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LOCAL NEWS Northland Poster Collective Joins Local Non-profit newest unit Northland Poster Collective became the newest unit of the Minnesota Guild/Typographical Union on May 6 when the parties signed an initial contract. The two-year pact – retroactive to April 1, 2008 - covers all four current Northland employees and will extend to any workers who join or work that is obtained by the Minnesota non-profit.
Local News Longtime Local Executive Secretary dead at 85 Samuel Gompers once said that management is too important to be left to the managers. Through imagination and diplomacy, John Carmichael sought to realize comprehensive worker participation at the Twin Cities’ newspapers. The former Guild Local Executive Secretary, regarded for decades by many in Twin City labor circles as the identity of the Guild, died April 19, 2008 at age 85. He had been stricken with Alzheimer’s for several years.
Memories of a Twin Cities labor icon Colleagues share remembrances of John Carmichael John Carmichael was mentor, friend and colleague to many people in labor and management in his three-decade career as the Executive Officer of the second-oldest Guild local. Many of those associates relate their personal accounts of John. |
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NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY Star Tribune to cut newsroom budget 10% Star Tribune Editor Nancy Barnes has been told she will have to cut $2.5 million, or about 10%, from the annual newsroom budget, a Newspaper Guild local official said Friday. Guild President Foley concedes defeat to challenger Lunzer Newspaper Guild President Linda Foley conceded defeat to challenger Bernie Lunzer, who reportedly won the guild presidency with 55.8% of the vote, according to final returns. Senate votes to roll back media ownership rule The Senate Thursday night voted to nullify a Federal Communications Commission rule that allows media companies to own a newspaper and a television station in the same market. |
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MORE NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY Press Release Stronger Guild slate wins top spots Bernie Lunzer and his Stronger Guild running mates, Carol Rothman and Connie Knox, have been certified as the winners in The Newspaper Guild-CWA’s first contested international election in 13 years.
East Bay papers set union election Battle viewed as test case for labor Editorial employees at the Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times and other East Bay newspapers will decide June 13 whether to unionize the publications, a battle viewed by some as a test case for organized labor in the rapidly shrinking newspaper industry.
News Release Journalists secure June 13 vote for Guild recognition East Bay campaign nearing crescendo Journalists at the Bay Area's largest newspaper company reached agreement with MediaNews Group management today to hold a June 13 employee vote on Guild recognition. The secret-ballot election will ask non-supervisory news workers of Bay Area News Group - East Bay (BANG-EB) whether they want to affiliate with the Northern California Media Workers Guild for collective bargaining on pay, benefits and work conditions.
Star Tribune looks to trim budget by $20 million The union representing some 1,200 newsroom and other employees at the Star Tribune says the newspaper's owners are looking for $20 million in annual budget cuts.
MediaNews Group Bay Area papers to vote on unionization Less than two weeks after MediaNews Group employees at nine newspapers outside San Francisco petitioned to unionize, a union vote date has been set.
Lee Enterprises takes $772 million goodwill impairment charge Lee Enterprises Inc. took a goodwill impairment charge of $772 million in a revised financial report that pushed its loss to $716.4 million, or $15.90 per share, for its second fiscal quarter ended March 30.
McClatchy open to sale of its stake in the Seattle Times The head of the company that holds a minority interest in The Seattle Times Co. said Tuesday he's willing to part with that stake.
LA Times, OC Register discussed distribution partnership The Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times spent months discussing a possible circulation partnership in Orange County, but broke off the talks two months ago, according to executives at Freedom Communications, which owns the Register. |
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