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 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
Thank you for reading and supporting your local newspaper: We journalists of the Pioneer Press, Lake County News-Sun and Northwest Indiana’s Post-Tribune newspapers need your help. Our new owners at the Chicago Tribune (now calling themselves tronc) don’t see the … Continue reading
Press Release Editorial employees of the Chicago Reader today unanimously ratified a one-year contract, resolving a lengthy labor dispute that led to a strike threat at the alternative publication. The members of the Chicago News Guild reached the deal with a labor-friendly … Continue reading
By Tatiana Walk-Morris An October 2016 survey from Upwork and the Freelancers Union found that freelancers make up about 35 percent of the U.S. workforce, signaling a significant shift toward the freelance economy. As more workers become freelancers, they’ll need to … Continue reading
BY PATRICK J. FOOTE CHICAGO – A group of investors led by former Alderman Edwin Eisendrath, including the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) and other unions, purchased this city’s second largest newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Times. The purchase comes after Tronc, … Continue reading
Target: U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division On May 15, the owners of the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Reader, Wrapports LLC, announced that they were preparing to sell the newspapers to Tronc, the owner, and publisher of the Chicago … Continue reading
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