On Monday, April 7 nearly 1000 people paid tribute to Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert. Laura Emerick, a long-time Guild member, and Roger Ebert’s editor in Features writes the following personal tribute: Roger Ebert excelled at many journalistic roles: Film … Continue reading
2/14/13: Cook County Pension Across Illinois, state employees are facing increasing pressure to dramatically change their pension benefit. The Cook County Court Interpreters are facing the potential for serious changes to their pension plan. There has been a lot of … 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
9/8/12: The Gary Post-Tribune hopes to see a new member join its ranks soon as the newspaper has advertised for a reporter. Although the Guild has not had many issues crop up recently, we have dealt with the loss of a majority of … Continue reading
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9/7/12: On July 1st, staff received their salary step increases, ending a six-month pay freeze. The first hearing day was held in an arbitration regarding the denial of a voluntary transfer request by a unit member. Additional hearing dates are … Continue reading
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