Thursday, December 10, 2015
Today in Labor History
December 10 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
First sit-down strike in U.S. called by IWW at General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y. - 1906
(No Contract, No Peace: A Legal Guide to Contract Campaigns, Strikes, and Lockouts is a must-have for
any union or activist considering aggressive action to combat management’s growing economic war against workers. No Contract, No Peace! updates information contained in the first edition, entitled Strikes, Picketing and Inside Campaigns, to include reference to recent union activities and NLRB decisions that have affected the labor relations environment. Schwartz’s familiarity with labor and employment law combines with his activist spirit to provide innovative yet practical tips for mounting and maintaining meaningful campaigns designed to build union and workers’ power.)
Int’l Human Rights Day, commemorating the signing at the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states, in part: “Everyone has the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of his interests.” - 1948
American Federation of Teachers Local 89 in Atlanta, Georgia, disaffiliates from the national union because of an AFT directive that all its locals integrate. A year later, the AFT expelled all locals that refused to do so - 1956
First sit-down strike in U.S. called by IWW at General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y. - 1906
(No Contract, No Peace: A Legal Guide to Contract Campaigns, Strikes, and Lockouts is a must-have for
any union or activist considering aggressive action to combat management’s growing economic war against workers. No Contract, No Peace! updates information contained in the first edition, entitled Strikes, Picketing and Inside Campaigns, to include reference to recent union activities and NLRB decisions that have affected the labor relations environment. Schwartz’s familiarity with labor and employment law combines with his activist spirit to provide innovative yet practical tips for mounting and maintaining meaningful campaigns designed to build union and workers’ power.)Int’l Human Rights Day, commemorating the signing at the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states, in part: “Everyone has the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of his interests.” - 1948
American Federation of Teachers Local 89 in Atlanta, Georgia, disaffiliates from the national union because of an AFT directive that all its locals integrate. A year later, the AFT expelled all locals that refused to do so - 1956
Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Today in Labor History
December 09Ratification of a new labor agreement at Titan Tire of Natchez, Miss., ends the longest strike in the history of the U.S. tire industry, which began May 1, 1998, at the company's Des Moines, Iowa, plant - 2001
Tuesday, December 08, 2015
Tuesday Morning in the Blogosphere
McDonald's in Guangzhou, China
Print media to revive, attention spans to grow - PR Week
For newspapers, a painful look back - Media Life Magazine
Will Eli Broad Finally Step In And Save The Los Angeles Times? - IBT
Life in newspapers: Constant change but same mission - Statesman Journal
In Tribune’s Hands, The L.A. Times Will Continue to Get Worse - DT News
Here is What Hedge Funds Think About Tribune Media Co. - Insider Monkey
Does Tribune Publishing Have Any Gas After Forming Bearish Double Bottom? - FM
Dean Baquet On Why The New York Times Ran a Front Page Guns Sermon - Daily Beast
‘Killing Ourselves': 35 years of newspapers making statements about gun violence - WaPo
Small Town Newspaper Stories: Universal Truths of Corroded Capitalism - Dissident Voice
Today in Labor History
December 08 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Twenty-five unions found the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in Columbus, Ohio; Cigarmaker’s union leader Samuel Gompers is elected president. The AFL’s founding document’s preamble reads: “A struggle is going on in all of the civilized world between oppressors and oppressed of all countries, between capitalist and laborer...” - 1886
(There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America: This thoughtful and highly readable history of the American labor movement traces unionism from the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts in the 1820s to organized labor’s decline in the 1980s and struggle for survival and growth today. Illustrated with dozens of photos, posters and more.)
