Monday Night in the Blogosphere

Tronc exec buys in Lake Forest - Crain's

Interesting times at the Times - LAObserved

Why the Daily Herald isn’t naming names - Robert Feder

Thanks for your voluntary subscription - SW News Media

Washington Post releases video editorial - Washington Post

Out-Of-Box Hires Reset Tronc -- and L.A. Times' - Ken Doctor

Daily Press could become a nonprofit organization - Santa Monica Daily Press

Lewis DVorkin is named Los Angeles Times editor in chief - Los Angeles Times

Statement from Atlantic Media on Scam Using The Atlantic Names - The Atlantic

Newspapers Hunt for Local Ad Dollars as Main Street Evolves - Editor and Publisher

American Newspapers, 1800-1860: Introduction

Today in Labor History

October 08  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

Thirty of the city's 185 firefighters are injured battling the Great Chicago Fire, which burned for three days - 1871
 
Structural Building Trades Alliance organizes in Indianapolis with goal of eliminating jurisdictional strikes that were seriously disrupting the industry and shoring up the power of international unions over local building trades councils. Conflicts between large and small unions doomed the group and it disbanded six years later - 1902
 
In Poland, the union Solidarity and all other labor organizations are banned by the government - 1982
 
Upholsterers' Int’l Union of North America merges with United Steelworkers of America - 1985

Why California labor unions are growing

Business reporter Alana Semuels talks with nurses union organizer David Johnson and UC Berkeley Prof. Harley Shaiken about why labor unions are growing in California but not the nation.

After 135 Years, the L.A. Times Is Unionizing. What Took So Long?

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2017 AT 8:11 A.M. BY JASON MCGAHAN

The last straw was when the company took away its employees' accrued vacation.

Journalists at the Los Angeles Times were saving up their time off, using it as a financial cushion in the event their jobs were sacrificed in a future round of layoffs. 

The new policy — so-called unlimited vacation — meant the Times' parent company, tronc, no longer had to pay out for unused time.

When unveiling the policy, tronc told staffers to use up all of their vacation by the end of the year. Voila! A form of compensation was taken away, a guaranteed benefit replaced with a policy that, according to employees, is unreliable and unevenly applied.

Like many newspapers, the Times has been through years of high-profile corporate restructuring — including bankruptcy and takeovers, layoffs and lawsuits, deep cost-cuts and a revolving door of publishers, editors, owners and CEOs. Top talent has left the paper. Health care costs have risen. The newsroom hasn't had an across-the-board salary increase since around 2009.

Continue reading at LAWeekly

Tronc’s anti-union strategy

By the Los Angeles Times Guild organizing committee

Tronc has launched its anti-union campaign and, so far, it’s rather primitive stuff.

Tronc has no argument for why Los Angeles Times journalists should not enjoy the same guild representation – the same voice in our futures – as our peers at other major news organizations. So Tronc is instructing newsroom managers to tell us scary stories about pay cuts, layoffs, strikes, dues and that old standby, that the union is an outsider.

The union is, in fact, the creation of a grassroots committee of journalists from the newsroom determined to address years of mistreatment by an out-of-touch corporation. Tronc, the true outsider, knows its arguments are based on fallacies or outright falsehoods.

The real truth is that, for many years now, we have fallen farther and farther behind our guild-represented peers in pay and benefits, and we have none of their job security. At the same time, Tronc executives get fat compensation packages and lavish perks. They get raises and bonuses. We don’t. They continue to hire at substandard wages, then do nothing as those hires leave for better-paying jobs. We deal with the fallout.

The National Labor Relations Board provides a guide to the tactics employers can and cannot legally use. Please check it out. And if you suspect Tronc is requiring your manager to engage in an unlawful labor practice, please take careful notes and talk to a member of the organizing committee.

We hope Tronc will not embarrass The Times by presenting dishonest arguments aimed at denying us a voice. Here, we address in detail the Tronc anti-union playbook and the truth: The Tronc Playbook

Media titan Samuel Irving 'Si' Newhouse Jr. died Oct. 1 at his home in Manhattan. He was 89.

Media titan Samuel Irving 'Si' Newhouse Jr. died Oct. 1 at his home in Manhattan. He was 89.: Newhouse bought and remade The New Yorker and Details magazines, revived Vanity Fair and bought and sold the Random House book empire. The family paid tribute to Newhouse, describing him as 'the first person to come to the office, arriving well before dawn' and a person who brought 'visionary creative spirit coupled with no-nonsense business.'

