The NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia

YOU SPOKE OUT, HERE’S THE ANSWER

Dear Guild Members: You spoke out and The Inquirer has responded. In overwhelming numbers, Inquirer staff told their shop stewards that they did not want to see their work appearing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette while Guild members (along with other CWA locals and Teamsters) are on strike there. Executive Director Bill Ross and I communicated […]

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PLEASE DONATE TO STRIKER FUND

Dear Guild Friends: When one union has a battle, it never has to wage that fight alone. That is solidarity, the bedrock of a union. As I mentioned the other day, our local sent cheesesteaks to our striking colleagues at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. They were enthusiastically received. Our union will also now play an important […]

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A STRIKE NEEDING OUR HELP

Dear Guild Members:  Today at noon our Guild colleagues at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette are planning to go out on strike, joining nonjournalist CWA members and Teamsters who have been on strike since Oct. 5 over losing their health care on Oct. 1. This was triggered when the company refused to pay the increased health-care premium […]

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ANTI-BLACK PANEL DISCUSSION AND MONDAY’S HOLIDAY

Dear Guild members: In the event you did not receive the email from the NewsGuild-CWA in Washington, there is still time to register for tonight’s panel discussion, “Was that the Reckoning? Addressing anti-Black Racism in the News Industry.” On the panel will be Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and NewsGuild of New York President Susan […]

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COVID SICK LEAVE & PROFIT-SHARING UPDATE

Dear Members: Thanks to research by a Guild member, the Company has become aware of a City of Philadelphia ordinance on COVID that potentially impacts all of you. The policy, effective March 9, 2022, to Dec. 31, 2023, requires employers with 25 or more employees to provide up to 40 hours of ADDITIONAL paid sick time to employees unable to […]

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PROFIT SHARING UPDATE

Dear Members: Well, as we warned last week, what was disclosed to you as the amount of profit sharing you should expect to receive was not accurate. Let’s get right to it:  All full-time Guild employees who were hired as of Jan. 1, 2021, and worked at least 500 hours, will receive a profit-sharing check in the GROSS AMOUNT of $4,668.35. Part-time […]

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PROFIT SHARING ANSWERS

Dear Members:  Well, you got some exciting news this afternoon. We were led to believe we would have time to get some answers from our health plan administrator before word went out so that there would not be too much confusion about this.  Alas, we are where we are, so let us try to fill […]

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GUILD BULLETIN: ABORTION ACCESS ACTION

Dear Members:   I wanted to share with you a statement I and the rest of the Executive Council of the NewsGuild/CWA, of which I’m a regional vice president, adopted Thursday night. As you will see, more than 40 years ago our parent organization passed a resolution saying abortion and contraception “should be a personal […]

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YOUR CONCERNS ON INQUIRER POLICY

Dear Members:  Several of you have reached out with questions, concerns and objections to the newsroom policy on political activity that was issued yesterday following the leak of the draft U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding Roe v Wade. In part, it says “No outside personal, philosophical, or financial interests should conflict with staff members’ professional duties” […]

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GUILD FILES ANOTHER DISCRIMINATION GRIEVANCE

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The Guild Executive Board unanimously voted Wednesday to file a second grievance against The Inquirer under our collective bargaining agreement for violation of Article 2, which prohibits discrimination against our members. The veteran member, who is Black, is paid considerably less than white colleagues with less experience performing similar jobs. For several years, the member has attempted to get the company to correct this […]

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