The Buffalo Newspaper Guild and The News continue to negotiate over a range of topics. Last week, The Guild bargaining team presented a package of Guild proposals and responses to News proposals intended to bring resolution to 11 issues, including standardizing trial periods for new members, shifting to a calendar-year basis for calculating vacation, and … Continue reading Bargaining Update: Talks continue between Guild and News on many issues

June 11, 2014--The Buffalo News on Tuesday issued bargaining proposals targeting job security, health insurance coverage, vacation, sick time, jurisdiction, and other Guild members’ contract provisions and benefits. Among many controversial proposals, the News said it would outsource Guild members' work in the Classified Department if changes weren't made to the cost of running the … Continue reading News issues long list of harsh proposals

May 29, 2014 -- The Buffalo Newspaper Guild's Bargaining Committee on Wednesday outlined its general goals for the upcoming contract negotiations during the initial meeting with News management. Reinforcing an overall theme that Guild members' wages and benefits remain of paramount importance in these negotiations, the Bargaining Committee also underscored the burdensome workload with which … Continue reading Guild and News outline bargaining goals

3/20/14 -- The Buffalo Newspaper Guild's bargaining team is gearing up for another round of contract negotiations with News management. While no bargaining sessions have yet been scheduled, the Guild team has begun to prepare for the talks. Results from the recent Guild membership survey have been tabulated and discussed among bargaining team members. Results … Continue reading Guild preparing for contract talks: News conducts insurance presentation for unions

The Guild have been working with The News to correct two important Univera Healthcare coverage problems discovered by our members and leadership after The News sent out its NewsFlex benefits package to Guild members. These issues, which have now been fixed, would have otherwise led to higher out-of-pocket hospitalization costs for our members and hurt … Continue reading Guild works to fix News’ health plan: Union finds health insurance flaws now being corrected

Guild members voted 80-6 Thursday in favor of the tentative agreement between the Guild and The Buffalo News. The new contract is retroactive to August 1, 2013. Thanks to everyone who cast a ballot. The one-year deal continues to provide fully covered health insurance for all full-time Guild members, safeguards all the provisions of the … Continue reading Guild members ratify new contract

The Guild will hold two informational meetings at 12 noon and 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 31 in the first-floor auditorium to discuss the tentative agreement reached between the Guild bargaining team and The News. We strongly encourage all Guild members to attend. A ratification vote on the tentative agreement will subsequently be held from 9 … Continue reading Informational meetings and vote on tentative agreement scheduled

The Guild and The News reached a tentative agreement late Thursday afternoon that maintains fully covered health insurance coverage, provides a modest cash bonus and leaves virtually all benefits and protections in our contract untouched. The tentative, one-year agreement provides a cash bonus of $400 for part-timers and $300 for full-timers. The deal, which must … Continue reading Tentative agreement reached: One-year deal protects contract and health coverage

In recent contract negotiations, The Guild and The News verbally presented opening bargaining positions but have yet to trade official proposals. Negotiations are ramping up, however, which means we’ll be asking all Guild members to participate in upcoming mobilization efforts. The company talked about a one-year contract extension in which the only issue is health … Continue reading Guild supports maintenance of health benefits, seeks wage increase

The Guild bargaining team met last week for the first official meeting with News management at which the company presented its strategy to significantly reshape health insurance choices for all employees. The strategy, as preliminarily envisioned by The News, could leave coverage to Guild members largely unchanged, at least for a year, while offering more … Continue reading News eyes new health insurance strategy