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The union representing journalists and staff at The (Allentown, PA) Morning Call. WE are dedicated to Lehigh Valley news.
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BREAKING: An administrative law says that the Post-Gazette violated the National Labor Relations Act by failing to bargain in good faith with the @PGHGuild.
The judge has ordered the paper to begin bargaining within 15 days of the union's request, and rescind changes...1/
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1/ We, the staff of @reveal, are forming a union!
Unionizing will help us create the best version of Reveal, protect our work and mission, and preserve this organization’s legacy. This is our mission statement. #RevealCIRGuild
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This morning, Reviewed employees were blindsided by the unilateral announcement of yet another round of restructuring measures handed down by Gannett and our management.
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When the @PittsburghPG sent us regular reports it owes us, we expected to see OT. We were beyond disappointed to see people pocketing raises, bonuses & promotions off crossing our picket line.
We’re talking about @JMackeyPG, Mark Belko, Anya Litvak, @mwhiteburgh & @AnthroAbbyRN.
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Striking works. Fort Worth journalists get a contract and $50,000 salary floor for new hires: texasobserver.org/striking-does- #UnionStrong @appmcjguild @a_dotguild
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The need to drop their sponsorship. We believe they can, and that doing so would be in line with the legacy of the team & this town.
Why would they want to promote a brand that slashes healthcare & siccs cops on its workers?
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NO SCABS: The Morning Call Guild does not, under any circumstances, support our journalists' content appearing in the . Our journalists are not scabs. We stand firmly with our union family at today, tomorrow and always.
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We know in ‘23 we’ll have our first contract. And we know what we’ll need to do to get it.
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We wrap up this look-back at ‘22 and are most proud of our May 13 walkout. WE ARE WORTH MORE…
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And behind us improving everything we do, are our content editors David Goldman and Brad Krum. They are rarely recognized for their hard work....
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We can't spotlight our work and not recognize the incredible contributions of our data reporter Gene Tauber (a true unsung hero) and editorial assistants Debbie Schnecker and Ann Lowy. ...
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’s coverage of the funerals for two fallen firefighters produced some of the year’s best..
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worked against incredibly challenging lighting to produce exceptional photos from the annual Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Gala
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Our photographers were there at every turn to document the history of the Lehigh Valley.
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OUR BEST (Thread three): Our photographers , and produced exceptional visual journalism this year. It’s too hard for us to pick the best but we will try …
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Our picks for their best: for “From Haiti to Harvard: Freedom football’s Johnson brothers make their college futures official”:
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Many of our readers will tell you and are the reasons they are subscribers. Both are daily examples of how valuable experience, longevity and institutional knowledge are ...
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Some of our best work as a Guild is when we work together. Here’s the best of our double bylines (by and Dan Sheehan):
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Columnist wrote about a range of topics but what stood out is his work on veterans’ issues, including this piece:
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We are incredibly proud of this important piece by our
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Digging deeper also was a big part of the health beat where our really shone this year. :
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It is never easy to cover a tragic event. But few can cover them the way our Dan Sheehan can and did this year, particularly in this story:
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It would be easy to just have previewed Lehigh Valley Pride but used the opportunity to profile its new organizer:
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OUR BEST (thread two): In this next thread we’ll look at the work our Guild did to dig deeper into stories….
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, who helped spearhead efforts in our newsroom to improve coverage of the diverse communities of the Valley, had countless important stories this year, including:
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In the crush of work we face every day, we can lose sight of finding local people affected in national stories. Our Tony Salamone is one of the best at keeping a keen eye on such connections and wrote this great story: mcall.com/news/local/mc-....
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has an impossibly busy workload and really shone at every turn this year, especially in this story:
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As you can imagine, it was hard to pick the best and these are not in any particular order. We also have a lot we are proud of so we will be bringing you our best throughout the day!…
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OUR BEST: As we end 2022, we want to take the opportunity to highlight the truly incredible work by our journalists. Our work this year clearly demonstrated our commitment to covering the Valley and we could not be prouder…
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WE HAVE A DEAL!
@ReutersGuild today unanimously ratified a new 3-year collective bargaining agreement that delivers immediate $5,000 bonuses and 4% wage hikes to make up for the lack of general pay increases for our members the past two years.
But that's not all...
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Happy holidays to our amazing members and to all of our wonderful followers and supporters!
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