LENFEST, EGGER, TURN DOWN GUILD OFFER, WOULD RATHER LAYOFF 46 EMPLOYEES
Yesterday the Newspaper Guild made a formal offer to Philadelphia Media Network to purchase the Philadelphia Daily News. That offer was quickly rejected in a brief letter from PMN attorney Larry Weilheimer. The Guild made the offer for a number of reasons: 1) Our job is to preserve journalism jobs. By taking the Daily News […]
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IRREPLACEABLE LOSS
Dear Guild Members: In an astonishing display of misdirected management, the Company today announced layoffs that decimate what just days ago the new publisher identified as the key to our future – digital reach and our unique print brands. Of the Philly.com staff of 29, 17 Guild members will be gone as of […]
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COMPANY REVEALS LAYOFF NUMBER
The company has informed the Guild of its intent to lay off 46 Guild members effective Dec. 4. Company officials rejected the Guild’s request to meet today to find out which departments and individuals will be affected, and has requested a meeting Wednesday morning, so everyone can be left hanging for an astonishing two additional […]
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PUBLISHER EGGER ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS ARE COMING
In two meetings today with staff at 801 Market St., new publisher Terry Egger announced the company was moving ahead to merge the company’s three news entities (the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com) into one newsroom that would feed the three properties and that layoff announcements would be forthcoming. Egger gave no details. No one […]
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2016 Officers Elected Congrats to all!
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER GUILD ELECTION NOTICE THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES WERE ELECTED TO SERVE AS OFFICERS OF LOCAL 38010 FOR 2016. PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER HOWARD GENSLER VACANT ERIC CHURN 5 VICE PRESIDENTS RA CHAIRPERSON MAGGIE O’BRIEN REGINA MEDINA MELANIE BURNEY BRIAN MC CRONE JONATHAN TANNENWALD JOHN ROBINSON ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- INQUIRER/DAILY NEWS UNIT OFFICER FOR 2016 UNIT CHAIRPERSON DIANE […]
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Overtime rules reminder
Given the tremendous stress, accomplishment and satisfaction of our papal coverage over the past week, we would just like to remind everyone of our overtime rules. Overtime is earned after working a 40-hour week and our work-week here is Monday to Sunday. If you worked more than 40 hours from last Monday through Sunday, […]
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IF YOU NEED A DOCTOR THIS WEEKEND
Guild Members, With more than a million people coming to Philadelphia this weekend to see Pope Francis access problems to health care because of the large crowds and limited travel routes that will be in place during the Pope’s visit may occur so we want to remind you that you and your family members […]
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All’s well that ends well
Dear Guild members: Call it divine intervention — and just the right thing to do. The company announced this morning it has reached a deal with the Sheraton Society Hill to accommodate the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com employees who are assigned to the papal coverage this weekend in Center City. Those needing lodging Friday, […]
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Digital First Media to pay out profit sharing bonus.
I wanted to let you know that the company’s annual audit has been completed, and our earnings have been verified. As a result, the profit sharing plan in place for fiscal 2015 will pay out up to the full one week’s pay to all eligible employees. We anticipate payment on September 22 through the normal […]
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POPE WEEKEND ACCOMODATIONS UPDATE
As you may know, when the Employer announced its plans to deal with the travel restrictions imposed during the Pope’s visit, the Guild informed management that the arrangements were ill-conceived, inadequate and unacceptable. We suggested a number of alternatives that we believed would address the situation in a safe and rational manner. This week, we […]
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