Home

  • Trouble on our doorstep. Read all about it in the summer/fall edition of The Frontier Reporter

    Trouble on our doorstep. Read all about it in the summer/fall edition of The Frontier Reporter

    We had some political mayhem and the close of Lee Enterprises’ fiscal year, all of which has spelled trouble for the Guild. Check out new features and all the Guild news you may have from the summer and fall in the latest edition of The Frontier Reporter newsletter.

    Frontier Reporter – Summer_Fall 2025Download

  • Tickets available for Guild holiday gala

    Holiday Party flyerTickets are on sale now for the Buffalo Newspaper Guild’s Annual Holiday Gala. The party will be held Friday, Dec. 12 from 5:30 until 10 p.m. at the Century Grill, 318 Pearl Street.

    Guild members are free while tickets for retirees are $10 and guests are $15. The party will include appetizers, a buffet dinner, soda, coffee & tea and a cash bar.

    For tickets, see Dick Fay in the Southtowns District Office; Sandy Tan, Sue Kelley, Steve Watson, Mike Pesarchick in Editorial; Kim Leiser in Circulation; Renee Mikler in Classified; or Felice McMillion in Accounting.

  • News seeks to end bargaining: Contract talks turn sour with unacceptable company offer

    Nearly six months after bargaining started, we stand at a crucial turning point.

    On Monday, The News abruptly changed course in contract talks by presenting a “package proposal” to The Guild that would end negotiations with a deal that expires July 31, 2015.

    The package provides no pay raise or bonus — not a penny.

    It withdraws some company proposals, such as changes to the Classified department, and includes a host of measures management advanced during bargaining that it said would provide it with more flexibility, efficiency or savings. The Guild and The News have tentative agreements or were close to agreement on those measures. (more…)

  • September 2014 Executive Committee meeting minutes

    Agenda emailed prior to meeting:

    Guild Executive Committee Meeting Agenda for September 17, 2014 (more…)

  • Informational Meetings: Get a status report about negotiations at Oct. 16 sessions

    October 9, 2014 — Contract negotiations resumed Monday with The News telling The Guild that the company wanted a two-year deal with no raises.

    News management said it would consider offering cash bonuses, but only in return for unspecified concessions.

    The Guild bargaining team countered that members are working harder than ever, have received only a 1 percent raise since 2009, and have responded repeatedly to company efforts to cut costs. (more…)

  • Bargaining Update: Talks continue between Guild and News on many issues

    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 creating a collaborative forum to improve the efficiency of the Classified department. It was met with a counter-offer by The News that will lead to further discussion and negotiation. (more…)

  • Guild marches in Labor Day parade


    30 Guild and family members marched in this year’s AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade through South Buffalo. We enjoyed higher-than-average turnout, welcomed some new faces and tossed out plenty of candy on our walk down to Cazenovia Park.

  • Guild offers support to fired Albany newspaper employee

    The Buffalo Newspaper Guild will donate $300 a month through the end of the year to assist Lindsay Connors, an Albany Times Union employee in advertising who was fired in July despite the objections of colleagues.

    Connors had made an issue of inappropriate actions in advertising, such as staff told to dance for bosses as part of a competition, the local reported. The Times Union also outsourced ad design work without negotiation with the union. (more…)

    ,

  • Help us build community support this year! Join the Labor Day Parade and summer picnic

    Banner carriers Charlie Specht and Dan Herbeck, and sign holder Casey Glynn.
    Banner carriers Charlie Specht and Dan Herbeck, and sign holder Casey Glynn.

    Please join in the festivities as the Buffalo Newspaper Guild once again marches in the annual AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade and Picnic on Monday, Sept. 1. The fun, free event welcomes all Guild members, spouses, kids and well-behaved pets.

    Since this is a major bargaining year for us, we’re hoping for high turnout on Monday. Even if you haven’t been to the Labor Day Parade in recent years, we hope you’ll make time for this fun event this year.

    The parade will head down Abbott Road in South Buffalo to Cazenovia Park, where free hotdogs, hamburgers, snacks and drinks will be provided to all. (more…)

  • News issues long list of harsh proposals

    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 department and the revenue it generates. But the company made no specific proposals to address those goals. (more…)

  • Guild and News outline bargaining goals

    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 virtually all Guild members are trying to cope. (more…)