This Sunday, July 31, the Buffalo Newspaper Guild’s contract with The Buffalo News expires. For that reason, we ask all Guild members to wear black on Friday as a reminder of the challenge ahead and our united resolve to stick together to achieve our goals, including affordable health insurance and wages that offer a reasonable … Continue reading Talks continue as contract expires

The Guild on Friday proposed a redesign of health insurance that preserves affordable coverage for members while saving The Buffalo News a significant amount of money. The proposal calls for moving to what’s known as a “low-deductible” health plan that requires some cost-sharing by participants but not premium-sharing. The key elements of the plan are … Continue reading Guild makes health insurance proposal

When is enough enough? Is it the prospect of losing some of our most seasoned reporters in buyouts? Is it the threat of layoffs of our youngest and most promising journalists? Is it proposals to reduce wages, paid days off, holiday pay and mileage reimbursement? Is it demands to give up bargaining rights so the … Continue reading Health insurance: The cost of doing nothing

Since the Guild and The News began negotiations, there has been a good amount of information for all of us to digest. So let's talk about it. All Guild members are invited to a meeting with members of the Guild bargaining team and TNG National Staff Representative Marian Needham. Hear the latest update on contract … Continue reading Informational meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday

The controversies, complexities and consequences The Guild bargaining team and Buffalo News management on Friday discussed a potential buyout the company has proposed to meet its goal of cutting Guild-related costs by $1.8 million. Every Guild member, young and old, needs to understand the issues involved and the possible repercussions to the newsroom and pension … Continue reading Inside the Buyout

Buffalo News management wants to gut the newsroom and gain the ability to eliminate other Guild represented departments altogether under a contract proposal presented to Guild negotiators Friday. Management announced a plan to cut $1.8 million in costs from the Guild through staff reductions, and reductions in wages and benefits. News management said it wanted … Continue reading News opens negotiations with harsh proposals

Today marks the first meeting between the Guild bargaining team and management over what are likely to be tough contract issues. As we all know, these are difficult economic times, times that will make the work of the bargaining team extremely challenging over the coming weeks and months. The bargaining team has already spent many … Continue reading Negotiations begin today