General

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 editors.  read more »

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 »

The Blethen Family's announcement Monday that they will explore the sale of the Blethen Maine Newspapers properties has raised questions amongst Guild members.  read more »

On Friday afternoon, the company laid off a second classified advisor position, again without giving proper notice.  read more »

In addition to the Guild positions that were eliminated yesterday, the company has notified the Guild that the equivalent of three full-time positions (about 5,850 hours) will be cut out of the pa  read more »

The Guild was given notice this afternoon that there would be four layoffs today. These layoffs occurred shortly thereafter.  read more »

The Guild and company continue to meet about the recent layoffs and issues that arose during the process.  read more »

Interested about learning more about the contract, due process, fair representation, Weingarten rights and more, contact C.J. at the Guild office at 772-1202 or cbetit@local128.org to learn more.  read more »

The negotiations process has ground to a standstill as the Guild and company begin a legal wrestling match over pay for Guild bargaining team members to participate in negotiations.  read more »