114-day newspaper strike begins, New York City - 1962
President Bill Clinton signs The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - 1993
Nearly 230 jailed teachers—about one-fourth of the 1,000-member Middletown Township, N.J., staff—are
ordered freed after they and their colleagues agree to end a 9-day strike and go into mediation with the local school board - 2001
Faced with a national unemployment rate of 10 percent, President Barack Obama outlines new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals, saying the country must continue to "spend our way out of this recession" until more Americans are back at work. Joblessness had soared 6 percent in the final two years of George W. Bush’s presidency - 2009
December 07
Heywood Broun born in New York City. Journalist, columnist and co-founder, in 1933, of The Newspaper Guild - 1888
Steam boiler operators from 11 cities across the country meet in Chicago to form the National Union of Steam Engineers of America, the forerunner to the Int’l Union of Operating Engineers. Each of the men represented a local union of 40 members or fewer - 1896
More than 1,600 protesters staged a national hunger march on Washington, D.C., to present demands for unemployment insurance - 1931
United Hatters, Cap & Millinery Workers Int’l Union merges into Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union - 1982
Delegates to the founding convention of the National Nurses United (NNU) in Phoenix, Ariz., unanimously endorse the creation of the largest union and professional organization of registered nurses in U.S. history. The 150,000-member union is the product of a merger of three groups - 2009
Twenty-five unions found the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in Columbus, Ohio; Cigarmaker’s union leader Samuel Gompers is elected president. The AFL’s founding document’s preamble reads: “A struggle is going on in all of the civilized world between oppressors and oppressed of all countries, between capitalist and laborer...” - 1886
(There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America: This thoughtful and highly readable history of the American labor movement traces unionism from the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts in the 1820s to organized labor’s decline in the 1980s and struggle for survival and growth today. Illustrated with dozens of photos, posters and more.)114-day newspaper strike begins, New York City - 1962
President Bill Clinton signs The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - 1993
Nearly 230 jailed teachers—about one-fourth of the 1,000-member Middletown Township, N.J., staff—are
ordered freed after they and their colleagues agree to end a 9-day strike and go into mediation with the local school board - 2001Faced with a national unemployment rate of 10 percent, President Barack Obama outlines new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals, saying the country must continue to "spend our way out of this recession" until more Americans are back at work. Joblessness had soared 6 percent in the final two years of George W. Bush’s presidency - 2009
December 07Heywood Broun born in New York City. Journalist, columnist and co-founder, in 1933, of The Newspaper Guild - 1888
Steam boiler operators from 11 cities across the country meet in Chicago to form the National Union of Steam Engineers of America, the forerunner to the Int’l Union of Operating Engineers. Each of the men represented a local union of 40 members or fewer - 1896
More than 1,600 protesters staged a national hunger march on Washington, D.C., to present demands for unemployment insurance - 1931
United Hatters, Cap & Millinery Workers Int’l Union merges into Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union - 1982
Delegates to the founding convention of the National Nurses United (NNU) in Phoenix, Ariz., unanimously endorse the creation of the largest union and professional organization of registered nurses in U.S. history. The 150,000-member union is the product of a merger of three groups - 2009
Los Angeles Times editor Davan Maharaj is pleased with smaller staff
Subject: Rising To The Occasion
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 20:20:39
From: Maharaj, Davan
To: yyeditall
Comrades,
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 20:20:39
From: Maharaj, Davan
To: yyeditall
Comrades,
For anyone wondering what the new Los Angeles Times was going to be like, they know now. You’ve been showing them all week. It’s good. Really good. Exceptionally good.
It’s like the old Los Angeles Times, but even faster and more digital.
When big news broke in San Bernardino – tragic, heart-wrenching news – our newsroom did what it does.
You swung into action and got scoop after scoop. You informed readers with live blog reports online. You crafted rich narratives. You wrote penetrating profiles. You shot memorable photos. You produced engaging videos and graphics.
You used social media to reach a huge audience.
Readers took note: “The LAT is demonstrating its enduring capacity to make sense of the chaos,” one wrote in an email, echoing what many others said. “I've seen hundreds of tweets crediting your collective work – the 16 reporters on the field filing LA Now posts and real-time tweeting whatever they learn... It's the one glimmering reassurance I lean on when I have no idea what the hell is going on. The big feature pages that you've introduced so far are rock solid, credible, informative, and genuine.”
Our competitors took note, too. “It’s amazing to see how the LA Times, after all it has been through, can bring it on a big story. Respect,” Lydia Polgreen of the New York Times tweeted.
Thanks, Lydia, for your kind words. But there was never any doubt here.
