUILD SERVICE AWARD NOMINATION OF DIANE MASTRULL – JULY 19, 2017 a.ward – noun 1. a prize or other mark of recognition given in honor of an achievement Charles B. Dale Guild Service Award – honor 1. awarded to Diane Mastrull, Unit Chairperson, Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia Local-10/CWA 38010 in 2017 […]
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THE DESTRUCTION OF LOCAL NEWS
Cost-slashing hedge fund that owns Philly-area newspapers makes run at Courier-Post, News Journal and more by Bob Fernandez, Updated: January 14, 2019- 10:49 AM Alden Global Capital, a New York hedge fund known for extreme cost-cutting at the newspapers it owns from the Philadelphia suburbs to California, is making a $1.4 billion hostile bid for […]
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Raising Your Voice For Your Value
Reaction has been appropriately angry and appalled to Monday’s bulletin about the Company rejecting the Guild’s request for a pay raise while rewarding the Teamsters with millions of dollars in compensation — including a pension no longer funded for NewsGuild members, and health care for which Teamsters pay NO weekly contribution, unlike NewsGuild members. Many […]
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PAY RAISE?
As we’ve told you in meetings, the NewsGuild’s current contract with the Company, which expires March 30, 2020, contains a clause allowing the union to request a wage reopener midway through the life of the collective bargaining agreement. The NewsGuild made such a request and in October met with the Company, including Publisher Terry Egger, […]
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Guild Membership Meeting November 1, 2018 Officer Nominations 2019
Guild Local Officers Nominations for 2019 (President, 4 Vice Presidents, Secretary & Treasurer) Inquirer/Daily News Unit: Nominations of Officer for 2019 (Unit Chairperson, 2 Vice Chairs) Executive Committee Report PMN Update DFM Update (Delco, Pottstown, Norristown, Trentonian) ROC Update Philaposh Update Old Business New Business ALL MEMBERS ARE URGED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING PIZZA WILL […]
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EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROVIDED BY YOUR UNION
GUILD MEMBERS: Your union wants to remind you of an important benefit for NewsGuild members and their families who have activated their Teladoc account. If you needed another reason to activate your Teladoc account, here it is – HealthAdvocate. Members who have activated their Teladoc account will have 24/7 access to Licensed Professional EAP and […]
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DFM Bargaining Update $160 million in profits, just isn’t enough
May 24, 2018 DFM BARGAINING BULLETIN Highly profitable DFM again refuses to offer pay increase PHILADELPHIA — DFM management came to a bargaining session empty-handed today, telling a national coalition of NewsGuild representatives that the company’s hedge fund ownership intends to keep employee pay frozen companywide to help maintain its profits. Alden Global Capital, principal […]
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