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LOCAL NEWS Northland Poster Collective Joins Local Non-profit newest unit Northland Poster Collective became the newest unit of the Minnesota Guild/Typographical Union on May 6 when the parties signed an initial contract. The two-year pact – retroactive to April 1, 2008 - covers all four current Northland employees and will extend to any workers who join or work that is obtained by the Minnesota non-profit.
Local News Longtime Local Executive Secretary dead at 85 Samuel Gompers once said that management is too important to be left to the managers. Through imagination and diplomacy, John Carmichael sought to realize comprehensive worker participation at the Twin Cities’ newspapers. The former Guild Local Executive Secretary, regarded for decades by many in Twin City labor circles as the identity of the Guild, died April 19, 2008 at age 85. He had been stricken with Alzheimer’s for several years.
Memories of a Twin Cities labor icon Colleagues share remembrances of John Carmichael John Carmichael was mentor, friend and colleague to many people in labor and management in his three-decade career as the Executive Officer of the second-oldest Guild local. Many of those associates relate their personal accounts of John. |
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NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY Tribune Publishing results skid in Q1 -- off 11% The Tribune Co. reported that Q1 earnings from continuing operations soared to $1.82 billion compared with $11 million from the same period a year ago. The favorable upswing was due to the change of the company's tax status at the beginning of the year to a subchapter S corporation. Union claims New York Times' layoffs methodology is 'flawed' The Guild says it "has been carefully analyzing the [New York Times] layoffs to make sure that management has followed the contract's job security provisions. At this point, it appears to the Guild that the company has not done so. In fact, the Guild has already filed a grievance regarding the methodology used by The Times to decide who would be laid-off." Layoffs and buyouts announced at three more dailies Layoffs and buyouts have hit three more daily papers, with announcements of cutbacks in Colorado, Kentucky, and South Carolina. Herald-Leader Seeks Buyout from 4 Percent of Staff The Lexington Herald-Leader is looking to trim its staff of 385 full-time employees by 4 percent through a voluntary buyout program. |
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MORE NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY Star Tribune's owner forced to write off much of its investment The owner of the Star Tribune has informed investors that it has written down the value of its $100 million investment in the newspaper by 75 percent to reflect deteriorating conditions since the purchase in March 2007.
MediaNews customer service operations move to the Philippines Bay Area workers seeking to form Guild unit Newspaper chain MediaNews Group Inc. is outsourcing customer service operations for some of its California dailies -- including the San Jose Mercury News, one of the company's largest papers -- to the Philippines. Meanwhile, newsroom employees at the Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times and other newspapers in MediaNews Group's "Bay Area News Group-East Bay" unit are trying to form a union.
Tribune evaluating offers for Newsday As talks continued yesterday for the sale of Newsday, owner Tribune Co. assessed three similarly structured offers to determine which best fit its own strategic plan and need for debt-bound cash, a source close to the negotiations said.
Reporters examining the Star Tribune's finances can be compared to a group of blind men reporting on an elephant. No one source, not even the paper's higher-ups themselves, seems to have all the answers.
Lunzer expected to win Newspaper Guild presidency Challenger Bernie Lunzer will win The Newspaper Guild presidential election, according to voting data obtained by E&P that indicates he has a lead of more than 900 votes with only some 600 potential ballots left to be counted.
Santa Barbara News-Press, Indy settle lawsuit Owners of the Santa Barbara News-Press and Santa Barbara Independent agreed to put away their legal swords this week, finally concluding a settlement to the News-Press’s complaint that the Independent had infringed upon its federal copyright protections.
McClatchy stock down on huge volume Stock in The McClatchy Co. dropped more than 7% on trading volume Monday that was more than seven times higher than normal.
Challenger Lunzer leading Newspaper Guild presidential election Early returns in the first contested Newspaper Guild presidential election since 1995 indicate a possible change at the top with challenger Bernie Lunzer ahead of incumbent Linda Foley. |
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