All of you should be very, very proud. We are.
-- Davan
h/t LAObserved
Friday, December 04, 2015
Today in Labor History
December 04 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
President Roosevelt announces the end of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), concluding the four-year run of one of the American government's most ambitious public works programs. It helped create jobs for roughly 8.5 million people during the Great Depression and left a legacy of highways and public buildings, among other public gains - 1943
UAW President Walter Reuther elected president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations - 1952
Cesar Chavez jailed for 20 days for refusing to end United Farm Workers' grape boycott - 1970
President Roosevelt announces the end of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), concluding the four-year run of one of the American government's most ambitious public works programs. It helped create jobs for roughly 8.5 million people during the Great Depression and left a legacy of highways and public buildings, among other public gains - 1943
UAW President Walter Reuther elected president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations - 1952
Cesar Chavez jailed for 20 days for refusing to end United Farm Workers' grape boycott - 1970
Thursday, December 03, 2015
Teamsters Statement on San Bernardino County Shootings
Union Mourns the Loss of Victims, Vital Members of the San Bernardino Community
(WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters Union is deeply saddened by the tragic event in San Bernardino County, Calif., which has taken the lives of 14 people, injured 21 and shaken the community at large.
As the news continues to unfold, we are saddened to learn that some of the victims were members of Teamsters Local 1932.
“Today is a sad day, as we join the San Bernardino community with a heavy heart in mourning this tragic loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and everyone impacted by this senseless tragedy,” said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President.
Teamsters Local 1932 in San Bernardino represents more than 11,000 San Bernardino County public employees working at hospitals, in public works, health services departments, correctional facilities and in dozens of other public positions throughout the county.
“San Bernardino County public employees go to work every day to serve, protect and provide for our county. It is heartbreaking that innocent lives have been lost to a gruesome act of violence,” said Deirdre Rodriguez, General Manager of Local 1932. “We extend our deepest sympathies to the victims’ families and loved ones, and we express our gratitude to the first responders who rushed to the scene to help.”
“We are distraught by the violence that has claimed the lives of hardworking San Bernardino County public employees and that has injured many,” said Randy Cammack, President of Teamsters Joint Council 42 in Pomona, Calif., the parent body to 22 local unions, including Local 1932. “Our condolences go to all who have been affected.”
Teamsters Joint Council 42 will be setting up a fund for families of the victims. More details will be provided as soon as they become available.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters.
Thursday Afternoon in the Blogosphere
Happy #LoveMyNewspaper day - Poynter
The future of newspapers - Valley Road Runner
Will 'digital fatigue' revive print? - Editors Weblog
Yahoo sale would carry a warning from print - Reuters
Local newspaper prepares for big change - Sacramento Business Journal
Gannett brings its papers under new USA Today Network banner - Reuters
The Wall Street Journal Develops New Magazine About the Future - WWD
The Huffington Post Editorial Staff Calls For Union Recognition - Writers Guild
N.Y.Times top editor tells LSU students of challenges, opportunities - The Advocate
Reporters from digital/niche outlets are replacing daily newspaper reporters - Nieman Lab
Davan Maharaj's first email on the Los Angeles Times reorganization
From: "Maharaj, Davan"
Date: December 1, 2015 at 11:21:38 AM PST
To: yyeditall
Subject: The Road Ahead....
Colleagues:
With the voluntary buyouts behind us, it’s time to push ahead with the reorganization of the newsroom. As we take on this challenge, I want to thank all of you for continuing to produce an outstanding news report, despite the distractions of the last few weeks. I am intensely proud to lead such a talented and committed group of journalists.
I want to take this opportunity to underline a few points:
*We are hiring in the newsroom. In fact, we have already begun filling vacancies – not necessarily on a one-for-one basis, but enough to put skilled journalists in essential positions. I and members of the masthead have been very busy interviewing and assessing job candidates from across the country, many of whom are impressively qualified and eager to work at the L.A. Times. Expect to see announcements of new hires beginning this week.
