(The following appeared on the Post Guild Facebook page.) We’d like to update you on the status of bargaining talks since a series of Guild membership meetings nearly two weeks ago. Since then, representatives for the Post and the Guild have agreed to talk off the record in hopes of negotiating a resolution after eight …
Post, Guild Continue to Talk, But Off the Record Read More »
First, many thanks to the 480 employees – a fantastic number — who signed the petition demanding that publisher Fred Ryan offer workers a fair contract. Your passion is making a difference. But we must do more. Urgently. The Post has signaled that it is closer than ever to a take-or-leave-it position. Among other things, …
The Post has relented on health coverage for part-timers working less than 30 hours per week and upped their wage offer to 2% in year one and 1.5% in year two, but only if we accept their pension proposal. Members debated what is to be done in four membership meetings on Friday, May 15, and …
Rick Ehrmann’s May 18 report to WBNG Executive Council Read More »
Nominations for TNG-CWA’s annual recognition of excellence in local-union leadership were opened earlier this year, with a deadline for submission of May 15. Given annually for outstanding service to the Guild at the local level, the Charles B. Dale Service Award is open to TNG members who serve in an unpaid capacity as local officers …
American Nurses Association workers have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year collective bargaining agreement. The contract, ratified Feb. 18, provides for 3 percent raises in 2015, 2016, and 2017. The previous ANA contract covering about 125 Guild members was set to expire Feb. 14. About an hour before midnight on Feb. 13, however, a tentative pact …
American Nurses Association Guild Unit Wins 3-Year Agreement Read More »
Guild negotiators are continuing to work toward a first collective bargaining agreement with RAINN management that recognizes our dedication — and no longer treats us like second-class citizens. The last real issue is fairness. We don’t think it’s fair that we get less vacation than every other employee of RAINN. Every em- ployee of RAINN …
Front Page Awards Competition Announced Honoring the ‘Best of the Best’ Created by WBNG Members in 2014 (Feb. 13, 2015) “Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” That long-ago cry of newsboys hawking papers in city streets applies equally well to “reading all about it” in the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild’s Front Page Awards competition. The Front …
TWO NEW OFFICERS JOIN LEADERSHIPTEAM Guild members last week overwhelmingly re-elected Laura Francis as their unit chair. She defeated Scott Harper, who was one of the unit vice chairs. Francis had served as co-chair with Gwen Holmes for the past two years. Holmes did not seek re- election, and Guild members decided earlier to return …
Washington Baltimore Newspaper Guild members rolled out their talents in the DC Metropolitan Council AFL-CIO’s 23rd annual “Bowling for Gold” event. WBNG Vice President Tim Fitzgerald and Treasurer Amy Lampkin anchored a team of Guild members at the Crofton Bowling Centre, taking part in a benefit for the labor council’s Community Services Agency, which puts …
Audio Opening statements from candidates begin at 00:06:52. Closing statements begin at 1:12:20. For President Sheila Lindsay* (American Nurses Association) Robert Struckman (AFL-CIO) For Vice President Tim Fitzgerald* (American Postal Workers Union) Evan Yeats (United Food & Commercial Workers) For Treasurer Ben Cooper (Bloomberg-BNA) Amy Lampkin* (AFL-CIO) * Incumbent Candidates for President, Vice President, Treasurer, …
