Here’s one contractual change to keep in mind as you’re submitting your vacation requests: The “floating holiday,” also known as the “personal day,” also known as the “birthday,” is now known as just another vacation day. So if you had three weeks of vacation and one floating holiday, for example, now you have three weeks […]
Yes, you can refuse to comment. Journal Sentinel employees recently received letters at home encouraging us to go online for a “Get Healthy” survey to assess our health. Those who did so found a lengthy and detailed questionnaire asking just about everything imaginable about our medical history. That led some members of our bargaining unit […]
The new Milwaukee Newspaper Guild contract is now available online. You can find the complete text of our 2005-’08 contract on the Guild’s Web site, www.milwaukeenewsguild.org. And if you’d like to compare it with our previous contract, that’s still posted on the site as well. A few more updates on how the new contract is […]
Perhaps it’s just a coincidence, but not long after this blog reminded Guild bargaining-unit members how much turnaround pay they could earn from working weekend late night police shifts — and just one day after our newsletter repeated that reminder — the Journal Sentinel has changed the hours of those shifts. Our contract requires overtime […]
If all goes well, you might be able to pay off those holiday bills next week after all. Your Thursday, Jan. 19, paychecks are expected to reflect the first installment of backpay for 2005 and your new pay increase, based on the new contract. Management (specifically, Marilyn Krause) has worked extremely hard in the last […]
Negotiators for the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild and Journal Sentinel Inc. signed a 2005-2008 contract this morning. The text of the new contract will be posted on our Web site, www.milwaukeenewsguild.org, as soon as possible. Meanwhile, a newsletter will be coming out early next week with more details about how contract provisions will be implemented. Management […]
Even before the contract is signed, Guild representatives are fanning out across the newsroom to ensure that one of the pact’s newest provisions will be properly administered. Stewards and steward leaders are verifying vacation totals for everyone hired from 1995 to now. The union needs this information to check whether the company is depositing the […]
The last of the absentee ballots have been counted in the vote on the 2005-’08 contract, and the final official tally is 116 in favor, 25 opposed. The preliminary vote on Dec. 15 was 110-23.
‘Tis the season to be compensated. 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 full shift (fill out a yellow overtime card), plus holiday differential ($5 for Christmas, […]
Guild members Thursday ratified a 2005-2008 contract with Journal Sentinel Inc. With a few absentee ballots left to count, the preliminary vote total is 110 in favor to 23 opposed. That’s the most “no” votes ever cast on a contract recommended by the leadership and bargaining committee, reflecting dissatisfaction with the combination of the smallest […]