In a ballot count certified Jan. 30, incumbent Executive Council President Sheila Lindsay was re-elected, incumbent Treasurer Amy Lampkin was voted in as vice president, and Mikhail Romanov was elected as secretary of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild board for 2017-18. American Postal Workers Union unit member Tim Fitzgerald, who had been serving as the local’s …
Lindsay, Lampkin, and Romanov Win WBNG Officer Elections Read More »
Three of the top four positions on the Washington-Baltimore News Guild’s executive board are being contested in an election that will conclude with a ballot count on Jan. 27. The WBNG membership elects nine members to its Executive Council every two years. These “localwide” positions are the four officers (President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary) …
The membership of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild elects nine activists to its Executive Council every two years. These “localwide” positions are the four officers: President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary; and five At-Large Delegates. Nominations for the localwide seats on the local board will be taken at the last General Membership meeting of 2016, on …
Nov. 5 WBNG Membership Meeting Will Feature Board Nominations Read More »
WBNG members at Local 500 SEIU have ratified an agreement that provides 3 percent raises in each year of a three-year agreement that is effective retroactive to July 1. “The new contract includes improvements in health benefits,” said Unit Chair Ed Fortney, “as well as the introduction of successor language and language limiting how long …
Local 500 SEIU Unit Negotiates Three 3 Percent Pay Hikes Read More »
Guild bargainers on Sept. 30 wrapped up talks with Solidarity Center management and later announced that a tentative agreement had been reached on a three-year contract to succeed the deal that expired Sept. 25. “The SC and Guild will work on finalizing the new CBA language,” Solidarity Center Unit Chair Rob Pajkovski said in an …
Tentative Three-Year Agreement Reached at Solidarity Center Read More »
The two-dozen member Guild unit at the Solidarity Center has finished its second day of negotiations over a successor collective bargaining agreement to the three-year deal that expired Sept. 25. “Overall, the negotiations are going pretty smoothly,” said Solidarity Center Unit Chair Rob Pajkovski. “We settled most of our non-economic proposals.” Pajkovski said that the …
Solidarity Center Bargainers Expect to Wrap Up Talks Sept. 30 Read More »
The two-dozen member Guild unit at the Solidarity Center began negotiations over a successor collective bargaining agreement to the three-year deal that expired Sept. 25. Solidarity Center Unit Chair Rob Pajkovski said on the eve of talks that a management negotiator had indicated that a new contract could be reached by the end of the …
Solidarity Center WBNG Unit Begins Talks Over New Agreement Read More »
The three-dozen member WBNG unit at the Center for Popular Democracy had its first formal bargaining session with management on Sept. 16. “We had a preliminary conference call with management over ground rules and modalities for bargaining in early September,” said Local Representative Rick Ehrmann. “Both sides are looking at ways to pursue ‘interest-based bargaining’ …
Center for Popular Democracy Shop in Talks for First Guild CBA Read More »
After three months of bargaining, the WBNG unit at Student Action with Farmworkers on Aug. 31 ratified a three-year agreement. The shop’s first Guild contract took effect Sept. 1. Bargaining was led by unit chair Joanna Welborn. The four WBNG members based in North Carolina’s Research Triangle are seeing improvements in wages, telework, flex time, …
Student Action with Farmworkers Unit Wins 1st Guild Contract Read More »
Washington Post reporter Terrence McCoy’s eight-part series on the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody in Baltimore won the Grand Prize for writing and reporting in 2015 from the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. McCoy will receive his award at the Guild’s Front Page Awards ceremony in September.