Saturday Morning in the Blogosphere

Edward and Ronnie Pineda at Teamster rally

The Journalism of Why - Poynter

My Last Byline By Mark Mooney - Medium

Carriers lifeblood of newspapers - Mount Vernon News

Chicago Reader staff accepts new contract - Robert Feder

Puerto Rico's 'Singing Newspapers' Tell A Story Of Resilience - NPR

One Month In, The Atlantic’s Membership Program is in ‘the Thousands’ - DigiDay

Sinclair Hints at New Digital Networks After Tribune Media Acquisition - The Street

Newspaper carrier provides service that gives his customers a smile - The Independent

As high school newspapers disappear, some students turn to hybrid models - Daily Camera

International Newspaper Carrier Day celebrates people like Ritchie Doucette - The Guardian

Today in Labor History

October 07

Joe Hill, labor leader and songwriter, born in Gavle, Sweden - 1879
 
The Structural Building Trades Alliance (SBTA) is founded, becomes the AFL’s Building Trades Dept. five years later. SBTA’s mission: to provide a form to work out jurisdictional conflicts - 1903
 
Hollywood’s "Battle of the Mirrors." Picketing members of the Conference of Studio Unions disrupted an outdoor shoot by holding up large reflectors that filled camera lenses with blinding sunlight. Members of the competing IATSE union retaliated by using the reflectors to shoot sunlight back across the street. The battle went on all day, writes Tom Sito in Drawing the Line - 1946
 

The L.A. Printers Fair is Like Coachella For People Who Love Letterpress

BY JENN SWANN

Newspapers and magazines have been shuttering their print editions almost as quickly as you can say “pivot to video,” but print’s not dead quite yet—at least not if the International Printing Museum can help it.


“You don’t have to be a printer to connect with the place,” says Soinski. At the Los Angeles Printers Fair, he says, there’s also “a lot of storytelling, a lot of fascinating people, and the vendors are incredible.”


The Los Angeles Printers Fair will be held Saturday, October 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the International Printing Museum, 315 W. Torrance Blvd., Carson, CA. (310) 515-7166. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for kids under age 12. 

Read the entire column at LAIST

Electronic Maintenance Technician Wanted - Advance Central Services Pennsylvania

Come join us in beautiful central Pennsylvania as we grow our commercial print operation. We offer competitive pay and generous paid time off program along with immediate participation in 401k plan with company match. Other benefits include choice of three medical plans, dental, vision, life insurance, and a variety of optional participation programs. 

Our top-quality production team is looking for an experienced Electronic Maintenance Technician. This first shift position is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing and resolving equipment related issues with associated support systems for our commercial print and packaging facility. Our press is a well maintained and latest vintage Goss Colorliner Press consisting of 8 - 4/4 Towers and 3 Goss 160PG Sovereign Rotary folders.  Candidate must have strong mechanical aptitude along with the ability to read pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical schematics or blueprints, diagnose equipment failures in a deadline driven environment, and troubleshoot PLC controls. Experience with Allen-Bradley PLCs a plus.  Experience with conveyor systems, three-phase motor control circuits and a knowledge of AC and DC drives required. This individual will work closely with production managers and production teams to assure highest systems reliability in order to meet our customer needs.  Must be a team contributor and self-motivated.

Other skills include: assemble and/or modify electrical and electronic systems according to engineering data and electrical principles; setup and operate test equipment; provide technical assistance and resolution when electrical or engineering problems are encountered, and analyze and interpret test information to resolve failures, upgrade issues and new installations.  Minimum qualifications include: High school diploma or equivalent; Associates degree or trade school degree or equivalent work experience; candidate must demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills along with willingness to work as needed on nights, weekends and holidays to cover staff vacations. During initial training period, candidate would work at night with other electronic tech to learn our systems.

Email resume and salary expectations to Sue Sites at ssites@acspa.com

Press Operator Wanted - Advance Central Services Pennsylvania

Come join us in beautiful central Pennsylvania as we grow our commercial print operation. We offer competitive pay and generous paid time off program along with immediate participation in 401k plan with company match. Other benefits include choice of three medical plans, dental, vision, life insurance, and a variety of optional participation programs. 

