Nearly everyone covered by the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild contract can count on higher wages in the year ahead. Here are the wage and differential increases that take effect Dec. 30: Across-the-board raise: All employees who were on the payroll Oct. 1 or earlier will receive a 1.5% raise, unless they receive a larger raise because […]

Holiday paychecks can be a little more festive if you file for all the extra pay that’s coming to you. If you’re working over the holidays, here’s what you’re entitled to under the Guild contract: If you work on the actual holiday (Dec. 25 or Jan. 1 in this case): You get overtime for your […]

Metro reporter Kawanza Newson has returned to the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s Executive Board. In December, the board named Newson as an at-large member to replace day copy editor Karen Samelson, who moved up to secretary in November. Both appointments last only until the Jan. 8 membership meeting, when members will vote on filling the seats […]

The Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s Executive Board named day copy editor Karen Samelson as secretary in November. She will serve until the next membership meeting, when members will vote on filling the term of metro reporter Sarah Carr, who was elected at the September annual meeting but who then left the Journal Sentinel for a job […]