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Springfield Guild

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Springfield Unit of the United Media Guild.

Springfield Guild reposted

Good morning, Kansas City! We are here together as journalists of the @KCStar, proudly carrying on a newspaper tradition that has served the Kansas City community for more than 140 years. To protect and preserve that tradition, we have united to form the @KCNewsGuild.

KCNewsGuild's tweet image. Good morning, Kansas City! We are here together as journalists of the @KCStar, proudly carrying on a newspaper tradition that has served the Kansas City community for more than 140 years. To protect and preserve that tradition, we have united to form the @KCNewsGuild.

Springfield Guild reposted

It's time for @aclukansas to START LIVING ITS VALUES and STOP ACTING LIKE WALMART. @newsguild @CWAUnion @UMediaGuild #UnionBustingIsDisgusting #1u


Springfield Guild reposted

3) Here’s from the website of the firm @aclukansas hired to bust their employee’s union: “Ogletree Deakins has extensive experience representing management in union representation…(for) clients confronted with every form of union organizing activity...


Springfield Guild reposted

2) @UMediaGuild had no option but to file for an election with the National Labor Relations Board. The @aclukansas hired guns contested the status of who can be in a union (a common tactic to stall the process). In fact, in a 15-member organization, they claim 10 are management!


Springfield Guild reposted

1) On June 12 @UMediaGuild notified @aclukansas their employees formed a union @ACLUKSUnited. @ACLU refused to recognize the union, refused card-check (a way to prove majority status using a trusted community leader) & hired a union-busting law firm. @newsguild @CWAUnion #1u


Springfield Guild reposted

5) Such “representation” doesn’t come cheap. Union-Avoidance firms typically charge in the range of $700 an hour & I can’t help but wonder how the good people who donate to the @ACLU feel about their gifts being used to bust a union. #UnionBustingIsDisgusting @newsguild @CWAUnion


Springfield Guild reposted

4) …From union card signing activity and traditional union campaigns involving NLRB elections, to campaigns involving various levels of neutrality…our attorneys have represented clients effectively, efficiently and successfully.” So they brag about busting unions. Nice. #1u


Springfield Guild reposted

On #InternationalWomensDay ask @SEIU for #JusticeForImanAndRubye and for all the women and men working to build a union and better conditions for fast food workers & the #NationalFastFoodWorkersUnion organizers who are helping them. bit.ly/2H9BN8j


We can't wait to get our colleagues at the Southern Illinoisan in the Guild to join the fight to preserve strong local journalism. #TheSouthernUMG

United Media Guild members in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newsroom stand with their colleagues at the Southern Illinoisan, who will vote Thursday on whether to join the Guild. #TheSouthernUMG

GuildEmpower's tweet image. United Media Guild members in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newsroom stand with their colleagues at the Southern Illinoisan, who will vote Thursday on whether to join the Guild. #TheSouthernUMG


A great day for the NewsGuild!

#BREAKING: Employees of @LATimes have officially filed for an election with @nlrb to unionize their newsroom and join @news_guild. We are proud that these outstanding journalists are working to join our ranks! bit.ly/2iOW5K3 #1u #latguild



Springfield Guild reposted

Workers in Memphis, Greenville and Richmond say 'we want a union'! @GuildEmpower #UnionStrong @news_guild #CWAUnion

GuildDuffy's tweet image. Workers in Memphis, Greenville and Richmond say 'we want a union'! @GuildEmpower
#UnionStrong @news_guild #CWAUnion
GuildDuffy's tweet image. Workers in Memphis, Greenville and Richmond say 'we want a union'! @GuildEmpower
#UnionStrong @news_guild #CWAUnion
GuildDuffy's tweet image. Workers in Memphis, Greenville and Richmond say 'we want a union'! @GuildEmpower
#UnionStrong @news_guild #CWAUnion

Springfield Guild reposted

The #FightFor15 campaign does great work organizing low paid fast food workers. And those great organizers just organized themselves! Here' another @GuildEmpower supporter checking in today from Miami! #UnionStrong @news_guild #CWAUnion

GuildDuffy's tweet image. The #FightFor15 campaign does great work organizing low paid fast food workers.  And those great organizers just organized themselves!  Here' another @GuildEmpower supporter checking in today from Miami!  #UnionStrong @news_guild #CWAUnion

Springfield Guild reposted

All over America #FightFor15 workers were decked out in all black to show just how serious they were about organizing into the Guild! Here's the STL crew. @news_guild #CWAUnion #UnionStrong @GuildEmpower

GuildDuffy's tweet image. All over America #FightFor15 workers were decked out in all black to show just how serious they were about organizing into the Guild!  Here's the STL crew.
@news_guild #CWAUnion #UnionStrong @GuildEmpower

Springfield Guild reposted

Hasten to add the employer never gets to see who signed a card & who didn't (so there's no retaliation). Only the third party neutral sees the signed cards. Great system. This is what unions & Obama TRIED to get into law w/ the Employee Free Choice Act. (EFCA) #ElectionsMatter


Springfield Guild reposted

Determining whether or not a group of workers wanting to join a union is a majority is pretty straightforward (it's the corporations and the politicians they control who make it hard). Today UMG and the NFFWU had Rabbi Susan Talve of STL perform a card check. End result? #Union!


Springfield Guild reposted

Here's how a card check works. Here's the list - - here's the signed cards - - count 'em. #EasyPezy @GuildEmpower @news_guild #UnionStrong #CWAUnion

GuildDuffy's tweet image. Here's how a card check works.  Here's the list - - here's the signed cards - - count 'em.  #EasyPezy
@GuildEmpower @news_guild #UnionStrong #CWAUnion

Welcome to our local union! Another great social justice group is now represented by the UMG.

The United Media Guild is so proud to welcome the national fast good organizers to our local union. It will be our honor to represent the activists on the front lines of the #FightFor15. unitedmediaguild.org/index.php/2017…

GuildEmpower's tweet image. The United Media Guild is so proud to welcome the national fast good organizers to our local union. It will be our honor to represent the activists on the front lines of the #FightFor15. unitedmediaguild.org/index.php/2017…


Another great social justice group joins UMG!

The fast food organizers are some of our nation's finest activists. Every day they rally support in the fight for a living wage. The United Media Guild is thrilled to welcome them to our local union.

GuildEmpower's tweet image. The fast food organizers are some of our nation's finest activists. Every day they rally support in the fight for a living wage. The United Media Guild is thrilled to welcome them to our local union.


Springfield Guild reposted

#PressFreedom groups oppose police treatment of journos @ St. Louis protests @LydaKrewson #STLVerdict #Right2Report bit.ly/2y6Tvk9

newsguild's tweet image. #PressFreedom groups oppose police treatment of journos @ St. Louis protests @LydaKrewson #STLVerdict #Right2Report bit.ly/2y6Tvk9

Springfield Guild reposted

3/ If anyone has questions for a new Guild unit and what to expect, call unit chair Dean Olsen, 217-836-1068.

Journalists at the @latimes are forming a union. I found this letter on my keyboard when I walked in this morning:

laura_nelson's tweet image. Journalists at the @latimes are forming a union. I found this letter on my keyboard when I walked in this morning:


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