Are you an experienced Press Operator seeking a new opportunity? Our commercial print facility is home to our well maintained and latest vintage Goss Colorliner Press consisting of 8 - 4/4 Towers and 3 Goss 160PG Sovereign Rotary folders.  The Press Operator is responsible for operating and maintaining the press on an assigned shift as part of the crew in printing newspaper products. The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of offset printing experience, or a combination of education and experience demonstrating the ability to perform the job. Candidates with knowledge of all aspects of operating a daily newspaper offset printing press is beneficial, along with holding supplemental training in the printing trade. Other skills include ability to set color, registration, make and install plates, lead sheets and operate reel room equipment. Candidates should have demonstrated mechanical and troubleshoot ability, along with relevant computer and math skills. You must have the ability to work effectively in a deadline-driven, team environment.

This position requires ability to work a flexible schedule as necessary. Position requires night shift, weekends and holiday work. This position is located primarily in a production environment with elevated noise levels requiring personal protective equipment. Physical nature of job requires ability to stand throughout shift, use of stairs, ability to lift up to 80 lbs and ability to move rolls of newsprint on carts. In addition, correct color vision for checking color quality of products is critical.

Email resume and salary expectations to Sue Sites at ssites@acspa.com

Today in Labor History

October 06  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

First National Conference of Trade Union Women – 1918

The first “talkie” movie, The Jazz Singer, premiers in New York City.  Within three years, according to the American Federation of Musicians, theater jobs for some 22,000 musicians who accompanied silent movies were lost, while only a few hundred jobs for musicians performing on soundtracks were created by the new technology - 1927

Some 1,700 female flight attendants win 18-year, $37 million suit against United Airlines. They had been fired for getting married - 1986

Thirty-two thousand machinists begin what is to be a successful 69-day strike against the Boeing Co. The eventual settlement brought improvements that averaged an estimated $19,200 in wages and benefits over four years and safeguards against job cutbacks - 1995
 

Koenig & Bauer celebrates, rebrands

Koenig & Bauer celebrates, rebrands: “Koenig & Bauer is the world’s second-largest printing press manufacturer and we offer solutions for almost all print markets, including banknotes, packaging and the publishing sectors,” said Claus Bolza-Schunemann, CEO and chairman of the board. “The best thing about this is that most of these print products cannot be replaced by online media or computer screens, and the demand is continuing to rise. This makes us optimistic for our future,” he said.

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Unionized media organizations - Los Angeles Times Guild

Adams Publishing Acquires 22 Newspapers - Greeneville Sun

Readers offer lifeline for dying small-town paper - Crain's Detroit Business

Join ProPublica’s New Project to Work With Local Newsrooms - Propublica

Sinclair defends takeover of Tribune Media in FCC response - Baltimore Sun

How Newspapers Could Boost Alphabet's Payments Business - Market Realist

tronc, Inc. (TRNC) Rating Lowered to Strong Sell at Zacks - True Blue Tribune

Was it methodical when Tronc abruptly announced a “pivot” - Editor and Publisher

Digital Tools Available to Add Power and Simplify Journalist’s Job - Editor and Publisher

Tailgating, a very long distance call, and a golden age of newspapers - The Storm Lake Times

Raycom Media, CNHI to merge

Raycom Media, CNHI to merge: Raycom Media owns or operates 65 television and two radio stations covering 44 markets in 20 states. CNHI owns more than 110 newspapers, websites and niche publications in 22 states.

The Los Angeles Times Guild - OUR MISSION

The Los Angeles Times Guild

Our mission is to safeguard the future of the Los Angeles Times and its journalists.

The Los Angeles Times is an essential institution. As employees, we take enormous pride in the journalism we produce, fighting each day to serve our readers and make our product better. We give our community a voice, and we deserve a voice as well. That’s why we are forming a union with the News Guild, the organization that represents our peers at The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, the Associated Press and many others.

A union is the best way for us to protect ourselves and ensure that we have a say in the critical decisions that shape our journalism.

We deserve to be compensated fairly for our hard work, our skills and our depth of experience. We are determined to halt the rampant turnover and knowledge flight that has destabilized our newsroom. With a union, we can begin to address stagnant wages, pay disparities and declining benefits. And we can create a workplace that reflects the diversity of Southern California.

Our No. 1 goal is the long-term success of The Times and its journalism. We believe the company shares that goal. The best way for the Los Angeles Times to flourish is through collective bargaining for its journalists.

We are asking Tronc, The Times’ parent company, to recognize The Guild as our representative, and we are eager to work with management to achieve our shared goals.

— The Los Angeles Times Guild organizing committee

Hearst, Rhimes launch site

Hearst, Rhimes launch site: Shondaland is hosted by Hearst Magazines Digital Media’s content platform MediaOS and has a syndication pathway with Heart properties such as Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire.

