Negotiations begin April 13 between the Guild and the Post to determine the terms of the buyout and who will be eligible.

Because of our contract, the Post is required to negotiate with the Guild. Exempt employees, many of whom are our…

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Not a day passes when there isn’t disturbing news about the state of the newspaper industry.

The latest round of buyouts announced last week are part of that trend. We do not yet have a list of who is eligible but…

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In February, the Post notified many of us that we had been paid twice as much as we were owed for comp time and accrued holiday time, some less than $100, others several thousand. The vast majority of Guild-covered employees…

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Don Graham

By Avi Salzman
Barrons
THE FAMILY THAT OWNS THE Washington Post newspaper has been selling shares in the parent company in earnest in recent months. Donald Graham, the chairman and chief executive officer of Washington Post Co. (ticker: WPO), has…

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By The New York Newspaper Guild
NEW YORK — Some Guild members may have seen a posting last month on Ahead of The Times by Assistant Managing Editor Susan Edgerley inviting them to enter the “star trek transporter” on the print side…

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By Sharon Waxman

The New York Times, my former mother-ship, is offering to “retrain” its reporters and turn them into new media whiz-kids. Only one problem with that.

Nobody wants to do it.

I can’t exactly blame the reporters. The memo a…

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