IMPORTANT MASK INFORMATION
This message is for Guild journalists working in-person assignments. Many of you have asked questions about the PPE that has been distributed by the Company, specifically the KN95 masks given to journalists to use while working in-person assignments. In theory, KN95 masks should work as well as N95 masks, but CDC has warned that dozens […]
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BUYOUTS
Dear Members: As you saw from Lisa’s email, the Company is again looking to reduce costs through a buyout. This one is being offered to Guild members in the newsroom who are at least 55 and have been with the Company at least 20 years. The offer: 26 weeks of pay plus 6 months of […]
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Inquirer pay study 2020
As we have previously announced, the Guild has had a consultant conducting a pay study since first identifying a couple years ago a serious issue of inequity in the newsroom based on gender and race. The most recent evaluation also looked at pay patterns in our other Guild departments: advertising/marketing, circulation, and finance, although the […]
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Recap of general membership on 7-14 2020
For those who were unable to “attend” yesterday’s Guild General Membership meetings, there was some particularly important information we wanted to make sure you had: SUPPLIES OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT People and Culture has developed a new system for obtaining PPE, including masks, sanitizer and gloves. Fill out this form when you need a new […]
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General Membership meeting July 14, 2020 12pm and 2pm.
Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7609727919?pwd=bnVUWEowQ2ZCSjBrWWt4WjVGb3U2QT09
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A reporter’s lonely mission.
Please read this wonderful NY Times article on our own Evan Brandt. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/alden-global-capital-pottstown-mercury.html#click=https://t.co/zxcywYIPXv
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SAVE THE NEWS
Dear Guild Member, Last week, NewsGuild journalists representing 10 Tribune Publishing Co. publications including the Chicago Tribune, the Hartford Courant, the Virginia Pilot and the (Allentown, PA) Morning Call, launched a collective campaign to return these institutions to local ownership, a sweeping vote of no confidence in Tribune’s current leadership. These campaigns run parallel to […]
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A DAY WITHOUT NEWS
Members: The Save The News campaign is planning our next coordinated Twitter action with the theme, “A Day Without News.” This action would involve each unit or local sharing a recent example of the A1 or the homepage for their outlet in this Google Drive Folder NO LATER THAN JULY 8. (An eps file is […]
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Town Hall
Racial injustice in our newsrooms: Creating change Town Hall June 18, 7 p.m. ET(4 p.m. PT, 5 p.m. MT, 6 p.m. CT) All NewsGuild-CWA members are welcome. Recent weeks have seen truly historic upheaval and uprisings in the streets – and in many newsrooms. The NewsGuild will convene a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, June […]
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Thank You!
June 11, 2020 To our colleagues Simply: Thank you. It’s been a trying week for us all, but your actions of support — the 70+ colleagues who offered vacation days to us, the dozens who signed the letter of solidarity, the countless personal messages we’ve each received — have been genuinely heartening. We are encouraged, too, by […]
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