How To Destroy Journalism In Chicago
1. Cut the pay of quality journalists, but expect them to do twice as much work. 2. Refuse to communicate with your staff. Keep decisions that affect everyone a secret until the last minute. 3. Keep...
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Look Back, Move Forward
Kathy Routliffe In August of 1983, Bob Rockafield hired me to be a reporter for the Park Ridge Advocate, one of the weekly newspapers of Pioneer Press. When I walked into the newsroom for the first...
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A Personal Tribute to Roger Ebert
On Monday, April 7 nearly 1000 people paid tribute to Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert. Laura Emerick, a long-time Guild member, and Roger Ebert’s editor in Features writes the following personal...
View ArticleGuild Update
On Thursday, April 25 the Chicago Newspaper Guild and the Company had an off the record meeting with a federal mediator from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. At no time did the parties meet face to face. The...
View ArticleGuild President David Pollard Speaks Out
The recent dismissal of Sun-Times Media’s entire photo staff is both shocking and disheartening. The photojournalists that have contributed to this company over the years have been invaluable and it is...
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May 30th, the last day
photo by Jeff Nicholls For 13 years I was a Post-Tribune newspaper photographer. I was a guild member almost immediately, and excited to join. I loved my job. I loved getting to really knowing my...
View ArticleGuild and Chief Judge Exchange Initial Proposals
It just seemed like yesterday that we ratified a new contract. However, the last contract expired on December 1, 2012. So the Guild and other unions are now in the midst of negotiating with the Office...
View ArticleContract Extension Agreement
The contract extension agreement with Sun Times Media is available for viewing by clicking Contract Extension Agreement .
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Women Committee’s First Event
On April 15th 2014 the Women Committee of CWA/TNG Local 34071 in Chicago held its first event at the Sisters of Providence facility for mentally challenged women. Sonia Garcia, Emilia Cartagena, Alicia...
View ArticleCNG Women’s Committee Second Community Event
A second successful event for the Women’s Committee happened July 10, 2014. We hosted a beauty night at St. Mary of Providence Home in Chicago. This non-profit charitable organization is home to many...
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Veteran Reporter Yanked From Evanston
By Ralph Zahorik An outsider might think Tronc, formerly known as Tribune Publishing, is waging a war on its own reporters at Pioneer Press, the Chicago suburban newspaper chain Tribune acquired last...
View ArticleKeep Seidenberg in Evanston, petitioners tell Pioneer Press
By Ralph Zahorik An online petition drive has been launched to keep news reporter Bob Seidenberg in Evanston. As of Monday evening, the petition had 149 signatures and scores of comments from...
View ArticleThe Reader—a timeline of excellence and turmoil
May 2012 Wrapports LLC, a private group of investors, purchases the Reader from Atalaya Capital Management for slightly less than $3 million. Wrapports is the brainchild of Michael Ferro Jr., chairman...
View ArticleHere’s how to help ‘Save the Reader’
Find Save the Chicago Reader on Facebook, where you can sign our petition. Or access the petition at actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-the-chicago-reader. Call Bruce Sagan, Wrapports board member who...
View ArticleHelp us win the fight for the Reader: its bold writing must be saved
By Ben Joravsky on behalf of the Chicago News Guild bargaining unit As much as I may not like to admit it, I’m the old guy on the Reader staff. And so I’m writing on behalf of all the employees in...
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News Guild turns up the pressure on stingy owners of the Chicago Reader
Unionized editorial workers at the Chicago Reader are intensifying their campaign to convince management that higher wages and strategic investments will keep the publication viable. The campaign,...
View ArticleUnion Plus Scholarship
Get Awarded up to $4,000 for College with the 2020 Union Plus ScholarshipCould you use up to $4,000 to help pay for your college education? If so, then don’t delay — there’s still time to apply for...
View ArticleSouth Bend Tribune employees unite to protect local journalism
SOUTH BEND, Indiana — The award-winning newsroom staff of the South Bend Tribune took a major step Wednesday toward forming a union to give a voice in the workplace to journalists who keep the...
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Steward training weekend – A big success
Last weekend, the Guild hosted a successful steward training workshop. A big thank you goes out to CWA District 4 VP Linda Hinton for sending staff reps Jane Philips and Celia Cody. Jane PhilipsCelia...
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