Day: January 1, 2009

  • Guild responds to Dec. 3 layoffs

    The Indy News Guild filed a grievance with the company Dec. 12 over the Dec. 3 layoffs of 14 employees represented by the Guild. Our position is that the company,…


  • Guild meets with management on grievances

    Thursday, December 18, guild officers met with management to discuss outstanding grievances. One grievance that had been filed early this year was for a newsroom employee classified as a paraprofessional…


  • Cell phone update

    The Guild and Star management have been in back-and-forth discussion to develop a cell-phone policy to resolve a grievance we filed so staffers – primarily reporters – are provided with…


  • Guild intervenes on improper scheduling

    During the December 18 meeting, the Guild also brought to management’s attention a problem with the scheduling for a Guild member. This full-time employee, who works a five-day, 40-hour schedule…


  • Membership meeting and special election Jan. 22

    The Guild will hold a membership meeting at noon on Thursday, Jan. 22, in the Musicians Hall on Delaware St. across from the Star parking structure. There will be a…


  • Contract negotiations begin Jan. 8

    The Guild and management are scheduled to begin bargaining on a new contract on Jan. 8. The Guild’s bargaining team has met four times in preparation for negotiations. Our current contract…


  • New Web site under construction

    The Guild has enlisted steward Adam Yates to reconstruct our Web site. The current one is very functional at einkling.wordpress.com. The Guild now owns the domain name indynewsguild.com. We will…


  • A year of working to represent Guild members

    These are some of the issues and problems the Guild has dealt with over the past year, along with some of its accomplishments: + In March the Guild filed a…


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The Indianapolis News Guild of CWA Local 34070 represents around 40 full-time hardworking journalists of the Indianapolis Star.

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Email: indynewsguild70@gmail.com

P.O. Box 44130
Indianapolis, IN 46244