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  • 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.

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  • June Meeting Minutes

    President Pat Gormley called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m., June 30, 2009. Motion/Second/Carried, Meyer/Tan: To approve minutes of the May 2009 meeting as they appeared in the Frontier Reporter.

    Correspondence
    Buffalo AFL-CIO Council Labor asked if the Guild was interested in buying tickets to its annual Labor Picnic on Friday, July 31 at Elma Meadows. Four tickets have been bought in the past. M/S/C Heaney/Fischer: to buy two tickets for this year’s picnic. (more…)

  • June Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

    President Pat Gormley called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m., June 30, 2009 in the Guild’s new local office at 70 West Chippewa St., Buffalo.

    Gormley lauded Turnbull for her work during the Guild’s recent move from its former location on Exchange Street. The owners of the Larkin also own the building on Chippewa. (more…)

  • Guild addresses scheduling compliance

    The Buffalo Newspaper Guild has sent a letter to The Buffalo News requiring adherence to Article 11, Section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. This section states:

    Work schedules will be posted openly, for general notice, two weeks in advance of the week for which they apply, except that schedules may be changed on less than two weeks’ notice in the case of staff emergencies not within The News’ control. (more…)

  • New Guild logo is coming

    In keeping with this period of great change, the Guild logo is getting a new look.

    The new design, the work of Editorial Cartoonist Adam Zyglis, is a provocative graphic of a globe linked to the head of a charging Buffalo.

    The logo will become part of the Guild’s identity and image and is expected to find its way onto everything from Guild polo shirts to workplace flyers. A different version of the logo will celebrate the local’s 75th anniversary. (more…)

  • Guild conference reflects hard times

    Two thousand members lost.

    Twelve newspapers in bankruptcy.

    Is it any wonder why attendance at this year’s annual Newspaper Guild conference was low?

    I was one of the 112 Guild members from 38 locals who did attend the TNG-CWA conference in Washington D.C. last month and I can report back that, despite the subpar turnout, the union’s business is getting done. (more…)

  • Buffalo local changing with the times

    The Guild, like the newspaper industry, is changing.

    In Buffalo, change means a new home on the Chippewa Strip, a new way of communicating news and information and a new – and hopefully more appealing – schedule of membership meetings.

    The reforms are among the most dramatic ever undertaken by the Buffalo local and are intended to improve membership participation while trimming expenses. (more…)

  • Guild fights Buffalo News layoffs

    The Buffalo News used buyouts to cut its work force by 36 Guild members last month, and then threatened layoffs as a way of cutting another 21 jobs.

    The Guild, as of press time for this issue, was meeting with News’ executives in hopes of mitigating those layoffs by agreeing to other types of cost savings. (more…)

  • Agreement’s Final Impact on Employees

    The final outcome of the cost-savings agreement negotiated with News management has resulted in the overwhelming number of employees faced with layoffs accepting buyouts or receiving enhanced severance pay based on their length of service at The News. (more…)

  • Guild cuts costs; moves back downtown

    Fallout from the decline in newspapers isn’t limited to employers.

    Unions are confronting the same monumental changes in the industry and, here in Buffalo, that translates into fewer members and less dues revenue.

    It also means dramatic changes in how the local spends its money. (more…)

  • News still projecting 2009 profit

    The Buffalo News is projecting a smaller-than-expected profit this year because of its inability to bargain concessions from other unions and a steeper-than-expected drop in advertising.

    The decline in News’ profits was the big news to come out of the first Labor Management Committee meeting between members of the Guild and News management last month. The LMC, created as part of a recent bargaining settlement, was formed so both sides can exchange ideas on how to improve the paper’s future. (more…)