*A key part of reorganizing will be to identify what is most important to us, and do it well. We will prioritize subjects that matter to Californians, notably (but not exclusively) local breaking news, California politics and government, immigration, entertainment, technology, China, Mexico – and, of course, accountability journalism. A clear sense of priorities will help us determine what not to cover. We will not try to do everything.
*In reorganizing, we will ask for your help – in identifying what is working in our newsroom, what needs fixing and how we can be most successful going forward.
*We will streamline our daily meetings and our story budgeting so that they support our mission and sharpen our report, without being unduly time-consuming and burdensome.
*In making our digital report even more vibrant, we will keep faith with the journalism values we all share. Sound reporting, fairness, holding power to account, smart analysis, digging deep to explain an often-bewildering world to readers – these will continue to be the bedrock of our work. These values are compatible with a great newspaper and a robust and relevant digital report.
I look forward to working with all of you to ensure the greatness of the L.A. Times in a new era of journalism. And I invite you to come talk to me directly about your concerns, ideas and ambitions.
– Davan
Date: December 1, 2015 at 11:21:38 AM PST
To: yyeditall
Subject: The Road Ahead....
Colleagues:
With the voluntary buyouts behind us, it’s time to push ahead with the reorganization of the newsroom. As we take on this challenge, I want to thank all of you for continuing to produce an outstanding news report, despite the distractions of the last few weeks. I am intensely proud to lead such a talented and committed group of journalists.
I want to take this opportunity to underline a few points:
*We are hiring in the newsroom. In fact, we have already begun filling vacancies – not necessarily on a one-for-one basis, but enough to put skilled journalists in essential positions. I and members of the masthead have been very busy interviewing and assessing job candidates from across the country, many of whom are impressively qualified and eager to work at the L.A. Times. Expect to see announcements of new hires beginning this week.
*A key part of reorganizing will be to identify what is most important to us, and do it well. We will prioritize subjects that matter to Californians, notably (but not exclusively) local breaking news, California politics and government, immigration, entertainment, technology, China, Mexico – and, of course, accountability journalism. A clear sense of priorities will help us determine what not to cover. We will not try to do everything.
*In reorganizing, we will ask for your help – in identifying what is working in our newsroom, what needs fixing and how we can be most successful going forward.
*We will streamline our daily meetings and our story budgeting so that they support our mission and sharpen our report, without being unduly time-consuming and burdensome.
*In making our digital report even more vibrant, we will keep faith with the journalism values we all share. Sound reporting, fairness, holding power to account, smart analysis, digging deep to explain an often-bewildering world to readers – these will continue to be the bedrock of our work. These values are compatible with a great newspaper and a robust and relevant digital report.
I look forward to working with all of you to ensure the greatness of the L.A. Times in a new era of journalism. And I invite you to come talk to me directly about your concerns, ideas and ambitions.
– Davan
Rupert Murdoch Leaking Tweets
Rupert Murdoch is a multi-billionaire media mogul whose influence is known to swing elections. But, on Friday Murdoch tweeted out, for unknown reasons, that he had heard the Tribune Publishing Company could be bought by a "big Wall Street firm" and that the Los Angeles Times could be bought by a philanthropist. The Tribune Company, which owns more than a dozen newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and the Baltimore Sun has been struggling financially. Murdoch's tweet may be nothing more than sour grapes. Last year he had been rumored to bidding for the company, an idea he put to rest by tweeting that U.S. ownership laws prevented him from buying up the newspaper group.
