Hey Guild Members, meet the candidates running to be president of the Chicago News Guild. Anne Balay has been a member of the Guild for 3 years. She is a union organizer working in Higher Ed in St Louis. Balay … Continue reading
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
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
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
Following the footsteps of our national union, the executive board voted to change our name to Chicago News Guild. The national changed its name to The News Guild, dropping “paper” from the name at the national multi-sector conference in January. … Continue reading
Nearly 500 people have signed a Chicago Newspaper Guild online petition asking whether political influence was the reason the Chicago Sun-Times took reporter Dave McKinney off his beat covering state politics at a critical moment during the last election, a … Continue reading
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Recently, we lost a good member of the Chicago Newspaper Guild. It was not due to disinterest in the union or a new job opportunity, but for just doing a good job. Dave McKinney has worked … Continue reading
In the wake of longtime Chicago Sun-Times political reporter Dave McKinney’s recent resignation, newsroom staff authored a petition asking for reassurance from Sun-Times CEO Timothy Knight and Wrapports board chairman Michael Ferro that reporters will be able to do their … Continue reading
After some Pioneer Press reporters started getting warnings last winter that they had to write 2.5 stories a day, their union, the Chicago Newspaper Guild, met with the company to find out what was going on. It seemed as if … Continue reading
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