No wage increase under current contract
Our contract with MaineToday Media requires the company to discuss with the Guild giving a wage increase to members after one year. read more »
Labor Union Day at Sea Dogs
On September 6, 2010, the Sea Dogs are offering union members a special discounted ticket price for all local labor union members. read more »
2010 Ed Beardsley Memorial Scholarship winner
Kelley Murphy has been selected the recipient of the 2010 Ed Beardsley Memorial Scholarship. read more »
Layoff Notice Given to Guild
The Guild has been given 30 days notice of impending layoffs. The company indicated that up to 35 full and part-time employees represented by the Guild at the Portland Newspapers read more »
Tentative Agreement - New Language
Please note: New language is underlined. Only Sections that have substantive changes are included below. read more »
Waterville Tentative Agreement
The documents and record of bargaining are controlling for final language and intent of the parties.
All contract language not below is old language (current contract).
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Employee Stock Ownership Plan
The Guild has launched an effort to partner with investors in the community on an Employee Stock Ownership Plan to buy the newspapers. read more »
March Layoffs
The following Guild full-time occupied positions were eliminated in March: one major accounts salesperson, two classified advisors, one food service coordinator, two news clerks and two copy editor read more »
Your Right to Representation
The Guild is investigating an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the company for denial of Weingarten Rights. Weingarten Rights deal with an employee’s right to have a union representative present in meetings. read more »
Newspaper Guild Retains Advisor and Announces Exploration of Bid for Blethen Newspapers
The Portland Newspaper Guild announced today that it has launched an exploratory effort to make a bid for local employee ownership of the Blethen Maine Newspapers and Web sites following the Seattl read more »
A Blethen, Maine Labor Leaders Stand With Morning Sentinel Staff
Labor leaders throughout Maine, including Dale Blethen, have signed on to a petition in support of the Portland Newspaper Guild members working in the newsroom at the Morning Sentinel in Waterville read more »
2008 Ed Beardsley Memorial Scholarship Applications
Applications for the Ed Beardsley Memorial Scholarship are now available. read more »
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