It could also just be trolling a rival. The Tribune Company, which owns more than a dozen newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Orlando Sentinel, and the Baltimore
It could also just be trolling a rival. The Tribune Company, which owns more than a dozen newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Orlando Sentinel, and the Baltimore
Today in Labor History
December 03 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
Textile strikers win 10-hour day, Fall River, Mass. - 1866
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes an ordinance setting an 8-hour workday for all city employees - 1867
IWW union Brotherhood of Timber Workers organized - 1910
Canada’s Quebec Bridge, spanning the St. Lawrence River, opens to traffic on this day after the deaths of 89 construction workers in the course of the job. A flawed design was blamed for a 1907 collapse that killed 75; another 13 died in 1916 when a hoisting device failed as the central span was being lifted - 1919
General strike begins in Oakland, Calif., started by female department store clerks - 1946
The express passenger train "20th Century Limited" ends more than 60 years of service when it takes its last run from New York City to Chicago - 1967
Some 5,000 union construction workers in Oahu, Hawaii, march to City Hall in protest of a proposed construction moratorium by the city council – 1976
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes an ordinance setting an 8-hour workday for all city employees - 1867
IWW union Brotherhood of Timber Workers organized - 1910
Canada’s Quebec Bridge, spanning the St. Lawrence River, opens to traffic on this day after the deaths of 89 construction workers in the course of the job. A flawed design was blamed for a 1907 collapse that killed 75; another 13 died in 1916 when a hoisting device failed as the central span was being lifted - 1919General strike begins in Oakland, Calif., started by female department store clerks - 1946
The express passenger train "20th Century Limited" ends more than 60 years of service when it takes its last run from New York City to Chicago - 1967
Some 5,000 union construction workers in Oahu, Hawaii, march to City Hall in protest of a proposed construction moratorium by the city council – 1976
At least four thousand people die, and as many as 20,000, in one of the largest industrial disasters on record. It happened in Bhopal, India, when poisonous methyl isocyante was released into the atmosphere at a Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant. The results of investigations by Union Carbide and the government were never released to the public; one authoritative independent study laid blame at the feet of Union Carbide for its failures on training, staffing, safety and other issues - 1984
Arrests began today in Middleton, N.J., of teachers striking in violation of a no-strike law. Ultimately 228 educators were jailed for up to seven days before they were released following the Middleton Township Education Association's agreement to take the dispute to mediation - 2001
Arrests began today in Middleton, N.J., of teachers striking in violation of a no-strike law. Ultimately 228 educators were jailed for up to seven days before they were released following the Middleton Township Education Association's agreement to take the dispute to mediation - 2001
December 02
A Chicago "slugger," paid $50 by labor unions for every scab he "discouraged," described his job in an interview: "Oh, there ain't nothing to it. I gets my fifty, then I goes out and finds the guy they wanna have slugged, then I gives it to ‘im" - 1911
The U.S. Senate votes 65-22 to condemn Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisc.) for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.” McCarthy was a rabid anti-Communist who falsely accused thousands of Americans, mostly people who supported labor, civil rights and other progressive causes, of being traitors - 1954
(A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present: McCarthy’s attack on progressive citizens is just one of many eye-openers revealed in Zinn’s book. If your last serious read of American history was in high school—or even in a standard college course—you’ll want to read this amazing account of America as seen through the eyes of its working people, women and minorities.)
Court documents filed in Boston say Walmart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $40 million to 87,500 Massachusetts employees who claimed the retailer denied them rest and meal breaks, manipulated time cards and refused to pay overtime - 2009
The U.S. Senate votes 65-22 to condemn Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisc.) for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.” McCarthy was a rabid anti-Communist who falsely accused thousands of Americans, mostly people who supported labor, civil rights and other progressive causes, of being traitors - 1954
(A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present: McCarthy’s attack on progressive citizens is just one of many eye-openers revealed in Zinn’s book. If your last serious read of American history was in high school—or even in a standard college course—you’ll want to read this amazing account of America as seen through the eyes of its working people, women and minorities.)
Court documents filed in Boston say Walmart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $40 million to 87,500 Massachusetts employees who claimed the retailer denied them rest and meal breaks, manipulated time cards and refused to pay overtime - 2009
December 01
The Ford Motor Co. introduces the continuous moving assembly line which can produce a complete car every two-and-a-half minutes - 1913
Kellogg cereal adopts 6-hour day - 1930
African-American Rosa Parks refuses to go to the back of a Montgomery, Ala., bus, fueling the growing civil rights movement's campaign to win desegregation and end the deep South's "Jim Crow" laws - 1955
United Garment Workers of America merge with United Food & Commercial Workers Int’l Union - 1994
Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers & Allied Workers Int’l Union & United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastics Workers of America merge with Int’l Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers - 1996
Kellogg cereal adopts 6-hour day - 1930
African-American Rosa Parks refuses to go to the back of a Montgomery, Ala., bus, fueling the growing civil rights movement's campaign to win desegregation and end the deep South's "Jim Crow" laws - 1955United Garment Workers of America merge with United Food & Commercial Workers Int’l Union - 1994
Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers & Allied Workers Int’l Union & United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastics Workers of America merge with Int’l Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers - 1996
Tuesday, December 01, 2015
Monday, November 30, 2015
Today in Labor History
November 30 -- Union Communications Services, Inc.
