Stephanie Dowell has been a staff photographer at the Post-Tribune since April 2000. She joined the Gary Newspaper Guild Local 34014 almost immediately. After several years, Stephanie was nominated as guild secretary and held the post until shortly before the … Continue reading
On Sept 7th 2012 between 5.30 -7.30 PM The Chicago Newspaper Guild held a training session for its new crop of Shop Stewards, at the Guild’s N. LaSalle Office. Under a new scheme, providing streamlined communication, the Court Interpreters Unit will now … Continue reading
NLRB ISSUES COMPLAINT AGAINST TEAMSTERS LOCAL 743 9/12/12: The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint against Teamsters Local 743 for disciplining one of its employees for testifying at a Board hearing last fall. The hearing is set for October 4. The … Continue reading
9/30/12: Dear Unit Members, Just a quick reminder of what you should do and what management should NOT do regarding the taking of furlough days. Per our Memorandum of Understanding with the company we are required to schedule all of our … Continue reading
9/12/12: The Lake County unit (formerly Waukegan) said goodbye recently to three newsroom colleagues – three Pioneer employees including two exempt managers and one veteran reporter and faithful Guild member, John Roszkowski. The three left in the wake of a “relaunch” of … Continue reading
by Kathy Routliffe For the first time in their histories, the five editorial units of the Chicago Newpaper Guild which have contracts with the Chicago Sun-Times Company – the Chicago Sun Times, Pioneer Press, Joliet, Waukegan and Gary – have merged … Continue reading
By Grace Catania Recently the Chicago Newspaper Guild and the Cook County Interpreters’ Office began discussing the issue of higher pay for certified court interpreters. A certified interpreter is one who has taken and passed an examination administered by a recognized authority. … Continue reading
By Ralph Zahorik The newest unit of the Chicago Newspaper Guild includes workers at another Sun-Times Media Group daily newspaper and adds a Hoosier voice to the local. The local now represents reporters, photographers and other editorial workers at the … Continue reading
Craig Rosenbaum is the Executive Director of the Chicago Newspaper Guild. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1987, having majored in Political Science and Economics, and graduated from Indiana University School of Law in 1992. Craig has served … Continue reading
Paula Beeding is the current treasurer for the IOU Support Staff. She has been part of the professional support staff for the Illinois Federation of Teachers since 2009. Before the IFT, she was a 6-year member of the Harlem Federation … Continue reading
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