Today in Labor History

October 05  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

A strike by set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, Calif., when scabs try to cross the picket line. The incident is still identified as "Hollywood Black Friday" and "The Battle of Burbank" - 1945
 
The UAW ends a 3-week strike against Ford Motor Co. when the company agrees to a contract that includes more vacation days and better retirement and unemployment benefits - 1976
 
Polish Solidarity union founder Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize - 1983
 
Some 2,100 supermarket janitors in California, mostly from Mexico, win a $22.4 million settlement over unpaid overtime. Many said they worked 70 or more hours a week, often seven nights a week from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m. Cleaner Jesus Lopez told the New York Times he only had three days off in five years - 2004


(Mobilizing Against Inequality: Unions, Immigrant Workers, and the Crisis of Capitalism: Are immigrant workers themselves responsible for low wages and shoddy working conditions?  Should unions expend valuable time and energy organizing undocumented workers?  Unions in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States have taken various approaches to confront the challenges of this significant segment of the workforce.  As U.S. immigration policy is debated, readers will gain insight into how all workers benefit when wages and working conditions for immigrant workers are improved.)

GateHouse Media partners with ZipRecruiter

GateHouse Media partners with ZipRecruiter: The partnership, which will launch Oct. 1 in over 550 markets across the U.S., will power GateHouse recruitment pages, online and in print, that reach over 21 million readers every week, according to a press release from ZipRecruiter.

Thursday Night in the Blogosphere

Another desertification defeated at the Los Angeles Times

Mission statement - Los Angeles Times Guild

Romania's newspaper kiosks are dying - Euro News

Hot off the old press: 1865 newspapers captivate - Times Union

tronc (TRNC) Reaches $15.37 After 5.00% Up Move - Thorold News

The news diet should be nutritious, balanced and real - Editors Weblog

Commentary: Real newspapers, real news - Jacksonville Journal-Courier

Four journalists arrested in St. Louis protests - U.S. Press Freedom Tracker

Sinclair Filing to Clarify How It Can Complete Tribune Media Acquisition - The Street

The most difficult place in America to practice journalism - Columbia Journalism Review

Despite subscription surges for largest U.S. newspapers, circulation and revenue fall - Pew Research

Portuguese printer upgrades

Portuguese printer upgrades: The printing plant in Coimbra, between Lisbon and Porto, has been exploring ways of expanding its production processes for some time.

Letter to the L.A. Times newsroom - Los Angeles Times Guild

Colleagues, 

After 135 years of service, the journalists of the Los Angeles Times are forming a union. 

A majority of the newsroom has already signed cards supporting representation by the NewsGuild, and we look forward to gathering more signatures in the weeks ahead. 

Our supporters are award-winning journalists across every department who have dedicated — and at times, risked — their lives to serve our readers and to better inform our city, state and country. 

Unfortunately, producing this kind of journalism has gotten harder. 

Yearly raises have become a thing of the past. Talented journalists who want to build careers here have left for better pay and opportunities at other news outlets. We have few job protections at a time of high uncertainty in our industry. Our benefits cost far more than they used to. 

We have two main goals. 

First, we want to keep the benefits and conditions we like and protect them from unilateral change by Tronc. Second, there are aspects of our pay, benefits and working conditions where we think we can negotiate a better deal. 

Working together, we can fight for a better and more equitable workplace, including: 

•  Annual staff-wide salary increases and guaranteed minimum salaries 
•  Accrued vacation for all employees 
•  Competitive parental leave for mothers and fathers 
•  Equal pay for men and women and equal pay for journalists of color 
•  Fair notice of layoffs, guaranteed severance packages, and recall rights 

More than 25,000 journalists and media workers are already represented by the NewsGuild, including newsrooms at the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Baltimore Sun, Reuters and the Associated Press. 

Help us make history and keep doing the work that made the Los Angeles Times one of the most respected names in journalism. 

The Los Angeles Times Guild organizing committee 

Join us at latguild.com

U.K.'s Newsquest acquires NWN

U.K.'s Newsquest acquires NWN: NWN publishes 12 weeklies and one daily and a commercial printing operation. Its titles include Wrexham and Flintshire daily The Leader, as well as weekly papers including the Chester Standard, South Wirral Standard, Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer, Rhyl Journal, Powys County Times, Denbighshire Free Press, Whitchurch Herald, North Wales Pioneer and North Wales Chronicle.