“Fighting Mary” Eliza McDowell, also known as the “Angel of the Stockyards,” born in Chicago. As a social worker she helped organize the first women’s local of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union in 1902 - 1854
Mother Jones died at the Burgess Farm in Adelphi, Md.; “I’m not a lady, I’m a hell-raiser!” - 1930
(The Autobiography of Mother Jones: Mary Harris Jones—“Mother Jones”—was the most dynamic woman ever to grace the American labor movement. Employers and politicians around the turn of the century called her “the most dangerous woman in America” and rebellious working men and women loved her as they never loved anyone else.
She was an absolutely fearless and tireless advocate for working people, especially coal miners. A founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World—the Wobblies—she feared neither soldiers’ guns nor the ruling class’s jails. Here, in her own words, is her story of organizing in steel, railroading, textiles and mining; her crusade against child labor; her fight to organize women; even her involvement in the Mexican revolution.)
More than 12,000 members of the Insurance Agents Union strike in 35 states and Washington, D.C., against the Prudential Insurance Co. - 1951
Unionists and activists shut down World Trade Organization meeting, Seattle, Wash. - 1999
“Fighting Mary” Eliza McDowell, also known as the “Angel of the Stockyards,” born in Chicago. As a social worker she helped organize the first women’s local of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union in 1902 - 1854
Mother Jones died at the Burgess Farm in Adelphi, Md.; “I’m not a lady, I’m a hell-raiser!” - 1930
(The Autobiography of Mother Jones: Mary Harris Jones—“Mother Jones”—was the most dynamic woman ever to grace the American labor movement. Employers and politicians around the turn of the century called her “the most dangerous woman in America” and rebellious working men and women loved her as they never loved anyone else.She was an absolutely fearless and tireless advocate for working people, especially coal miners. A founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World—the Wobblies—she feared neither soldiers’ guns nor the ruling class’s jails. Here, in her own words, is her story of organizing in steel, railroading, textiles and mining; her crusade against child labor; her fight to organize women; even her involvement in the Mexican revolution.)
More than 12,000 members of the Insurance Agents Union strike in 35 states and Washington, D.C., against the Prudential Insurance Co. - 1951
Unionists and activists shut down World Trade Organization meeting, Seattle, Wash. - 1999
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Tuesday Afternoon in the Blogosphere
The Jeepney is seen all over the Philippines
Bringing Sexy Back To Print Media - Seeking Alpha
Greatest quips ever about newspapers - Media Life Magazine
Chicago Tribune columnist mulls life after a buyout - Poynter
If you want to reach millennials, employ them - Editors Weblog
Now what? Tribune writers take buyouts and go - Chicago Reader
Columnist Sandy Banks is taking the LA Times buyout - LAObserved
Can you get readers to pay a dollar a day for digital news? - Ken Doctor
The tawdry fall of the Postmedia newspaper empire - National Observer
Trib Total Media announces layoffs; merging with other newspapers - WTAE
Today in Labor History
November 24Led by Samuel Gompers, who would later found the American Federation of Labor, Cigarmakers’ Int’l Union Local 144 is chartered in New York City - 1875
Tribune Media Selects Broker to Sell Property in L.A. Arts District
Jones Lang LaSalle to Market Nearly 25 Acres, Including L.A. Times Printing Plant
CHICAGO, Nov. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO) today announced that it has hiredJones Lang LaSalle to manage its sale of nearly 25 acres of land in Los Angeles' revitalized Arts District, just east of downtown. The site includes a printing plant leased by the Los Angeles Times and seven acres of frontage property along Alameda Street.
