April 30, 2013 Contact: Guild President Bernie Lunzer, (202) 434-7175; blunzer@cwa-union.org The Newspaper Guild & Communications Workers of America Call on Tribune Company to Protect Newspapers’ Integrity as Sale Proceeds Recently you’ve seen many petitions asking that the Koch brothers … Continue reading
On Thursday, April 25 the Chicago Newspaper Guild and the Company had an off the record meeting with a federal mediator from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. At no time did the parties meet face to face. The afternoon consisted of the … Continue reading
A Win For The Guild ! And, good news–the Guild just won back a job for an EA who has been a Guild member for 34 years from the Gary paper. She is the only Editorial Assistant at the Post-Tribune, … Continue reading
On Monday, April 7 nearly 1000 people paid tribute to Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert. Laura Emerick, a long-time Guild member, and Roger Ebert’s editor in Features writes the following personal tribute: Roger Ebert excelled at many journalistic roles: Film … Continue reading
Kathy Routliffe In August of 1983, Bob Rockafield hired me to be a reporter for the Park Ridge Advocate, one of the weekly newspapers of Pioneer Press. When I walked into the newsroom for the first time, I had been … Continue reading
Today the world lost a journalistic icon – Roger Ebert. After a long battle with cancer, The Sun-Times columnist passed away Thursday at the age of 70. The Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago Newspaper Guild columnist worked for the Sun-Times for … Continue reading
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