The Los Angeles Times Guild - Join our Union

Who we are

We are a majority of the journalists in the newsroom of the Los Angeles Times.

What we aim to do

Our mission is to safeguard the future of the Los Angeles Times and its journalists.

How we will do it

By forming a union and working together.

The Los Angeles Times is an essential institution. As journalists, we take enormous pride in the award-winning work we produce: investigating corruption, covering the communities we live in and, at times, putting our lives on the line to bring the news to our readers.

Our work is the core of the Los Angeles Times, and we deserve a seat at the table in decisions affecting our pay, benefits and working conditions. That’s why we are forming a union with the NewsGuild, the national organization that represents our peers at The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, as well as Reuters, Tronc’s Baltimore Sun and and many others.

What we aim to achieve

When we negotiate a contract, we have two goals:

1) Keep the benefits and working conditions we like, and codify them in a legally binding document so Tronc can’t change them unilaterally.

2) Get a better deal on the things we don’t like. A lot goes into a contract, and this list is not complete, but we’d like to negotiate:

• Annual, guaranteed pay increases commensurate with those enjoyed by our peers at other major news organizations.
• More competitive salaries across the board.
• A return to our accrued vacation policy and a better parental leave policy.
• Lower health premiums.
• Fair pay for women and minorities in the newsroom.
• Structured pay tiers for new hires, with guaranteed pay increases for several years.
• An end to at-will employment. Most union contracts require terminations be for “just cause” and establish a formal grievance procedure to ensure employee rights are protected.
• Fair notice of layoffs, and negotiated severance packages that are guaranteed, with laid-off employees given first crack at filling new job openings.

Those guarantees, benefits and rights are common at companies represented by the Guild. We will pursue them at the bargaining table, where the company will be required by law to negotiate in good faith.

Our bargaining team will consist of members of the newsroom you select, along with professional Guild negotiators who work with our counterparts at The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and other newspapers. No decision about contracts, salaries, benefits or working conditions is made without a vote of all the members of our bargaining unit.

Click here to join the union

Report: Paper in Malaysia to cut staff

Report: Paper in Malaysia to cut staff: The group is facing profitability challenges and will offer employees a mutual separation plan and early retirement option, according to an internal memo reviewed by Nikkei Markets.

Today in Labor History

October 04  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

Work begins on the carving of Mt. Rushmore, a task 400 craftsmen would eventually complete in 1941.  Despite the dangerous nature of the project, not one worker died - 1927
 
President Truman orders the U.S. Navy to seize oil refineries, breaking a 20-state post-war strike - 1945
 
The United Mine Workers of America votes to re-affiliate with the AFL-CIO after years of on-and-off conflict with the federation. In 2009 the union’s leader, Richard Trumka, becomes AFL-CIO President - 1961
 
Distillery, Wine & Allied Workers Int’l Union merges with United Food & Commercial Workers Int’l Union - 1995 

Spokane paper retools

Spokane paper retools: The paper had older TTR conveyors that needed work because of obsolescence, reliability and lengthy issue diagnosis.

Wednesday Afternoon in the Blogosphere

I completely support the Los Angeles Times writers 

and will do what ever I can to offer aid

The Los Angeles Times Guild - LAT Guild

The flip side of disinformation is trust - Nieman Lab

Newspaper union battles tronc's L.A. Times - San Diego Reader

North Bend High School newspaper goes out of print - The World

Don't Look Now, But Some Newspapers Are Breaking Even - Media Post

Every Yahoo Account That Existed In Mid-2013 Was Likely Hacked - NPR

Massive redevelopment plan for Tribune printing site unveiled - Chicago Sun-Times

LA Times Staffers Want to Unionize and Their Bosses Are Trying to Stop Them - Splinter

Vermont newspaper blasted after publishing crude Las Vegas cartoon after shooting - Crime Online

Los Angeles Times Newsroom, Challenging Tronc, Goes Public With Union Push - New York Times

Malaysian paper to trim print

Malaysian paper to trim print: Stats from the Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia (ABC) show that the New Straits Times saw a 41.6 percent drop in circulation from 93,321 in 2012 to 54,490 copies at the end of 2016. Other papers in the region also seen major drops.