"L.A.'s Arts District is an incredibly vibrant area and extremely attractive to emerging businesses looking for an exciting and creative environment in which to locate," said Murray McQueen, President of Tribune Real Estate Holdings. "This is one of Los Angeles' hottest areas for mixed-use retail and office development, and we're expecting a lot of interest."
McQueen continued, "This property offers seven acres that front Alameda Street and are ripe for development, as well as a long-term tenant in the Los Angeles Timeswith predictable, in-place rental income—a combination that will be very attractive to prospective buyers."
Tribune Media announced earlier this month that it decided to accelerate the monetization of its real estate portfolio. The Company is also currently engaged in an active sales process for two marquee properties, the north block of the Los Angeles Times Square property in L.A. and the Tribune Tower in Chicago.
Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO) is home to a diverse portfolio of television and digital properties driven by quality news, entertainment and sports programming. Tribune Media is comprised of Tribune Broadcasting's 42 owned or operated local television stations reaching more than 50 million households, national entertainment network WGN America, available in approximately 73 million households, Tribune Studios, and Gracenote, one of the world's leading sources of TV and music metadata, powering electronic program guides in televisions, automobiles and mobile devices. Tribune Media also includes Chicago'sWGN-AM, and the national multicast networks Antenna TV and THIS TV. Additionally, the Company owns and manages a significant number of real estate properties across the U.S. and holds other strategic investments in media. For more information please visit www.tribunemedia.com.
To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tribune-media-selects-broker-to-sell-property-in-la-arts-district-300182775.html
SOURCE Tribune Media Company
Monday, November 23, 2015
Today in Labor History
November 23History’s first recorded (on papyrus) strike, by Egyptians working on public works projects for King Ramses III in the Valley of the Kings. They were protesting having gone 20 days without pay—portions of grain—and put down their tools. Exact date estimated, described as within “the sixth month of the 29th year” of Ramses’ reign—1170BC—in The Spirit of Ancient Egypt, by Ana Ruiz. Scholar John Romer adds inAncient Lives: The Story of the Pharaoh’s Tombmakers that the strike so terrified the authorities they gave in and raised wages. Romer believes it happened a few years later, on Nov. 14, 1152 B.C.
Troops are dispatched to Cripple Creek, Colo., to control protests by striking coal miners - 1903
Mine Workers President John L. Lewis walks away from the
American Federation of Labor to lead the newly-formed Committee for Industrial Organization. The CIO and the unions created under its banner organized six million industrial workers over the following decade – 1935The first meeting between members of the newly-formed National Football League Players Association and team owners takes place in New York. Union founders included Frank Gifford, Norm Van Brocklin, Don Shula and Kyle Rote. They were asking for a minimum $5,000 salary, a requirement that their teams pay for their equipment, and a provision for the continued payment of salary to injured players. The players’ initial demands were ignored - 1956
It's More Fun in the Philippines
After spending seventeen days in the Philippines it was good to return home yesterday. The time difference still has my body clock in disarray as I slowly return to a normal sleeping pattern. My only dislike was the traffic in Metro Manila, which was amplified during the APEC Summit. The most enjoyable portion of the trip was staying in the countryside with Merly and her family. Here's a few of the hundreds of images I captured during my stay.
Thursday, November 05, 2015
Today in Labor History
November 05 - Union Communications Services, Inc.
Eugene V. Debs, labor leader, socialist, three-time candidate for president and first president of the American Railway Union, born - 1855
Everett, Wash., massacre, at least seven Wobblies killed, 50 wounded and an indeterminate number missing - 1916
Some 12,000 television and movie writers begin what was to become a 3-month strike against producers over demands for an increase in pay for movies and television shows released on DVD and for a bigger share of the revenue from work delivered over the Internet - 2007
(How familiar do these phrases ring? Unions are responsible for
budget deficits; they’ve outlived their usefulness; their members are overpaid and enjoy cushy benefits. The only way to save the American economy, many say, is to weaken the labor movement, strip workers of collective bargaining rights, and champion private industry. In They're Bankrupting Us! And 20 Other Myths about Unions, longtime labor activist and educator Bill Fletcher Jr. makes sense of this debate as he unpacks the 21 myths most often cited by anti-union propagandists.)
