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2004-07 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000
or From the beginning...

May. 8, 2008

• International election concludes, Local election set to begin

Jan. 4, 2008

• Leadership Urges Yes Vote on Contract

Feb. 23, 2007

• Pension-Parking Change Approved;
• Members Next Vote on Merger

Feb. 8, 2007

• Pension Vote Reset to Feb.20

Feb. 5, 2007

• ProJo:Pension Data Expected Within a Week
• Providence to Host Guild's 2008 International Sector Conference

Jan.25, 2007

• Pawtucket, Woonsocket Guild Locals Seek Merger with PNG

Jan.22, 2007

• Members to vote on Pension Changes, Deal Includes Parking for all Parttimers

Jan.18, 2007

• Copy Desk Staff Cuts Squeeze Workers

Nov. 15, 2006

• Pension Freeze Q&A

Nov. 6, 2006

• Belo Freezing Pension Plan

Aug. 15, 2006

• New Ad Dept. Rules Attack Employees, Violate Contract
• Belo Considering Freezing Pension Plan

May 16, 2006

• Last Minute Schedule Changes Limited by Contract

April 14, 2006

• Guild Seeks Memers'Help Identifying Blue Cross Problems
• Executive Committee, Unit Council Nominees Uncontested

Sept. 8, 2005

• Blue Cross Returns to ProJo
• Nominations Sought of Executive Committee

April 28, 2004

• Meet the candidates
• Unit Council seats uncontested in Providence, Worcester

April 27, 2004

• Hill, Malik face off in vote for PNG president
• Retirement Questions?

March 10, 2004

• New parking program starts March 22
Next change: Retirement plans

February 5, 2004

• Friday is Retro Day
Benefit forms due Feb. 10

January 30, 2004

• NLRB Approves ProJo Contract Settlement Raise, retro to be paid February
• Worcester Contract Approved 67-16

January 8, 2004

• Guild members to get 3% raise for 2004
  

December 16, 2003

• Tentative Agreement Reached; Voting set for Friday on contract proposal; proposal is online

December 11, 2003

• Journal Agrees to Resume Negotiations

December 1, 2003

• Guild takes to the airwaves

October 17, 2003

• Guild questions new restrictions on outside work

October 10, 2003

• Dues Settlement Reached
• Settlement Agreement

September 8, 2003

• Children are allowed at Journal
• Advertiser leafleting elicits differing responses
• Vote!

September 4, 2003

• Judge upholds Guild on dues
• Guild reaches more advertisers
• Parking fee complaint settled
• Teddy Bear Tuesday

August 29, 2003

• Do Guild members deserve a fair contract? Pride Auto Group says: Absolutely!!!

August 28, 2003

• Double Standard? Belo rejects Guild ethics complaint
• Letter from Guy Kerr of Belo

August 18, 2003

• Double Standard? Belo rejects Guild ethics complaint
• Letter from Guy Kerr of Belo

July 29, 2003

• Guild files ethics complaint against Sutton, Ryan

July 24, 2003

• Rally to protest new fees:
Journal makes money by charging fees for news items; Guild members still go without raises and retro pay

July 3, 2003

• Member Survey: Retro pay, NLRB issue top priorities; members comment
• Guild files 9 new NLRB charges

June 27, 2003

• Company refuses to talk

June 17, 2003

• Guild asks company to bargain
• Member survey is mailed; rally set for tomorrow
• Candidates for President

June 12, 2003

• CONTRACT REJECTED:
No 160
Yes 109

• 269 voters, 15 of them absentee
Only 12 eligible voters failed to vote
• More than $25,000 in back dues collected at the door
• Company's contract offer (pdf)
• Comparison of 2000 offer, current offer, NLRB-ordered benefits (pdf)
• Memorandum of Agreement

June 2, 2003

• Contract vote set; board urges 'no'
Proposal offers little retroactive pay, minuscule raises; 'Poison pill' prevents it from taking effect on ratification
• Company's contract offer
• Comparison of 2000 offer, current offer, NLRB-ordered benefits (pdf)
• Memorandum of Agreement

May 23, 2003

• Guild mourns 'Jag'; Memorial fund established to help late reporter's widow
• Nominations for new president set for June
• Rally for a fair contract

May 14, 2003

• Guild challenges Belo on law breaking
At annual meeting, Kohring reminds Decherd of ethics rule
• Journal appeals ruling -- again
Latest NLRB case now goes to Washington

April 15, 2003

• Judge: Ziner was illegally punished, must be returned to day shift; Heslin called 'not credible'
• Judge Kocol's decision

April 14, 2003

• GUILTY! (Again)

April 8, 2003

• ProJo, Guild Discuss Procedure for Release of Contract Details
• Guild tells ProJo it must bargain over ethics policy
• Guild Membership Meeting: Wednesday, April 23, 2003, Noon.

