Unionized editorial workers at the Chicago Reader are intensifying their campaign to convince management that higher wages and strategic investments will keep the publication viable. The campaign, using the slogan “Save the Reader,” is expanding to include advertising and a … Continue reading →

  By Ben Joravsky on behalf of the Chicago News Guild bargaining unit   As much as I may not like to admit it, I’m the old guy on the Reader staff. And so I’m writing on behalf of all the … Continue reading →

Find Save the Chicago Reader on Facebook, where you can sign our petition. Or access the petition at actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-the-chicago-reader. Call Bruce Sagan, Wrapports board member who oversees the Reader, at 312-321-3127. Email him at bsagan@suntimes.com. Attend our rally at noon … Continue reading →

May 2012 Wrapports LLC, a private group of investors, purchases the Reader from Atalaya Capital Management for slightly less than $3 million. Wrapports is the brainchild of Michael Ferro Jr., chairman and CEO of private equity firm Merrick Ventures. Serving … Continue reading →

By Ralph Zahorik An online petition drive has been launched to keep news reporter Bob Seidenberg in Evanston. As of Monday evening, the petition had 149 signatures and scores of comments from supporters, almost all of whom identified themselves as … Continue reading →

By Ralph Zahorik An outsider might think Tronc, formerly known as Tribune Publishing, is waging a war on its own reporters at Pioneer Press, the Chicago suburban newspaper chain Tribune acquired last year. In the latest incident, veteran Evanston reporter … Continue reading →

On April 15th 2014 the Women Committee of CWA/TNG Local 34071 in Chicago held its first event at the Sisters of Providence facility for mentally challenged women. Sonia Garcia, Emilia Cartagena, Alicia Heskin, Grace Catania and Grace Doyle, all Cook … Continue reading →