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What it will take to win the contract that protects us (and our shared democracy).How Guild members are successfully fighting back.How much Alden/Tribune has cut staffing around the country.

Findings of our pay equity study being released next week.

Recent Tribune Publishing Guilds victories.

In addition to a Q&A session, attendees can expect to hear about: We’ll be taking stock of where we are, where we’re going and how we can protect and build upon the work we are doing to save local news from predators like Alden Global Capital. We know this will have a massive impact on us, each other, and our communities overall for years to come. On Wednesday, March 9 at 6 CT/7ET Tribune Publishing Guilds and allies are meeting for for an hour-long state of our unions town hall.Ĭrucially, nearly all we have left to bargain is the hard economics of our contract. Looking for more training opportunities? Check out the TNG Calendar for updates on workshops and events coming soon! PART THREE: TURNING AN ISSUE INTO A CAMPAIGN

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Check out this list of awesome topics, and please note that TNG will refund the $15 registration fee- reimbursement info will be provided by TNG at the session.

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Labor Notes, a progressive labor organization that runs some of the best workshops around, will be offering its “Secrets of a Successful Organizer” series to TNG members.

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REGISTER FOR MODULE 5: A UNION REPRESENTATIVEīe prepared and learn how to respond to harassment in the workplace, and union. Know your rights under the law and under your contract, and role-play grievance and disciplinary meetings with the boss. When there are problems in your shop, rally your co-workers together to solve them! Learn how to plan and evaluate effective, collective action REGISTER FOR MODULE 3: A COMMUNICATOR AND EDUCATOR REGISTER FOR MODULE 2: A WORKPLACE ORGANIZERĬommunication and culture are essential! Learn how to have conversations that allow you to learn from, teach, and motivate your co-workers. Organizations gotta be organized! Learn how to build teams in your shop and visualize the power structures in your workplace and beyond. What is the role of the steward, and can you do the job? (Spoiler: You can!) Check out this first session for an overview that will leave you hungry to learn more.

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Free up two hours every other TUESDAY and learn the ways of the steward. MORE MEMBERS WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE MAKES OUR UNION STRONGER!Įvery Chicago Guild is invited to sign up! Click on the links to sign up today!īring your team together- folks who want to be at the table, folks who want to research, folks who want to fire up the shop- for this 90-minute session that will help you build a campaign to WIN the contract you want.ĭon’t think you know enough to be a steward? How do you think stewards got to know stuff? Stewards are knowledgeable communicators who bring their co-workers together to act and make our jobs better. SIGN UP FOR NEWS GUILD TRAINING SESSIONS! HERE is a link to cool flyer you can share (also attached as a PDF). This is a chance for us to discuss how our local and our units operate, how we can use our resources to build power in our shops, in our local and in our city!Īt minimum, we need one officer from each unit to attend (and we’d love to have them all), but any members interested in building our union are welcome- stewards, active committee members, whoever! We invite all unit officers- including our shops still battling for first contracts- to the Chicago News Guild (Zoom) Summit on Saturday, May 14 from 10 a.m. Our local is growing and getting stronger, and now is time to take stock and plan for the future! These are exciting times for our union! We have members in the streets and notching big wins! We’ve got new units going public! And members across the local are battling intransigent bosses and evil hedge funds for contracts! REGISTER FOR THE CHICAGO GUILD SUMMITT 2022 HERE!