July 9, 2015 -- The Guild will hold two informational meetings at noon and 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 14 in the first-floor auditorium to discuss the tentative agreement reached between the Guild bargaining team and The News. We strongly encourage all Guild members to attend. A ratification vote on the tentative agreement will subsequently be … Continue reading Informational meetings and vote on tentative agreement scheduled

June 22, 2015 -- The Guild and The News reached a tentative agreement Friday that maintains fully covered health insurance through 2016, provides cash bonuses and a cellphone allowance, and makes a key improvement in our insurance arrangement in the event of premium increases after the contract expires. The tentative agreement for a two-year contract … Continue reading Tentative agreement reached

June 2, 2015 -- The Guild bargaining team on Monday presented a package proposal to The News that accepts its proposal for employees to begin paying a portion of medical insurance premiums in 2017. The proposed three-year deal would include raises in two years of a contract that runs through 2017, a one-time cash bonus … Continue reading Guild makes a key proposal to News: Focus remains on wages and health insurance

May 28, 2015 -- The need for The Buffalo News to reinvent itself in the digital age is a reality that no one denies. And as the newspaper tries to figure out how to succeed in the era of Facebook and Twitter, members want to know how the Guild views its role. This is particularly … Continue reading The Guild and The News in the digital age: Our role in the era of the Internet, social media, cell phones

The Buffalo News on Monday rescinded its position on cost shifting for health insurance. Management stepped back from a proposal that would have had members paying a continual and increasing amount of health insurance premiums starting in 2016. However, the company only offered a small amount of money as a one-time bonus, with no wage … Continue reading News management moves on health insurance: Proposal also includes bonus but no wage increase

It’s time to talk to you about health insurance. This issue is a recurring challenge for us in bargaining and, as in years past, we must deal with it again in these contract negotiations. Here’s the bottom line: If The Buffalo News gets what it wants in insurance, say goodbye to life as you know … Continue reading The most interesting thing you will read today is this Guild update