-
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.
-
Executive Committee Meeting Agenda
July 14, 2010, 5:30 p.m.
Second floor conference room
The Buffalo NewsAgenda:
1. Vote on interim vice president for contract administration
2. Discussion of health care benefits for local service representative -
June Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
Keith McShea called the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m, June 9, 2010 at One News Plaza, second-floor meeting room. (more…)
-
Executive Committee Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, June 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Second floor conference room of The Buffalo News.The agenda is as follows:
– Nominations for Executive Committee members from Editorial and District Managers
– Discuss purchase of AFL-CIO annual picnic tickets
– Vote on job share agreement
– Guild’s role in Tom Borrelli’s golf tournamentIf you cannot make the meeting, please call the Guild office at 856-2828.
-
“GOODBYE, AND GOOD LUCK”
Join us as we celebrate the retirement of our Buffalo News colleagues
MIKE BEEBE, JIM BRENNAN, TOM BUCKHAM, DOROTHY KEENAN, BILL LUKASIAK, ALAN PERGAMENT, CAROLYN RAEKE, PETER SIMON, and GENE WARNER.
We promise good food and good humor as we say “goodbye, and good luck” to our beloved newsroom veterans.
June 3, 2010
Harbour Club, HSBC Arena -
May Local Meeting Minutes
Pat Gormley called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m, May 5, 2010 at One News Plaza, first-floor auditorium. (more…)
-
May Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
Jim Heaney and Keith McShea called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m, May 4, 2010 at One News Plaza, second-floor meeting room. (more…)
-
Looking ahead — Membership meeting 5:30 pm Wednesday
With the early retirement incentive behind us, The Buffalo News is a smaller organization, and so is the Guild. That poses unique challenges for each of as members who are faced with the prospect of doing the same work with fewer people.
How will we manage? And how are other newspapers managing?
Come share your thoughts Wednesday, learn what’s happening throughout the building, and how the Guild intends to face the upcoming challenges Wednesday. We’ll meet in the first-floor auditorium at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday’s meeting is the second of four general membership meetings the Guild will hold this year. (more…)
-
Company exceeds $1.1 million savings goal through early retirements
News management exceeded its buyout goals this week through the early retirement incentive that expired Monday. In all, 27 Guild employees will be off the payroll by the end of the week. Their wages and benefits represent a savings to The News of $1.7 million, substantially higher than its goal of $1.1 million.
The early retirement incentive, crafted with the help of the Guild, provided additional years of service or age credits toward employee pensions. (more…)
-
April Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
Keith McShea called the meeting to order at 5:34 p.m, April 14, 2010 at One News Plaza, second-floor meeting room. (more…)
-
News unlikely to bring back retirees as part timers
The Buffalo News is not likely to offer part-time jobs to newsroom employees who take a buyout.
Company executives, during a recent meeting with union leaders, said the current state of the newspaper’s finances make it difficult for them to bring back Editorial Guild members who retire.
Managers said no future newsroom retiree has been offered a part-time position but indicated that could change down the road if The News’ finances improve or if certain staffing needs arise. (more…)
Buffalo Newspaper Guild CWA Local 31026 