March 25, 2003

• Contract Talks Stall

Jan 27, 2003

• Contract Talks Continue
• Notice of Quarterly Membership Meeting

2002 • 2001• 2000 • Top

Dec. 20, 2002

• Bargaining Continues
• Director: Come join the Follies!
• Guild moves to collect dues

Nov. 18, 2002

• 1st NLRB Case Heads to Washington on Appeal

Oct. 24, 2002

• Bargaining Set for Monday
• Details of Trial Testimony about Features Department

Oct. 24, 2002

• Heslin, McDonough testify

  • Heslin: Night job was for young but 'proven' state staffers
  • McDonough: Monti's leave was unauthorized

Oct. 23, 2002

• Reporter Ziner takes the stand

  • Tells of award-winning career and transfer to 'night cops'
  • Guild and management witnesses testify on trial's 2nd day
  

Oct. 22, 2002

• Journal denies retaliation
  • In first day of NLRB trial, company explains its position, Schick testifies

Oct. 21, 2002

• Second NLRB trial starts tomorrow

  • Journal faces 20 charges of violating labor law
  • Testimony to reveal human toll of anti-union tactics
  • Guild to cover trial and file daily reports
  

Oct. 2, 2002

• Members Ask Company to Talk

  • Unanimous vote calls for 'immediate' return to bargaining
  • Administrator's contract unanimously approved
  • New health options accepted by overwhelming vote

Sept. 26, 2002

• Results of Limited Talks: Guild Members to Vote Wednesday on Health Plan Changes
• Membership Meeting -- Noon -- Wednesday, October 2, 2002

Sept. 17, 2002

• Judge: Back Pay & Compensation Due to Guild Members

Sept. 16, 2002

• GUILTY! The Providence Journal has been found guilty on every major charge brought against it by the National Labor Relations Board in the trial last spring.

• Journal says union dues are mandatory

July 26, 2002

• Q & A: More about the Guild dues and membership arbitration ruling

May 9, 2002

• Decherd Dodges Guild Members at Belo Shareholders Meeting
• Membership Meeting Update

• 'YES' for a boycott

• Week-long byline strike starts Sept. 10

August 21, 2001

• Individual byline strikes continue at the Journal
• 'Wildcatters': Who's withholding bylines and credits from work produced for The Journal
• Guild to march on Labor Day

• On guard at the Journal

August 4, 2001

• Guild, company resolve key dispute over words

• Guild challenges ProJo to show it's not out to break the union
  
  Says reduced wage offer widens contract gap and forces union to continue boycott preparation; calls for continued negotiations; suggests steps that could help settlement and make boycott plans unnecessary.

• Noon protests to air unfair labor counts
• Don't miss out: Free food; plenty of talk
• We need to hear from you!
• Guild Member Comment Form

January 11, 2001

• What's Not to Like About the 'Free Parking' Proposal?
• Have lunch with the Guild
• Membership meeting Noon Wednesday, January 17, 2001

January 10, 2001

• JOURNAL - GUILD FORUM PROPOSED; Darrell West would moderate
• Free lunch!
  

January 9, 2001

• ASK THE GUILD: What's the real story about Belo pensions?
• Free lunch!
  
• Guild briefs

January 5 , 2001

• ASK THE GUILD: How will recent unfair labor charges affect negotiations?
• Follies!
  
• United Way

2000 • Top

December 28, 2000

• ASK THE GUILD: Negotiations status report
• Support the United Way!
  
