Posted on January 30th, 2009 by postguild

WASHINGTON – As we all know, these are turbulent times, to say the least.
Find out more about what is coming up and what the Guild is doing. Come to the next Guild membership meeting Feb.3 between 12 pm-2 pm. If…
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Posted on January 30th, 2009 by postguild
WASHINGTON — As the Post moves forward with the integration of print and internet operations,we have in place a process for advance notification of significant changes. These include meetings with management to discuss and act upon changes as they occur, and…
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Posted on January 28th, 2009 by postguild

WASHINGTON – A Guild Committee on Jan. 27 negotiated a significantly improved buyout or “separation incentive package” for seven Guild-covered Washington Post employees on the commercial side.
The committee included: Ann Marie Ditchey, Darlene Meyer, Barbara Cohen, Stephen Richardson and Rick…
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Posted on January 22nd, 2009 by postguild


BALTIMORE — The Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild-CWA was named as one of nine members of the creditors’ committee in the bankruptcy filing by Tribune Co. The relatively unusual inclusion of a union on a creditors’ committee follows the Guild’s success in securing…
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Posted on January 8th, 2009 by postguild
By Tom Grubisich
Knight Digital Media Center
[Editor's note: Tom Grubisich is a former Washington Post reporter and editor]
In her first major statement as publisher of the Washington Post, Katharine Weymouth late last year announced a seemingly Zen-inspired long-term strategy of three…
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Posted on January 6th, 2009 by postguild
Phil Bennett
By Joe Strupp
Editor and Publisher
NEW YORK — Washington Post Managing Editor Phil Bennett, who is leaving his job of four years for a non-newsroom position at the paper, said he was not forced out and wanted to do something different.
“That…
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