Teladoc is available.

Members, This is a reminder that your NewsGuild provides you and your family members with Teladoc.  At no cost to you,  you and your family members have 24/7/365 access to a U.S. Board Certified Doctor anywhere in the United States. Through the convenience of phone or video consults, doctors can diagnose and prescribe medication, if […]

General Membership Meeting. January 27, 2020

January 24, 2020Bill RossGuild News, Inquirer

       GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING        DATE:   MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020           Inquirer/Daily News – Public Room                8th & Market Streets           Philadelphia, Pa 19123      TIME:  12:00 P.M.       THE AGENDA WILL INCLUDE:      Installation of Guild Officers for 2020  Admissions Report                         Minutes PMN – Bargaining Update                       DFM – Bargaining Update (Delco, Pottstown, Norristown […]

ANSWERS TO YOUR TELADOC QUESTIONS

January 15, 2020Bill RossGuild News, Inquirer

Guild members, The great things about Teladoc are the ease in which to activate an account and, of course, how to use it. Teladoc is provided to all full and part-time members and their family members. QUESTION: WHICH ACCOUNT DO I USE? NewsGuild has two Teladoc accounts: NewsGuild Teamsters Local 830. This account is for […]

EGGXIT

January 15, 2020Bill RossGuild News, Inquirer

Dear Friends, This month a year ago, the Guild lost trust in Inquirer Publisher Terry Egger after he misled us in what we thought were sincere talks about a mid-contract pay raise. Turns out our talks were just stalling tactics until the Company reached a contract deal with the Teamsters. Then came […]

Protecting our work

December 30, 2019Bill RossGuild News, Inquirer

Hi all, As Guild members, much in the way of sacrifice has been asked of you as employees of a company seemingly in a persistent state of evolution. Most significant has been the economic sacrifice, which today translates to 3,795 days since an across-the-board raise has been granted. That happened on Aug. 9, 2009. Not […]

VICTORY!!!

December 10, 2019Bill RossGuild News, Inquirer

It is with the utmost enthusiasm and pride that we announce the victorious election of Jon Schleuss as president of the NewsGuild-CWA. Jon defeated incumbent Bernie Lunzer, 1,979 to 1,514. You all played a big part in this. NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia doubled its participation in this election rerun, casting 157 votes — 153 of […]

Spectacular voter turnout!

November 15, 2019Bill RossGuild News, Inquirer

WOW!!! Guild friends. You did us proud. 145 in-person votes were cast in the last three days in the NewsGuild-CWA presidential election repeat contest between incumbent Bernie Lunzer and challenger Jon Schleuss. In the first election several months ago, a total of 84 votes were cast, meaning about 20% of the membership participated. This time, […]

2020 NewsGuild Officers

November 14, 2019Bill RossGuild News, Inquirer

OFFICIAL NEWSGUILD ELECTION NOTICE THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES WERE ELECTED TO SERVE AS OFFICERS OF LOCAL 38010 FOR 2020. PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER DIANE MASTRULL DONNA STOKES ERIC CHURN 3 VICE PRESIDENTS MELANIE BURNEY AMY ROSENBERG CARL MELINE ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- INQUIRER/DAILY NEWS UNIT OFFICERS FOR 2020 UNIT CHAIRPERSON VICE CHAIRPERSON ANNA ORSO CYNTHIA HENRY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! The […]

2020 Guild Executive Board Nomination Notice

November 5, 2019Bill RossGuild News, Inquirer

Guild Nomination Bulletin The NewsGuild-CWA Local 38010, AFL-CIO, CLC OFFICIAL NOMINATION NOTICE THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES WERE NOMINATED, TO SERVE AS OFFICERS OF LOCAL 38010 FOR 2019, AT THE NOMINATION MEETING HELD ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2019 PRESIDENT SECRETARY DIANE MASTRULL DONNA STOKES TREASURER 3 VICE PRESIDENTS ERIC CHURN MELANIE BURNEY AMY ROSENBERG CARL MELINE X […]

MOMENTOUS BARGAINING NEWS

October 17, 2019Bill RossGuild News, Inquirer

Good Morning: History was made last night. A first-ever tentative contract agreement was reached between the LA Times Guild and the Los Angeles Times. The proposed three-year deal includes RAISES each year – at least 5% the first year for many newsroom (at this point only the newsroom is organized, but I have no doubt […]