• A CHRISTMAS STORY: The final chapter

December 21, 2000

• Extra: NLRB CHARGES PROJO WITH ILLEGAL TACTICS
  
• APRIL TRIAL SET ON MORE THAN 20 UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES
• Additional charges still under investigation

December 21, 2000

• HOWARD HAILED AS HOLIDAY HUMBUG: Journal Publisher Sutton voted Scrooge of the Year

December 19, 2000

• UNITED WAY PLEDGES DUE DEC. 29
• SUTTON IN RUNNING FOR KEY R. I. HONOR: Scrooge of the Year
  

December 15, 2000

• ASK THE GUILD: ‘What’s our next step?
• FOLLIES TIME!
  
• Work-to-rule: Taxi Story Continues For Reporters Not Using Cars

December 13, 2000

• CIANCI BYPASSES SUTTON LUNCH, TAKES GUILD PROTEST TO HEART
  
• GUILD LOSES VACATION ARBITRATION CASE
  

December 6 , 2000

• RALLY DEC. 12 AGAINST PROJO HEARTLESSNESS
  Sutton to get 'Gold Heart' from respected RI group; Guild rally to note lack of heart in negotiations
  
• ASK THE GUILD: 'Can we settle some pending issues?'
  
• Tales from Belo: YOU WANT A WHAT?

November 29, 2000

• BOYCOTT PREPARATIONS CONTINUE
  
• ST. JEAN ELECTED TO EXECUTIVE BOARD
  
• STRIKE IN SEATTLE

November 20, 2000

• GUILD SPONSORS ITS FIRST UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN
  
• GUILD DEMANDS PAPER RETURN PROJO.COM WORK
  • Internet video is union work, Guild tells company
  • Managers halt on-line tasks, threaten to hire outsiders
  
• LEADERSHIP?
  At a luncheon honoring his so-called "leadership" qualities, ProJo publisher Howard Sutton kept a wall of security personnel between him and a group of his own Providence Journal employees.
  
• LET’S TALK: Join the Guild’s e-mail discussion forum

November 6, 2000

• CO. HALTS SOME ON-LINE WORK
  Video, sound packages for projo.com stopped after Guild outlines concerns; union mystified by halt; notes welcome for new processes
• The Guild's Letter
  

November 3, 2000

• ARBITRATOR SPEEDS UP GUILD'S WAGE HIKE CASE
  He says 'no' to company's request to stall payout with time-consuming hearings; instead, he orders written arguments handed in next month
• FAMILY PLAN MEDICAL RATES JUMP UP TO 25%
  
• A HEART FOR HOWARD
  Medical Miracle? Or Fairy tale? Heart Assn. to Honor Publisher with'Gold Heart' Award

October 27, 2000

• MEMBERS TO VOTE ON BOYCOTT; STRIKE VETS WILL HELP EFFORT
  Keane, Becker to lay boycott groundwork; membership will be asked for green light at start
  
• INDUSTRY TRENDS: ARE CUTBACKS AHEAD FOR THE JOURNAL?

October 20, 2000

QUALITY TAKES A HIKE

• WHERE'S WALT?
  Sunday column critical of 'DigitalConvergence' disappears
  Was ProJo news judgment skewed by business, marketing concerns?
• KID'S STUFF
  A story by an editor's teenage son gets top billing in Monday paper Paper did not disclose family relationship; ethics issues raised
  
• DEBATE: Do Digital Duties Detract Or Develop New Skills?
• CAUTION: Cunning CueCats Can Compromise Privacy

October 18, 2000

• JOURNAL CIRCULATION PLUMMETS
  Belo boasts of Journal's revenues but skips over labor, sales troubles
  
• IN OUR OWN WORDS: NOT JUST A FIGHT FOR THIS YEAR, IT IS A FIGHT FOR THE NEXT DECADE By John Hill

• SUTTON BANTERS WITH GUILD PROTESTERS
  Publisher encounters union leafleters at Westin event, insists that he won't "negotiate in a driveway''
  
• IN OUR OWN WORDS: 'BOYCOTT WILL ALLOW US TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY' By Tony De Paul

• GUILD WILL TELL UNITED WAY ABOUT NEW POLICY

October 11, 2000

• KENNEDY SAYS PROJO MAKING 'CLASSIC' ANTI-UNION ATTACK
  
• NEW GUILD POLICY: GIVE TO UNITED WAY; DON'T LET JOURNAL TAKE THE CREDIT

• HONORING HOWARD
  When the VCRI honors Sutton with its 2000 Award for Outstanding Commitment to Volunteerism, the Guild will be there.
  

