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NewsGuild-CWA – 79th Sector Conference

The NewsGuild-CWA
79th Sector Conference
August 4-5, 2017
Pittsburgh, PA

Wyndham Grand Downtown
600 Commonwealth Place
Pittsburgh PA 15222

Deadline for room reservations is July 10, 2017.
Group rate is $155 per night plus 14% tax.

Reservations can be made online at  https://aws.passkey.com/e/49071221
This is the quickest and most effective method. Choose your dates first, then select the correct hotel.

Phone 1-844-744-ROOM (7666), 9:30 am to 4:30 pm Eastern Time M-F for questions/concerns.

Please note that resolutions for consideration by the body must be received by July 19, 2017.
July 19 is also the deadline for online credentials to be received at TNG-CWA headquarters.

See the Official Call and relevant constitutional language for additional information.

NY NewsGuild Stages Walkout to Protest Elimination of Copy, Photo Editors

https://www.facebook.com/nyguild/videos/10154917808164302/

June 29, 207 – New York Times reporters and editorial staff left the newsroom at 3 p.m. Thursday in a display of solidarity with copy editors and photo editors. After a year-and-a half of uncertainty, more than half of the copy editors’ jobs are being eliminated. Continue reading “NY NewsGuild Stages Walkout to Protest Elimination of Copy, Photo Editors”

‘Employers pay a price for retaliation’

NLRB Files Complaint Against Sarasota Herald-Tribune

(June 7, 2017) There are consequences for companies – like the Sarasota Herald-Tribune – that retaliate against employees who vote to form a union.

That’s the significance of the decision by Region 12 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to file a formal complaint against the Florida paper, says Tim Schick, administrative director of the NewsGuild-CWA. Continue reading “‘Employers pay a price for retaliation’”

Company Providing Interpreters for Immigration Courts Illegally Misclassified, Fired Workers, NLRB Says

 

Complaint has broad implications for labor movement and immigration courts

June 5, 2017 – SOS International, the company that provides interpreting services for federal immigration courts, illegally misclassified its employees as independent contractors and fired interpreters who spoke out, according to a complaint filed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on May 31.  Continue reading “Company Providing Interpreters for Immigration Courts Illegally Misclassified, Fired Workers, NLRB Says”

NLRB Issues Complaint Against SOSi

Rules company illegally misclassified workers; engaged in retaliation

Following a lengthy investigation into more than a dozen charges of illegal activity, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a formal complaint on May 31 against SOS International, a federal contractor that provides language-interpreting services for immigration courts. Continue reading “NLRB Issues Complaint Against SOSi”

Workers at GateHouse Publications Win Stunning Victory at Shareholders Meeting

(Updated June 1) May 31, 2017 – Workers at 16 publications owned by the New Media Investment Group – the parent company of GateHouse Media – won a stunning victory on May 25, when shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of a proposal offered by the NewsGuild-CWA’s St. Louis-based local, the United Media Guild.  Continue reading “Workers at GateHouse Publications Win Stunning Victory at Shareholders Meeting”