The world is facing a “terrible erosion of free expression,” Aidan White, general secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, told the 149 members of The Newspaper Guild gathered in Toronto on Saturday. White said violence targeted at journalists has increased dramatically in the last several years. He said that 155 journalists and media staff […]
With a backdrop of U.S., Canadian and Puerto Rican flags, the 72nd meeting of the Newspaper Guild sector conference opened Friday morning in Toronto, one of the most ethically diverse cities, and union supporting, in the world. Lise Lareau, president of TNG-CWA Local 30213, the host local of the conference, welcomed the 148 Guild delegates […]
Some notes from Jerry Ziegler at the 69th Annual Convention of the Communications Workers of America on Monday, July 16. — David Miller, mayor of the host city of Toronto, reminded delegates that “every day is labor day.” Miller is very pro-labor. The phrase was his slogan during his most recent mayoral campaign and he […]
Heather Gergen has been named the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s new Webmaster, succeeding Mandy Jenkins, a JSOnline producer who left for a job in Cincinnati. Heather, a JSOnline producer, served a previous stint as Webmaster and also has been a member of our Bargaining Committee. Also, Adam Lovinus has been named newsletter writer, a vacant post […]
Milwaukee Newspaper Guild members are invited to meet with Community Newspapers Inc. workers next Wednesday, June 20, to discuss the Guild organizing drive at CNI. The informational meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. that day at the Communications Workers of America Local 4063 office, 6511 W. Bluemound Road. It will be an opportunity to answer […]
Newsroom workers at Journal Communications’ Community Newspapers Inc. have started a union organizing effort in a bid to become part of the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild. Local 51 officers are providing advice and support, and our parent union, the Communications Workers of America, has assigned a staff representative to help guide the drive. But the workers […]
The April 12 post listing Milwaukee Press Club awards won by Journal Sentinel and MKE staffers inadvertently omitted one award. That brings the total to nine staff members who won four first-place and four second-place awards, including one three-member team who shared two awards. The listing should have included this entry: Web Category 3Best Web-Only […]
Milwaukee Newspaper Guild members have elected Sonya Jongsma Knauss to our Executive Board. Knauss, the MKE assistant editor, will serve until Sept. 30, filling the seat vacated by JSOnline news producer Mandy Jenkins when she moved to Cincinnati.
About 60 union members from locals in such cities as New York, Boston, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Toledo and, of course, Milwaukee, are meeting at the Multi-Council Meeting in Washington, D.C., this weekend. Topics have ranged across the board, from a discussion about an exciting new program designed to help journalists keep pace with the quickening […]
The Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s Executive Board has named MKE assistant editor Sonya Jongsma Knauss to a vacant board seat. She will serve until the next membership meeting, at noon May 22 on the second floor of Turner Hall, when Guild members will vote on who fills that position through the end of the term Sept. […]