YOUR MESSAGE WAS DELIVERED
Dear Guild members, At 8 this morning, the letter signed by 102 of us expressing concerns about The Inquirer’s recent job posting for a Sports – Trending Writer listing “profound respect” for supervisors as a characteristic of an ideal job candidate was delivered to Gabe Escobar, senior vice president and editor; Charlotte Sutton, managing editor; […]
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YOUR SOLIDARITY NEEDED
Dear Guild Siblings: Happy SOLIDARITY WEEK at The Inquirer. Last week, FIVE of our members were told that despite years and years of dedication and hard work for the company, both in their jobs and, for some, in serving on committees to better The Inquirer that we were all told were so critical, they are […]
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GUILD MEMBERS LAID OFF
Dear Guild members:Less than a week after The Inquirer announced a desire to have employees increase their days working in the office in the spirit of “collaboration, inclusion, and sense of urgency about our work,” today the company informed five Guild members who have been extraordinary contributors to our mission that they are being laid […]
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About layoffs, hybrid work and disrespect
Dear Guild members: If you attended or tuned into today’s newsroom meeting, you heard the questions and answers regarding layoffs and hybrid work adjustments. I have been quiet on these issues because Bill Ross and I have been spending the past many weeks trying to convince Inquirer leadership that layoffs are inhumane, horrible for morale […]
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HELP HONOR A GUILD TREASURE
Dear Guild friends. A little more than three years ago we lost an unparalleled newsroom force and dedicated Guild member when a health emergency took the life of Kathy Hacker, someone who had seemed unconquerable. To be edited by her was not for the weak. She was demanding, exacting and known to do wholesale rewrites, […]
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Show support for striking Guild members.
Friends, Our Guild members in much-neglected Alden Global Capital-owned Tribune properties, including the Orlando Sentinel, Morning Call, Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Tribune Suburban publications, The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press have been patient enough after prolonged bargaining to secure decent compensation and other recognition of their work. As greedy hedge funds do, Alden has ignored […]
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BUYOUT NEWS
Dear Guild Family: To say “Happy New Year” would ignore a reality for nearly three dozen of our members who face the loss of their jobs in about a month. The Inquirer has extended buyout offers to all employees in customer service with the intent of laying off just about anyone who does not take […]
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A THANKSGIVING MESSAGE
Dear Guild Friends,As we head into a holiday that puts the focus on gratitude, I just wanted to thank each and every one of you for being such supportive, resilient and caring members.At The Inquirer, you came together to help inform the best contract we’ve secured in more than 20 years.At some of our newer […]
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Your well-being
Dear Friends, 9/11. George Floyd. COVID. Depending on how long you have worked at The Inquirer, these are just some of the traumas you have had to endure while doing your job. I’m just back to work today after a short vacation and wanted to acknowledge the trauma now gripping the world and many of […]
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CONTRACT IS RATIFIED
Dear Guild members, The Inquirer unit of the NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia voted Thursday to approve a three-year contract that provides economic improvements for members each year of the deal, greatly enhances parental leave, codifies the company’s DEI policies, and maintains the current rate of health care costs for the life of the collective bargaining […]
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