Please join in the festivities as the Buffalo Newspaper Guild once again marches in the annual AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade and Picnic on Monday, Sept. 2. The fun, free event welcomes all Guild members, spouses, kids and well-behaved pets. Special for this year, all participating Guild members will receive a FREE, stylish, two-tone baseball hat … Continue reading Join the Labor Day Parade
August 2013 Special Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
From email announcing meeting: The special meeting is to discuss a agreement that The Buffalo News is seeking with the Guild regarding a television sports show that they are anxious to engage in. Sports reporters from the News may be used on this program and issues of jurisdiction, pay and duration are some of the … Continue reading August 2013 Special Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
Guild members ratify new contract
Guild members voted 80-6 Thursday in favor of the tentative agreement between the Guild and The Buffalo News. The new contract is retroactive to August 1, 2013. Thanks to everyone who cast a ballot. The one-year deal continues to provide fully covered health insurance for all full-time Guild members, safeguards all the provisions of the … Continue reading Guild members ratify new contract
Informational meetings and vote on tentative agreement scheduled
The Guild will hold two informational meetings at 12 noon and 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 31 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 held from 9 … Continue reading Informational meetings and vote on tentative agreement scheduled
July 2013 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
Agenda emailed prior to meeting: Guild Executive Committee Meeting Agenda for July 2013 Approval of minutes Committee Reports -- Finance: Quarterly budget report, Kim Leiser -- Grievance: Mark Sommer -- Mobilization: Sandy Tan Old Business -- Update on contract negotiations: Bargaining team members -- Update on Guild picnic: Tammy Turnbull. -- Update on outreach projects: … Continue reading July 2013 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
Tentative agreement reached: One-year deal protects contract and health coverage
The Guild and The News reached a tentative agreement late Thursday afternoon that maintains fully covered health insurance coverage, provides a modest cash bonus and leaves virtually all benefits and protections in our contract untouched. The tentative, one-year agreement provides a cash bonus of $400 for part-timers and $300 for full-timers. The deal, which must … Continue reading Tentative agreement reached: One-year deal protects contract and health coverage
June 2013 Special Executive Committee Meeting
President Henry Davis called the meeting to order at 4:39 p.m, June 27, 2013 at The News' second-floor meeting room, One News Plaza. Davis provided the executive committee with an update on negotiations. The bargaining team met Tuesday. Davis said things were at a "crossroads" and brought the committee up to date: Both sides presented … Continue reading June 2013 Special Executive Committee Meeting
Milt Joffe, dean of The News’ copy desk, celebrates 50-year Guild anniversary
Veteran copy desk editor Milt Joffe is, by far, the longest tenured Guild member at The Buffalo News. He started as a reporting intern in 1961 before being hired full time in 1963. He was the youngest copy editor ever to grace the copy desk at age 21 and was named chief copy editor before … Continue reading Milt Joffe, dean of The News’ copy desk, celebrates 50-year Guild anniversary
June 2013 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
President Henry Davis called the meeting to order at 12:09 p.m, June 19, 2013 at The News' second-floor meeting room, One News Plaza. Motion/Second/Carried Leiser/Harrington to approve the minutes of the May general meeting, April executive meeting and May special executive meeting as published on the Guild web site, buffaloguild.org. Committee Reports Mark Sommer reporteed … Continue reading June 2013 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
Guild supports maintenance of health benefits, seeks wage increase
In recent contract negotiations, The Guild and The News verbally presented opening bargaining positions but have yet to trade official proposals. Negotiations are ramping up, however, which means we’ll be asking all Guild members to participate in upcoming mobilization efforts. The company talked about a one-year contract extension in which the only issue is health … Continue reading Guild supports maintenance of health benefits, seeks wage increase
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