Agenda emailed prior to meeting: Guild Executive Committee Meeting Agenda for March 19, 2014 The agenda is as follows: Approval of minutes Committee Reports -- Finance: Kim Leiser, quarterly Guild financial report -- Contract administration: Mark Sommer -- Mobilization: Phil Fairbanks Old Business -- Outreach effort update -- 2014 contract negotiations update -- Solidarity/support for … Continue reading Guild March 2014 executive committee minutes
Guild February 2014 general membership meeting minutes
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 President Henry Davis called the meeting to order at 12:03 p.m, Feb. 19, 2014 at The News' first-floor auditorium, One News Plaza. VP/mobilization Phil Fairbanks reported that the mobilization committee had met for the first time last week and there were the usual discussions of work actions which would escalate from … Continue reading Guild February 2014 general membership meeting minutes
Guild February 2014 executive committee minutes
Agenda emailed prior to meeting: Guild Executive Committee Meeting Agenda for Feb. 18, 2014 Approval of minutes -- Committee Reports -- Finance: Kim Leiser -- Contract administration: MarkSommer -- Mobilization: PhilFairbanks Old Business -- Roll outof Univera health plans: Guest membership fix; any problems? New Business -- State of the News review -- Solidarity/support forother … Continue reading Guild February 2014 executive committee minutes
Profit up at The News in 2013: Company cites expense decline as a key reason
An ongoing effort to reduce expenses and find new sources of revenue at The Buffalo News has continued to allow the company to remain profitable amid tumultuous industry conditions. And The News has now publicly identified the profit margin that's being sought by Berkshire Hathaway every year - company officials want to maintain a 10-percent … Continue reading Profit up at The News in 2013: Company cites expense decline as a key reason
Guild January 2014 executive committee minutes
Agenda emailed prior to meeting: Guild Executive Committee Meeting Agenda for Jan. 15, 2014 Approval of minutes -- Nov. 13 local meeting Committee Reports -- Finance: Kim Leiser -- Contract administration: Mark Sommer -- Mobilization: Phil Fairbanks Old Business -- Update on outreach strategy: Tammy Turnbull New Business -- Discuss 2014 contract negotiations -- Discuss … Continue reading Guild January 2014 executive committee minutes
The 2013 Guild holiday songs
The Lonnie Hudkins Memorial Singers performed on Dec. 6 at the Guild's annual holiday party. Listen and follow along with the lyrics posted below: "Hey Stan" Guild tribute to Stan Lipsey, sung to “Hey Jude” Hey Stan, you had the plan Take a good rag, and make it better You took down the Courier Express … Continue reading The 2013 Guild holiday songs
Guild December 2013 executive committee minutes
Agenda emailed prior to meeting: Guild Executive Committee Meeting Agenda for Dec. 11, 2013 Approval of minutes -- None so far Committee Reports -- Finance: Kim Leiser -- Contract administration: Mark Sommer -- Mobilization: Sandy Tan Old Business -- Summary of Multi-district conference: Davis/Sommer/Turnbull -- Post-mortem on holiday party: Tammy Turnbull New Business -- Naming … Continue reading Guild December 2013 executive committee minutes
November 2013 general membership meeting minutes
Meeting called to order by President Henry Davis at 12:09 p.m. in The News' auditorium. President Davis puts the nominations of Guild officers, executive committee members on the floor: The following nominations are heard from the floor: President: Henry Davis; nominated by Kim Leiser Vice President/Mobilization: Philip Fairbanks; nominated by Sandy Tan Vice President/Contract Enforcement: … Continue reading November 2013 general membership meeting minutes
Guild works to fix News’ health plan: Union finds health insurance flaws now being corrected
The Guild have been working with The News to correct two important Univera Healthcare coverage problems discovered by our members and leadership after The News sent out its NewsFlex benefits package to Guild members. These issues, which have now been fixed, would have otherwise led to higher out-of-pocket hospitalization costs for our members and hurt … Continue reading Guild works to fix News’ health plan: Union finds health insurance flaws now being corrected
Buffalo hosts Newspaper Guild event: Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger makes a surprise visit
The 40 participants at the Great Lakes-Midwest Joint Council Meeting in Buffalo this month received a jolt when a surprise guest visited during a special Guild program. The weekend meeting, which included union members from Erie, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and St. Louis, was interrupted Nov. 9 by an appearance from legendary folk singer Pete Seeger, … Continue reading Buffalo hosts Newspaper Guild event: Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger makes a surprise visit
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