Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are unavailable. About 130 editors, reporters, technicians and others are protected by a contract that is bargained and enforced by the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. The WBNG unit was organized at …
Raise of 3.8 percent cumulative over two years, cash bonuses of $1,750 The Guild and AFP on December 17 reached a tentative agreement on a new two-year contract which provides significant improvements following a period of a salary freeze. The contract, subject to ratification, calls for a wage hike of 2.0 percent in January 2015 …
Candidates for President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary were nominated (full story) at the Nov. 1, 2014, WBNG General Membership meeting. Later added to the ballot was VP candidate Evan Yeats, who was nominated by petition submitted to the Guild office. With no other petitions having been submitted, incumbent and At-Large member Mark Gruenberg was …
2014 Schedule Dec. 13: York, Penn. (1 p.m.) The Holiday Celebration Membership Meeting will be held Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center (2000 Loucks Road) in York. (There will be five WBNG General Membership meetings in 2015. Most of the gatherings are held at the WBNG main office, 1100 15th St. …
Many may not know it, but the good salaries, excellent benefits, and job security that Bloomberg BNA employees enjoy are due in no small part to the tireless work of one person — Reza Namdar. For the better part of three decades, when a BNA employee (and yes it was just BNA for most of …
Still Waiting on Management’s First Wage Proposal In the latest bargaining session with the Washington Post, Guild negotiators were joined by staff writer Amy Goldstein, a union member who is one of the paper’s experts on the recent federal health care law. She gave a deeply researched presentation about the company’s proposal to stop offering …
First, we want to thank everyone who has responded on the Post’s proposal to have the option of ending health care insurance coverage for part-time workers. We plan to discuss this at the table Nov. 12, so there is still time if you would like to chime in. Second, we want to reiterate our call …
Post Guild’s ‘Crowd-Sourcing’ Request From the Guild’s Bargaining Committee Read More »
By a vote of 15 to 1, Guild members at the York Daily Record have ratified a two-year contract to replace the agreement that expired nearly nine years ago. WBNG Executive Director Cet Parks said that the bargaining committee and publisher were to sign the contract within a few days of the Aug. 14 ratification …
(July 18, 2014) On Saturday, July 26, WBNG members and friends will gather at St. Ignatius Church (740 N. Calvert St., two blocks from the Sun) in Baltimore to host our annual Guild Service and Front Page Awards, which recognize and honor hard-working union activists and journalists. 2013 Guild Service Awards Member of the Year …
WBNG Announces 2013 Guild Service, Front Page Awards Read More »
On July 26, WBNG members and friends will gather at St. Ignatius Church (740 N. Calvert St., two blocks from the Sun) in Baltimore to host our annual Front Page and Guild Service awards, which recognize and honor our hard working union activists and journalists. The Guild is recognizing their professional work in Writing, Photography, …
President’s Perspective: WBNG Presents 2013 Front Page, Guild Service Awards Read More »