October 9, 2000

• KENNEDY TO ADDRESS GUILD
  · The congressman has worked to advance
  Guild bargaining, legal moves.
  · Negotiations, boycott plans and special election
  also on meeting agenda.

• IN OUR OWN WORDS: Guild members speak
  · WHY WE NEED AN EFFECTIVE BOYCOTT By Brian Jones
  · THE BOYCOTT: A DISSENTING OPINION By Mark Patinkin

September 19, 2000

• COMPANY GOES BACK TO COURT
  After losing parking case, both in arbitration and District Court, company files in Appeals Court
• TAXI STORY - PART II: GUILD'S WITHDRAWAL OF REPORTERS' CARS CONTINUES TO VEX PAPER
  Newshounds dodge company potholes enroute to primary; Business reporter told to take a bus to where no buses go; Editor says reporter "less valuable" if he won't use car

September 11, 2000

• GUILD, PROJO REACH SETTLEMENT ON SHORT-CHANGED VACATION PAY
• TAXI STOP?
  Reporter denied a ride to Johnston; candidate forced to come to Journal

September 7, 2000

• KENNEDY HITS PROJO BLOCKADE
  R.I. congressman talks with Belo chairman and Journal publisher
  Kennedy also asks federal labor officials to speed unfair charges
  
• THE REAL MCCOY: JOURNAL UNFAIR TO ITS WORKERS
• CJR HURLS A 'DART' AT THE JOURNAL FOR 'DOUBLE STANDARD' COVERAGE

August 3, 2000

• GUILD SEEKS SPEEDY ARBITRATION PAYOUT
  How pay could be affected
  
• WORK-TO-RULE IS THREE WEEKS OLD
• PRE-PUBLISHING GUIDE TO WORK-TO-RULE

August 1, 2000

• GUILD SCORES KEY ROUND IN 'POOR LOSER' COURT CASE
  U.S. MAGISTRATE SUPPORTS GUILD'S WIN IN 1998 PARKING ARBITRATION CASE
  
• More Coming About Wage Arbitration Win

July 17, 2000

• GUILD WINS 'ME TOO' ARBITRATION
  Back Pay Award Could Top $320,000
  

July 10, 2000

• WORK-TO-RULE: Q & A
• Building cleaning guide to Work-To-Rule
• A BANNER MORNING FOR THE GUILD

July 6, 2000

• A GUILD GUIDE FOR WORK-TO-RULE-
• ...For Classified, For Copy Editors, For Display Advt., For Reporters, For Visuals

July 5, 2000

• WORK-TO-RULE BEGINS JULY 10
• Talks Next Week
• ProJo Back in Court

June 28, 2000

• DELIVERY REPS VOTE NO, 53 to 37
• COMPANY OFFERS TO RESUME TALKS

June 19, 2000

• GUILD RALLY BOLSTERED BY RI UNIONS

June 14, 2000

• RALLY FOR NEW GUILD MEMBERS; RALLY FOR OUR NEGOTIATIORS
• MAIL BALLOTING HAS BEGUN FOR CIRCULATION DEPT.
  GUILD RALLY BOLSTERED BY RI UNIONS

June 13, 2000

• 23 GRIEVANCES PENDING
• UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE CHARGES

June 12, 2000

• NO BYLINES SPARK PUBLIC INTEREST IN GUILD CAUSE
• Rally set for Friday noon
• Election results

June 2, 2000

• WEEK-LONG BYLINE STRIKE STARTS JUNE 5

May 31, 2000

• ProJo Dodges Contract Talks, Continues Anti-Union Efforts
• Point by Point: The Guild/Company Issues
  

• COMPANY REJECTS UNION'S MAY 3 CONTRACT OFFER
• The Guild Goes to A Ball; Spreads Word of Unstately ProJo Anti-Union Tactics
  

• NLRB orders guild vote in circulation
• Cost-cutting tales: In pursuit of profits,
  The Journal hijacks $6.29-a-day from an Editorial Assistant

May 11, 2000