Board Delegate from General Press unit. Executive Director of CNG from 1976 through 2008 Retired February 2009

Janet Lundquist Hosey currently serves as treasurer of the Joliet guild unit. She has worked as a reporter for The Herald-News in Joliet since 2004. She has also worked as a reporter for The Plainfield Sun in Plainfield, Ill.; APBNews.com in New York, … Continue reading →

Bob Shaevel is currently the Unit Chair of the Illinois Organizers Union – Professional Staff. He has served in that capacity since February of 2009. Bob works as Illinois Federation of Teachers Research Director and Employee Benefits Specialist, located in … Continue reading →

Bob Mazzoni has worked as a copy editor in the sports department of the Sun-Times since 1990 and has been the co-chairman of the Sun-Times’ bargaining unit since 2000. Before joining the Sun-Times, he spent nearly three years on the … Continue reading →

Judith Masterson, a 27-year member of the Chicago Newspaper Guild, is a staff writer for the Lake County News-Sun. A graduate of Barat College, Lake Forest, she has held various offices with the Waukegan unit. She also serves as president … Continue reading →

Lenny Nieves is the current grievance chair for the IOU professional staff.  Lenny is a Field Service Director for the Illinois Federation of Teachers, working with and representing over 1500 IFT members in 13 locals/councils.  He has worked in this … Continue reading →

Arnavaz Mistry-Mujthaba serves as a Field Service Director with the Illinois Federation of Teachers. Arnavaz represents thirteen elementary and high school collective bargaining units in West Suburban Cook and DuPage Counties within the West Suburban Teachers Union, Local 571. Her … Continue reading →

I started with the Illinois Federation of Teachers as a work study student in 1997. I was then hired as part time and eventually a full time employee. I have served on my units Grievance Committee, Policy and Procedures Committee … Continue reading →

Joliet Unit Treasurer Brian Stanley has been a guild member since joining the Herald-News in 2004. He grew up in the Joliet area and holds a journalism degree from Governors State University. Brian was hired as the paper’s librarian and … Continue reading →

Ralph Zahorik was a reporter, copy editor and city editor during the more than 30 years he worked at The News-Sun in Waukegan. He has been active in Chicago Newspaper Guild and the labor movement since the 1970s. He was Waukegan unit chair for … Continue reading →