President Sandy Tan called the meeting to order at 5:06 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 via Zoom. Motion/Second/Carried Portman/Fairbanks to approve the minutes for both the executive and general meetings for November. Grievance Committee Report Vice President for Contract Enforcement Aaron Besecker said the grievance committee approved a grievance regarding the labeling of sponsored content. … Continue reading Guild executive committee meeting minutes: Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021
Guild executive committee meeting minutes: Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020
President Sandy Tan called the meeting to order at 5:04 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 via Zoom. No minutes this month. Tan made a desperate plea for volunteers to join the Lonnie Hudkins Memorial Singers. Grievance Committee Report Vice President for Contract Enforcement Aaron Besecker said that a grievance in ABC was resulting in management … Continue reading Guild executive committee meeting minutes: Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020
Guild executive committee meeting minutes: Monday, Nov. 16, 2020
President Sandy Tan called the meeting to order at 5:02 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 via Zoom. Motion/Second/Carried Tan/Leiser to approve the executive committee minutes for September. Tan reported that four sports clerks took the buyout offered by The News, while clerk Ted Wasko moved to the prepress department in a transfer that was negotiated … Continue reading Guild executive committee meeting minutes: Monday, Nov. 16, 2020
Guild general meeting minutes: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020
President Sandy Tan called the afternoon meeting to order at noon Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 via Zoom. Vice President for Contract Enforcement Aaron Besecker said The News rejected” a grievance related to sponsored content on BuffaloNews.com and that a situation in ABC was nearing settlement as management said work would be returned to the Guild. … Continue reading Guild general meeting minutes: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020
News to close or merge four weekly Sun papers, three Guild members laid off
The Guild has been informed that The Buffalo News will shut down two weekly Sun papers, and merge two others, resulting in the layoff of two part-time Guild reporters and one full-time Guild page designer. One Sun editor will also be laid off. Two other Guild Sun reporters also recently resigned.Both the Twin Cities Sun and … Continue reading News to close or merge four weekly Sun papers, three Guild members laid off
Reasons to be proud as the Guild closes out 2020
A version of this letter by President Sandy Tan was previously emailed to Guild members and summarizes the many accomplishments of the Guild over the past year as we look back on 2020. At a time when we’ve all been working under some of the most stressful conditions we’ve ever endured, the Buffalo Newspaper Guild … Continue reading Reasons to be proud as the Guild closes out 2020
Fairbanks retires after 34 years at the News, but will remain as Guild advisor
A year into his tenure as a reporter at The Buffalo News, a columnist approached Phil Fairbanks and asked if he would be interested in working with the Buffalo Newspaper Guild. At the time, Fairbanks was covering business and labor, and was taking classes at Cornell’s ILR School, which specialized in labor relations and union … Continue reading Fairbanks retires after 34 years at the News, but will remain as Guild advisor
Sponsored content and The News — and what you need to know about it
The Buffalo News is trying to fool you into thinking advertisements are journalism. Lee Enterprises, which owns The News, is apparently OK with letting readers think that ads -- also known as “sponsored content” -- should look like the real journalism produced by our hard-working Guild members. Our repeated objections have been ignored. Discerning readers, … Continue reading Sponsored content and The News — and what you need to know about it
Guild general meeting minutes: Tuesday, September 29, 2020
President Sandy Tan called the afternoon meeting to order at noon Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 via Zoom. Vice President for Contract Enforcement Aaron Besecker said the grievance committee approved two grievances, one regarding sponsored content and one regarding management doing Guild work in ABC. Tan discussed the remote work survey the Guild conducted with its … Continue reading Guild general meeting minutes: Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Guild executive committee meetings: Monday, September 28, 2020
President Sandy Tan called the meeting to order at 5:04 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, 2020 via Zoom. Motion/Second/Carried Besecker/Harrington to approve the executive committee minutes for July and August. Tan said that the Tonawanda News mailers approved a new contract by a vote of 13-1. Administrative Officer Kim Leiser noted that the new contract included … Continue reading Guild executive committee meetings: Monday, September 28, 2020
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