Tag: Collective Bargaining

Pittsburgh Guild Launches Byline Strike to Protest Contentious Contract Talks

Jan. 25, 2018 – One hundred fifty newsroom employees at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have instituted a byline strike to protest 12 years of pay cuts and additional concessions demanded by family-owned Block Communications, Inc., in contract talks, local Pittsburgh Newspaper Guild President Michael A. Fuoco has announced. Continue reading “Pittsburgh Guild Launches Byline Strike to Protest Contentious Contract Talks”

Jacobin Members Ratify First Contract

Jacobin workers have a lot to celebrate.

Jan. 24, 2018 – NewsGuild-CWA members at Jacobin, a Brooklyn-based print and online magazine that offers socialist perspectives on politics and culture, overwhelmingly ratified a first contract between the company and The NewsGuild of New York, the local that represents them. The contract will remain in effect until Dec. 15, 2021. Continue reading “Jacobin Members Ratify First Contract”

EF Teachers Win First Contract

Jan. 16, 2018 – Plagued by low pay and a lack of job security, English-as-a-second-language teachers at Education First outside Boston were the first of the company’s U.S. affiliates to form a union. In January, after almost two years of negotiations, EF’s Guild members ratified their first collective bargaining agreement. Continue reading “EF Teachers Win First Contract”

British Journalists at Swindon Advertiser Launch 2-Day Strike

Jan. 2, 2018 – Journalists at the Swindon Advertiser in England have begun a two-day strike to protest low pay and poor working conditions at the regional daily newspaper, which is owned by Newsquest, a subsidiary of Gannett. Continue reading “British Journalists at Swindon Advertiser Launch 2-Day Strike”

CWA-Represented Workers at AT&T to Get $1,000 Bonus

Dec. 21, 2017 – Following discussions with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, CWA President Chris Shelton reported that CWA-represented workers at AT&T will receive a $1,000 bonus. The announcement follows a union campaign to demand that CEOs increase workers’ pay in response to claims by GOP leaders that their corporate tax cut would result in pay increases of $4,000 per year. 

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Guild Reaches First-of-its-Kind Agreement with GateHouse

Updated Dec. 21, 2017 to reflect that 2018 benefits and premiums will remain at current levels, whether employees’ premiums are currently based on 2017 levels or 2016 levels.

Dec. 14, 2017 – In a first-of-its-kind agreement, The NewsGuild-CWA reached a “global settlement” with GateHouse Media on Dec. 12 that improves wages and protects health benefits at 16 GateHouse-owned newspapers. Continue reading “Guild Reaches First-of-its-Kind Agreement with GateHouse”