November 04
Populist humorist Will Rogers was born on this day near Oologah, Indian Territory (later Oklahoma). One of his many memorable
quotes: “I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.” - 1879
Some 3,000 dairy farmers demonstrate in Neillsville, Wisc., ultimately leading to the freeing of jailed leaders of a milk strike over low prices set by large dairy plants. Tons of fresh milk were dumped on public roads, trains carrying milk were stopped, some cheese plants were bombed during the fight - 1933
After a struggle lasting more than two years, 6,000 Steelworkers members at Bridgestone/Firestone win a settlement in which strikers displaced by scabs got their original jobs back. The fight started when management demanded that the workers accept 12-hour shifts - 1996
Populist humorist Will Rogers was born on this day near Oologah, Indian Territory (later Oklahoma). One of his many memorable
quotes: “I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.” - 1879Some 3,000 dairy farmers demonstrate in Neillsville, Wisc., ultimately leading to the freeing of jailed leaders of a milk strike over low prices set by large dairy plants. Tons of fresh milk were dumped on public roads, trains carrying milk were stopped, some cheese plants were bombed during the fight - 1933
After a struggle lasting more than two years, 6,000 Steelworkers members at Bridgestone/Firestone win a settlement in which strikers displaced by scabs got their original jobs back. The fight started when management demanded that the workers accept 12-hour shifts - 1996
November 03
Striking milk drivers dump thousands of gallons of milk on New York City streets - 1921
Some 5,000 Philadelphia-area public transit workers begin what was to be a 6-day strike centered on wages and pension benefits - 2009
Striking milk drivers dump thousands of gallons of milk on New York City streets - 1921
Some 5,000 Philadelphia-area public transit workers begin what was to be a 6-day strike centered on wages and pension benefits - 2009
November 02
Police arrest 150 in IWW free speech fight, Spokane, Wash. - 1909
Railroad union leader & socialist Eugene V. Debs receives nearly a million votes for president while imprisoned - 1920
President Reagan signs a bill designating a federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. to be observed on the third Monday of January - 1983
(All Labor Has Dignity: People forget that Dr. King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he was to ending racial segregation. He fought throughout his life to connect the labor and civil rights movements, envisioning them as twin pillars for social reform.)
Carmen Fasanella retired after 68 years and 243 days of taxicab service in Princeton, N.J., earning himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. He started driving at age 17 and, reportedly, chauffeured Princeton Professor Albert Einstein around town - 1989
Police arrest 150 in IWW free speech fight, Spokane, Wash. - 1909
Railroad union leader & socialist Eugene V. Debs receives nearly a million votes for president while imprisoned - 1920
President Reagan signs a bill designating a federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. to be observed on the third Monday of January - 1983(All Labor Has Dignity: People forget that Dr. King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he was to ending racial segregation. He fought throughout his life to connect the labor and civil rights movements, envisioning them as twin pillars for social reform.)
Carmen Fasanella retired after 68 years and 243 days of taxicab service in Princeton, N.J., earning himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. He started driving at age 17 and, reportedly, chauffeured Princeton Professor Albert Einstein around town - 1989
Sunday, November 01, 2015
Sunday Morning in the Blogosphere
Sunset from San Dimas, California
Tribune Publishing Rating Lowered to Sell at Zacks - DFN
Orange County Register Declares Bankruptcy - O.C. Weekly
Governments Cannot Ignore Soft Censorship - Editors Weblog
Toledo Blade kills print edition for almost all holidays - Romenesko
Tribune Publishing's California problem: the mulish L.A. Times - Crain's
New York Times Co. Reports $9 Million Profit in 3rd Quarter - N.Y. Times
The Orange County Register files for bankruptcy protection - The O.C. Register
For Philly’s durable Daily News, it looks like the beginning of the end - Poynter
In Quest For Revenue, LA Times Creates Oil Industry Propaganda Website - Media Matters
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