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Active GuildGuild workers keep gaining momentum during contract negotiations
The day after a successful community action, Guild members kept up the march for middle-class jobs. Showing sustained determination, Dayton Newspaper Guild members and supporters marched in unity again on Thursday, April 12, between bargaining sessions with the company. Guild members took to the sidewalk in front of the Cox Media Group Ohio headquarters for the third time in four weeks. The night before, members leafleted a company-sponsored community coffee event. Rally-goers again protested the Dayton Daily News' efforts to degrade working conditions in its newsroom. Among its demands, the newspaper wants unlimited power to use freelancers to replace the professional journalists who serve as the community's watchdog. Guild members were supported in the Thursday march by five members of the newly-organized 99% Spring Action group. The Dayton Newspaper Guild More photos on the Guild's blog> Active Guild
DDN supplies the coffee, Newspaper Guild offers food for thoughtSeveral Dayton Newspaper Guild members handed out leaflets and welcomed about 20 people as they entered the first community coffee with Dayton Daily News editors on Wednesday, April 11. Ron Rollins, associate editor, asked readers to “come talk about what’s on your mind, but I’d like at least part of the conversation to be about media bias — something our papers are always trying to work on.” The Dayton Newspaper Guild tried to jumpstart that conversation with a message focused on the company’s bias against its own workers and wanting the power to replace jobs that provide a living wage and benefits with low-paid freelance work. Several people attending applauded the editors on the newspaper’s renewed attention to investigative journalism. It’s exactly this kind of intensive work that demands the skills of professional journalists. A couple of readers also questioned the paper’s recent shifting of journalists away from covering Dayton’s vibrant arts community, which they noted is an important part of the economy and helps distinguish Dayton among cities of its size. |
Blog: Deep BackgroundMay 16, 2012 Company refuses to budge
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