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Why people join the Newspaper Guild

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AFSCME supports SJ-R negotiations with GateHouse

Here is an update on the State Journal Register's public campaign in Springfield, Ill., from our unit's blog: More than 80 members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees cheered and applauded Thursday, April 25, when told...

Illinois labor leaders support SJ-R contract quest

Here is the report from our Springfield unit on how organized labor is supporting State Journal-Register journalists in their fight for a fair first contract with GateHouse Media: Members of Springfield’s labor community gave a warm welcome this week to...

Fight for great journalism continues in Springfield

Reporters, editors and photographers at the State Journal-Register in Springfield continued to fight for their craft during collective bargaining this week. Contract negotiations between the SJ-R unit of the United Media Guild and GateHouse covered a variety of topics Tuesday...

Negotiations are underway in Springfield

The United Media Guild has started negotiations with GateHouse for our first collective bargaining agreement at the State Journal-Register in Springfield. Our unit chair there, Dean Olsen, posted a detailed account of the first two sessions in the SJR blog....

Protecting the 40-hour work week

Media companies are demanding newsroom employees to do more with less. But as a veteran editor noted before resigning last year, “You can’t do more with less. You can only do less with less.” This is the challenge our members...

A big WIN for activism

Here is a look back on what our Workers Interfaith Network unit accomplished in Memphis in 2012.