DFM WORKERS UNITED
Hi all, Website editor and reporter Julie Reynolds just posted a great story on our www.dfmworkers.org, our campaign website. http://http://dfmworkers.org/2016/01/22/hard-copy-hard-times/ Please take a moment to read it, then share via Facebook and Twitter.
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Where have all the bylines gone?
On Tuesday, the guild staff members of the Delaware County Daily Times are participating in a one-day byline strike — in print and online — to call attention to measures Digital First Media has taken to create its regional production hub in Norristown. This action coincides with the release of the redesigned Daily Times print […]
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Wanted: New owners
Wanted: New owners. That’s the message today from journalists, ad reps and other media workers across the country seeking alternatives to Digital First Media, the nation’s second-largest newspaper chain. Today, Guild-represented staff at major newspapers including the Denver Post, San Jose Mercury News and St. Paul Pioneer Press have published ads online and in print seeking local, […]
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Trentonian members ratify contract.
Guild represented members at the Trentonain in Trenton New Jersey, ratified an initial 2 year agreement with 21stCMH this evening.
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Norristown Times Herald and Pottstown Mercury ratify contracts.
Board members, In a good day for our local, and our members, Norristown members today at noon, ratified the initial cba with 21st CMH 16-0. Later in the day at 5:30 our Pottstown members voted 40-0 to ratify their agreement. Again, I’d like thank all our unit officers, and Carol Rothman for attending both meetings […]
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Delaware County Times contract ratified
Guild members, This evening your co-workers voted 47-15 to ratify an initial contract with 21st CMH, the new owners of the bankrupt Journal Register Company. Highlights of the 2 year contract after the sale closes in April include, No reduction of pay over the 2 year term. No involuntary layoffs for the first year, except […]
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JRC Tentative Agreements reached at 4 papers.
Guild JRC members, You will be receiving a WARN notice from JRC, which is required by law. DO NOT panic. All of our members will be rehired by 21st CMH the potential buyer of JRC. We have tentative new contracts that over the next 4 weeks we will be meeting to ratify. As I […]
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JRC Chapter 11 part 2
NEWSGUILD NAMED CO-CHAIR OF JRC CREDITORS’ COMMITTEE Staff September 14, 2012 NewsGuild-CWA NewsGuild-CWA was named one of five members, and co-chair, of the creditors’ committee as the Journal Register Company bankruptcy proceeded Thursday with an initial hearing in New York City. The Guild is represented on the committee by Philadelphia Newspaper Guild Executive Director Bill […]
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Delaware County Times members ratify 18 month agreement.
After a difficult round of bargaining, Guild members approved an 18 month contract with the Journal Register owned Delaware County Times. The Guild fought back the employer’s proposal on ousourcing Guild work, and an attack on contractual benefits, mainly sick time. “Keeping our work here, was our main goal.” Said Guild Executive Director Bill Ross.
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JRC Contracts Extended.
March 27, 2012 Guild members, Today, all three of our JRC contracts, the Delaware County Times, The Pottstown Mercury, and the Norristown Times Herald, have been extended for an additional 90 days with a no layoff guarantee over the 90 days, and if layoffs were to be announced, the earliest they could occur would be […]
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