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.

Tech-savvy Guild leader Russ Cain was the union’s main database expert and one-man help desk for years. When he died in June, staff members wondered how they could possibly manage without him.  “Don’t worry,” a staffer said. “He’s in the cloud.” Cain, who was 70, laid the digital foundation for The Newspaper Guild and many of its member locals. In the early 1990s, he implemented computer database systems across the country as a labor of love, replacing pencil and pen systems. Now his local is establishing a scholarship fund in his name. Photo: The local's memorial for Cain.

A video from the Providence Newspaper Guild features veteran members from the Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin remembering their 13-day strike in 1973. Photo: Brian Jones, Bob Kerr and Tracie Breton share their strike memories.