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Kathryn Routliffe remembers Jerry Minkkinen

By Kathryn Routliffe One of my oldest and dearest union colleagues, Jerry Minkkinen, died Friday. I am still trying to come to grips with the news. He was the first Newspaper Guild official … Continue reading →

by Earchiel Johnson Posted on April 15, 2018

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Longtime union negotiator for Sun-Times reporters and copy editors, dies at 73

By Mitch Dudek/Chicago Sun-Times As head of the Chicago News Guild — the union that represents Chicago Sun-Times journalists — Jerry Minkkinen ran a bottom-up union that left big bargaining decisions in the hands of the reporters and editors they … Continue reading →

by Earchiel Johnson Posted on April 10, 2018

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Kathryn Routliffe remembers Jerry Minkkinen

Longtime union negotiator for Sun-Times reporters and copy editors, dies at 73

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