STILL NO MEANINGFUL ANSWERS
Dear Guild Members:It is with a mix of dismay and frustration that I write this 10 days after Inquirer management announced “anomalous activity” that forced the shutdown of some of our systems, prohibited us from working in the office for a week and spawned all sorts of fears about the compromise of employee data, from […]
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INKY CYBERATTACK
Hi all. I just wanted to check in to acknowledge the many concerns about not hearing anything definitive from The Inquirer about whether personal data has been compromised in the cyberattack. The company has insisted it has no answers on that yet. As I told the New York Times reporter when he asked me about that, I […]
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Guild President Diane Mastrull elected to top News-Guild-CWA Post.
On Saturday January 7, 2023 News-Guild-CWA delegates nominated and elected by acclamation Diane Mastrull to a first 4 year term as Sector Chairperson. Mastrull is an editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer and president of The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia, TNG-CWA 38010. Mastrull will replace Martha Waggoner, who served as chair since 2011.
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BUYOUT BULL…
Dear Guild Members: Stunned to get a message from The Inquirer’s publisher speaking of “a tough economic climate,” inflation and a “likely” recession necessitating a buyout after just hearing at the last quarterly update about us hitting or exceeding all sorts of goals, including the much-prized digital subscriptions? Well, I’m not. Nothing coincidental about […]
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2023 NewsGuild Officers
OFFICIAL NEWSGUILD ELECTION NOTICE THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES WERE ELECTED TO SERVE AS OFFICERS OF LOCAL 38010FOR 2023 PRESIDENT DIANE MASTRULL SECRETARY DONNA STOKES TREASURER ERIC CHURN 3 VICE PRESIDENTS MELANIE BURNEY 1ST VPAMY ROSENBERG 2ND VPCARL MELINE 3RD VP——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-INQUIRER/LOCAL EXECUTIVE BOARD OFFICERS FOR 2023 UNIT CHAIRPERSON JONATHAN LAI VICE CHAIRPERSON TERESA CLINTON CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! […]
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YOU SPOKE OUT, HERE’S THE ANSWER
Dear Guild Members: You spoke out and The Inquirer has responded. In overwhelming numbers, Inquirer staff told their shop stewards that they did not want to see their work appearing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette while Guild members (along with other CWA locals and Teamsters) are on strike there. Executive Director Bill Ross and I communicated […]
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PLEASE DONATE TO STRIKER FUND
Dear Guild Friends: When one union has a battle, it never has to wage that fight alone. That is solidarity, the bedrock of a union. As I mentioned the other day, our local sent cheesesteaks to our striking colleagues at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. They were enthusiastically received. Our union will also now play an important […]
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A STRIKE NEEDING OUR HELP
Dear Guild Members: Today at noon our Guild colleagues at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette are planning to go out on strike, joining nonjournalist CWA members and Teamsters who have been on strike since Oct. 5 over losing their health care on Oct. 1. This was triggered when the company refused to pay the increased health-care premium […]
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ANTI-BLACK PANEL DISCUSSION AND MONDAY’S HOLIDAY
Dear Guild members: In the event you did not receive the email from the NewsGuild-CWA in Washington, there is still time to register for tonight’s panel discussion, “Was that the Reckoning? Addressing anti-Black Racism in the News Industry.” On the panel will be Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and NewsGuild of New York President Susan […]
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Wilmington/Dover ratify first 2 year agreements with Gannett.
From Unit Chair Meredith Newman Hi all, Great news: We have officially ratified our contract. Many thanks to all who voted. The official vote for Wilmington was 14-3 and for the weeklies it was 3-0. I’ll send info soon about the next steps. And I promise to no longer spam your emails this much. Have […]
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