Today in Labor History

October 03  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

The state militia is called in after 164 high school students in Kincaid, Ill., go on strike when the school board buys coal from the scab Peabody Coal Co. - 1932
 
The Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America is founded in Camden, N.J. It eventually merged with the Int’l Association of Machinists, in 1988 - 1933
 
Pacific Greyhound Lines bus drivers in seven western states begin what is to become a 3-week strike, eventually settling for a 10.5-percent raise - 1945
 
The United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) is formed as a self-governing union, an outgrowth of the CIO's Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee. UPWA merged with the Meatcutters union in 1968, which in turn merged with the Retail Clerks in 1979, forming the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) - 1943
 
The United Auto Workers calls for a company-wide strike against Ford Motor Co., the first since Ford’s initial contract with the union 20 years earlier - 1961
 
Folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie ("This Land is Your Land", "Union Maid" and hundreds of others) dies of Huntington's disease in New York at the age of 55 - 1967
 
Baseball umpires strike for recognition of their newly-formed Major League Umpires Association, win after one day - 1970

Siebold Company inks deal

Siebold Company inks deal: “The addition of DGM expands our portfolio of products and services to better serve our customers,”, said President Jim Siebold. “The parts inventory is extensive and we are also very pleased to have Ed Heim join our company as our Parts and Service manager,” he said.

Tuesday Night in the Blogosphere

Bombing of the Los Angeles Times building (1st Street and Broadway) on 1 October, 1910

Newspapers and Editorials - Parade

Is your newsroom ready for change? - Poynter

Google Could Do More To Help Journalism - Fortune

Company on the Radar: Tronc Inc (TRNC) - Melville Review

Democrat website launches online paywall - Sedalia Democrat

The sky is not falling and print is still here - Richmond Times-Dispatch

Sun Newspapers SC Sold to Local Media Professional - Editor and Publisher

Trusted Sources Campaign to fight proliferation of Fake News - Editors Weblog

New Site Aims for ‘Brutally Honest’ Environmental News - Columbia Journalism Review

MAGAZINE INDUSTRY CALLS OUT 'FAKE NEWS' TO PROMOTE PRINT - Ad-Age

USA Today produces series on wall

USA Today produces series on wall: It reveals the challenges and consequences, including an investigation finding that building a wall in mostly wide-open Texas could require disrupting or seizing nearly 5,000 individual parcels of property.

Today in Labor History

October 02  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

American Federation of Labor officially endorses campaign for a 6-hour day, 5-day workweek - 1934
 
Joining with 400,000 coal miners already on strike, 500,000 CIO steel workers close down the nation’s foundries, steel and iron mills, demanding pensions and better wages and working conditions - 1949
 
Starbucks Workers Union baristas at an outlet in East Grand Rapids, Mich., organized by the Wobblies, win their grievances after the National Labor Relations Board cites the company for labor law violations, including threats against union activists - 2007

(Grievance Guide, 13th edition: This easy-to-use handbook documents patterns in a wide range of commonly grieved areas including discharge and discipline, leaves of absence, promotions, strikes and lockouts, and more. The editors give a complete picture of the precedents and guidelines that arbitrators are using to address grievance cases today.)
 
Union members, progressives and others rally in Washington D.C., under the Banner of One Nation Working Together, demand “good jobs, equal justice, and quality education for all.” Crowd estimates range from tens of thousands to 200,000 - 2010 

ComScore report outlines issues facing digital

ComScore report outlines issues facing digital: These days, just about everything is done digitally. Consumers can pay their bills, communicate, shop and more, all through a digital source. Therefore, it should come as no shock that media consumption is taking a deep plunge into the digital age. With that plunge come new challenges. A 2017 report by ComScore lists the top 10 burning issues in digital and the impact they have on media consumption.

Monday Night in the Blogosphere

Photo credit : Thomas Wolf




Are Newspapers at Risk From Cyber Attack? - Editor and Publisher

Imagine your community without a newspaper - Black Hills Pioneer

'Lone wolf' or 'terrorist'? How bias can shape news coverage - Poynter

Sun-Times donates movie archive to Ebert Center at U of I - Robert Feder


How a Las Vegas newspaper quickly mobilized to cover a tragedy - Washington Post

How Univision Has Grown its Digital Presence with a Mission-Driven Focus - DigiDay

Kodak Technology Helps Evergreen Printing and Local Newspapers - What They Think

Hashtag Our Stories aims to build a global network of mobile storytellers - Editors Weblog

CBS Exec Fired for Post About ‘Republican Gun Toters’ After Vegas Shooting - The Wrap

Fake News About the Vegas Shooting Spread on Facebook, Google, and Twitter - Business I.