A dozen members of the Providence Newspaper Guild have agreed to accept buyouts at The Providence Journal but layoffs are still expected to hit the newspaper later this month, local President John Hill said. Among the 12 is nationally syndicated opinion columnist Froma Harrop, who serves on The Journal’s five-member editorial board. Harrop has been with the paper since at least the mid-1980s.

In response to a Detroit News column full of misstatements about the affect of the Affordable Care Act, the Detroit Guild has responded with a letter to the editor: "How very gullible Mr. Finley is. And how very gullible he assumes his readers are," they write, referring to columnist Nolan Finley's interpretation of a letter from Gannett. "Mr. Finley is reading from a letter sent out to most Gannett employees, under the signature of CEO Gracia Martore. While Martore blames the new law for the switch (in insurance plans), she offers no evidence -- nothing -- that supports that assertion. Neither, for that matter, does Finley's fact-free column."

In the wake of Gatehouse's bankruptcy, "Journalists from all the GateHouse/New Media properties need to come together to fight for their craft, their institutions and their communities," United Media Guild President Jeff Gordon writes. "GateHouse managers are painting a pretty picture of life after bankruptcy. The existing properties will merge with the old Dow Jones chain into a new operation called New Media. Not only will GateHouse’s $1.2 billion debt disappear, the new company would have up to $1 billion to spend on new properties. That sounds great. But New Media is promising investors the same intense cost controls that GateHouse used to gut its newsrooms and diminish its quality of journalism." Photo: Guild members at the Gatehouse paper in Springfield, Ill., march in a Labor Day parade.

Tired of being poorly paid and having no benefits, English as a second language teachers at Kaplan in New York City joined the New York Newspaper Guild in 2012. Now the company, which reported $49 million in profits last year, is fighting the teachers every step of the way at the bargaining table. Please ledn your support by watching their video, signing their petition, and liking their Facebook page.