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WBNG-represented workers at the York (Penn.) Dispatch daily newspaper have a new three-year collective bargaining agreement that features an immediate 3 percent raise and a clause assuring that employees on staff under the previous contract will continue to receive free individual medical insurance coverage. The agreement with the York Dispatch Publishing Company is the second for Dispatch employees since …

York Dispatch Workers Win 3 Percent Raise in Three-Year Deal Read More »

WBNG has bargained an “Effects Agreement” for the 10 York Daily Record Design Department staffers being laid off because of a Gannett consolidation in which daily layout tasks are being “moved” to Louisville, Ky. The workers produce the daily newspaper and also handle design duties for three other Gannett-owned dailies in south-central Pennsylvania: the Chambersburg Public …

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United Way Worldwide has signed a card-check agreement with The NewsGuild. The action is a result of negotiations taking place since May, when about three dozen UWW “associates” voted against forming a WBNG unit. Under the new neutrality agreement, both the professional associates and support staff will be able to more easily organize a Guild …

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Ten WBNG-represented employees of Gannett have been notified that the York Daily Record Design Department is being “moved” to Louisville, Ky. The YDR workers lay out the daily newspaper and also handle design duties for three other Gannett-owned dailies in south-central Pennsylvania: the Chambersburg Public Opinion, the Hanover Sun, and the Lebanon Daily News. About four dozen …

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(The following appeared on the Post Guild Facebook page.) Fellow catalysts, We’re very pleased to announced today that we have just signed the new, two-year collective bargaining agreement between the Washington-Baltimore News Guild and The Washington Post. The 2.5 percent raise in the first year of the contract will become effective at the beginning of …

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(The following appeared on the Post Guild Facebook page.) Colleagues: The contract was nearly unanimously ratified by the largest turnout of Guild members in recent years. Thank you for coming out to vote and thank you, most of all, for your support during these last eight months. This contract was a significant achievement, considering the …

Guild Members Nearly Unanimous in CBA Ratification Vote Read More »

In voting completed last week, Guild members unanimously approved a first contract with RAINN that provides guaranteed pay raises, paid vacation, paid sick leave, overnight shift differential, and protection against unjust discipline. All non-probationary employees will get a three percent pay raise effective June 5 (date of ratifica- tion) and another three percent increase next …

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The nation’s largest newspaper chain announced June 1 that it was acquiring 11 daily news properties from Digital First Media (DFM), including the WBNG-represented York Daily Record/Sunday News and York Dispatch, which though owned by Gannett, will continue to have an independent publisher. Owner of USA Today – and now 80 other daily newspapers – Gannett …

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