Join the Labor Day Parade
Friday, August 18, 2017 by The Guild
Guild Members to March in Solidarity with WNY Workers
Aug. 18, 2016 — Please join us as the Buffalo Newspaper Guild marches in the annual AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade and Picnic on Monday, Sept. 4 in South Buffalo. The free event welcomes all Guild members, spouses, kids and well-behaved pets.
Even if you haven’t been to the Labor Day Parade in recent years, we hope you’ll make time for this fun event that celebrates workers and their achievements. The parade will head down Abbott Road in South Buffalo to Cazenovia Park, where free hotdogs, hamburgers, snacks and drinks will be provided to all. continue»
Friday, August 11, 2017 by The Guild
8.7.17 – The Guild reached an agreement last month with management at The News for editorial jurisdiction at The Hamburg Sun. At a time when the Guild is seeing a loss in members, particularly with the sad departure of our colleagues in Classified, this agreement represents a rare bright spot.
“Though this may only lead initially to the hire of a couple of part-time reporters at The Sun, this deal reflects a meeting of the minds between The News and the Guild to safeguard the journalistic integrity of any newspaper launched or relaunched by The News,” said President Sandy Tan.
The Sun is a relatively new startup with some circumstances unique to a weekly newspaper, so the Guild formed a subcommittee that spent weeks working to shape an agreement that would give managers the flexibility they said they need to stay financial viable while still carving out exclusive jurisdiction terms.
Among the highlights of the news agreement:
Monday, July 17, 2017 by The Guild
On Wednesday, July 19 at 12 p.m. and 5 p.m., the Guild will hold its next quarterly membership meeting in the News Auditorium. Come for the food — we’ll have pizza and salad at both meetings — and stay for important news about the Guild’s work, its growth and the company’s plans for the building.
At the 5 p.m. meeting, financial advisor Len Picone will be on hand to give members pointers on managing their money in tricky economic times. Both meetings will offer a good chance to catch up on what the Guild’s has been up to since the contract was settled, and the work that lies ahead.
We hope to see you there.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 by The Guild
On Thursday, April 20, Guild members voted overwhelmingly to ratify a two-year contract with The Buffalo News, concluding one of the longer and more unorthodox periods of bargaining in recent Guild history.
During 10 months of negotiations, the bargaining team took a methodical and systematic approach against a series of harsh proposals from The News. Most notably, they poured hundreds of hours into a series of attempts to save the Classified Advertising department that ultimately came up short.
However, in an industry and company experiencing worrying declines in print advertising revenue, the team secured the continuation of affordable health insurance for members as well as our first raise in more than seven years. The first phase of that raise began appearing in members’ paychecks in late April, and the second will take effect Aug. 1. continue»
More News
- Guild to host NewsGuild Multi-District Council meeting in June
- Guild members approve new contract
- Guild schedules contract vote for April 20
- Company updates employees on State of the News
- Tan succeeds Davis as Guild president
- Guild executive committee minutes: Wednesday, March 15, 2017
- Guild executive committee minutes: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2017
- Guild members participate in annual shoreline cleanup
