The Indianapolis News Guild vote will be held from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. today. We will count absentee and in-person votes and expect to have an answer by 8 p.m. tonight.The agreement, if ratified, would apply to about 170 hourly workers covered by the Indianapolis News Guild Local 34070, which includes reporters, photographers, librarians, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Contract Negotiations’
August 7, 2009
Tentative contract agreement reached
The Indianapolis News Guild local 34070 today reached a tentative agreement with representatives of Gannett/The Indianapolis Star that would include a 10% permanent pay cut effective Aug. 30, 2009 that would apply to all roughly 185 employees covered by our unit.
That two-year agreement is subject to a ratification vote by duespayers that is scheduled for [...]
August 5, 2009
Contract negotiations resume Thursday, Friday
The Indy News Guild is getting ready to head back to the bargaining table with Gannett management this Thursday and Friday. We have been able to partially reconstitute our team and get everyone up to speed for the sessions. The sessions will include a federal mediator whose role, we hope, will be to guide us [...]
July 17, 2009
Bargaining set for Aug. 6-7, important developments
The Indianapolis News Guild has some important new developments to share with you regarding our ongoing effort to craft a final contract that both negotiating teams can accept and that you, our duespayers, can ratify soon.
Acting on the advice of our parent union, TNG-CWA, we proposed to the company that we involve a federal mediator [...]
June 30, 2009
Guild rejects Gannett contract proposal
The membership of the Indianapolis Newspaper Guild voted 97-9 today to reject a two-year contract proposal originally put forth by the company April 15. Because this was not a last, final offer the union bargaining team looks forward to resuming negotiations with representatives of Gannett and reaching a deal that is acceptable to both the [...]
