The Guild’s local membership approved bylaw changes this month that will allow the union to hold quarterly, not monthly, membership meetings. The changes, months in the works, also will alter the way Guild members are informed of local membership meetings and how they receive the local newsletter, the Frontier Reporter. Overview of Bylaw Changes [PDF] … Continue reading By law changes approved
2010 Meeting Dates
The Guild’s local membership approved a schedule of 2010 membership meetings. The schedule reflects bylaw changes that allow for quarterly, not monthly, membership meetings. The location will be determined later. Here are the times, days and dates: February 10: 5:30 p.m., Wednesday May 5: 5:30 p.m., Wednesday August 14: TBA, Saturday (meeting will be held … Continue reading 2010 Meeting Dates
December Membership Meeting Minutes
Secretary Keith McShea called the meeting to order at 5:43 p.m., Dec. 15, 2009 at the CWA District 1 Office, 821 Elk St., Buffalo. Motion/Second/Carried Fairbanks/Heaney: To approve the bylaw changes outlined in a mailing to members and recommended by the executive committee. M/S/C Heaney/Fairbanks: To approve $150 for the nightside Editorial holiday party. M/S/C … Continue reading December Membership Meeting Minutes
December Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
President Pat Gormley called the meeting to order at 12:35 p.m, Dec. 14, 2009 at One News Plaza, second-floor meeting room. Tammy Turnbull reviewed the bylaw changes approved by The Newspaper Guild and scheduled to be approved by the local membership at the Dec. 15 meeting. Turnbull thanks Beverly Gniewecki and Kim Leiser for participating … Continue reading December Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
Egads, a 33 percent health insurance increase!
Before everyone stuffs away their Newsflex health insurance paperwork for the year, it’s worth reviewing a big change that may have gone unnoticed. Follow along because the change has important implications for your health benefits and wages in the future. Under the terms of our current contract, The Buffalo News in 2008 switched to one … Continue reading Egads, a 33 percent health insurance increase!
Guild to put bylaw changes to vote
The Guild's international parent has signed off on bylaw changes that will allow the local to switch to quarterly membership meetings. The changes, if approved, also would alter the way members are informed of local meetings and how they receive the local newsletter, the Frontier Reporter. A final membership vote on the bylaw changes is … Continue reading Guild to put bylaw changes to vote
December Meeting Agenda
The Guild will hold its next monthly membership meeting at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15 at the CWA office, 821 Elk St. The office is located just west of the intersection of Elk and Seneca streets. Here's the agenda for the meeting: Vote on bylaw changes Vote on nightside holiday party contribution Vote on 2010 … Continue reading December Meeting Agenda
Three more unions join Council
Three more unions are joining the effort to revive the Council of Newspaper Unions at The Buffalo News. Leaders of the three unions showed up at a recent meeting - the second in as many months - of labor leaders eager to resurrect the Council, a coalition of News' unions that dissolved a few years ago. … Continue reading Three more unions join Council
75th Anniversary Gala
Story | Photography | Video You know the Guild is throwing a hot party when even Berkshire-Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett wishes he could attend. The Buffalo Newspaper Guild marked 75 years of dedicated activism on behalf of its members with an evening gala Nov. 14 in the Harbour Club at HSBC Arena. It was a … Continue reading 75th Anniversary Gala
November – General Meeting Minutes
President Pat Gormley called the meeting to order at 5:47 p.m., Nov. 17, 2009 at the CWA District 1 Office, 821 Elk St., Buffalo. Motion/Second/Carried, Meyer/Leiser: To approve minutes of the October 2009 meeting as they appeared in the Frontier Reporter. Correspondence: none. 75th anniversary gala report from Tan: The party was a big hit … Continue reading November – General Meeting Minutes
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