SIGN UP FOR NEWS GUILD TRAINING SESSIONS!MORE MEMBERS WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE MAKES OUR UNION STRONGER! Every Chicago Guild is invited to sign up! Click on the links to sign up today! CONTRACT CAMPAIGNS WORKSHOP Saturday, March 26, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, March 9 at 6 CT/7ET Tribune Publishing Guilds and allies are meeting for for an hour-long state of our unions town hall. Crucially, nearly all we have left to bargain is the hard economics of our contract. We know this … Continue reading →

According to the Chicago News Guild bylaws, unit elections should take place each year in January or February. Watch your email inbox for a message announcing the date for nominations for unit officers.   For more general information on Chicago Guild … Continue reading →

The Chicago News Guild is proud to announce the addition of the staff union at SEIU Local 73 to its family. Members voted 36 to 4 to affiliate with the Guild. We look forward to working with SEIU Local 73 … Continue reading →

These last few days have been dark for our country. Today I released a statement condemning the attacks against journalists and anyone peacefully protesting. You can read that in full here. Please share it with our members. Last night we had … Continue reading →

 I was on edge this weekend as I watched the steady stream of updates from the streets of Chicago and the suburbs from the tireless, dedicated journalists of the Chicago News Guild. If, like me, you saw or read something … Continue reading →

Members of Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071: It is with great sadness that I report the death of former activist of the Chicago News Guild and member of the Guild’s Executive Board,  Albert Dickens of the Chicago Sun­-Times. Albert, who died May 10, 2020, at age 82, began his tenure with … Continue reading →

The COVID-19 pandemic has touched everyone in some way, and thousands of people directly. We know that includes members of our own News Guild local. People may be under economic stress from business furloughs and layoffs (including those who need help … Continue reading →