Recent Unit & Local News

Guild's Keenan Service Award nominations open until May 31

May 10, 2013

BULLETIN - The Guild is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for its annual service award, named in honor of the late Tom Keenan. Each year, the Keenan Award recognizes the outstanding contributions of a Guild member. Nominations, which can be made by any member, are open until Friday, May 31 at 6 p.m. EDT.

Empire State scholarship offered; S&P activist joins EC

May 2, 2013

BULLETIN - Full scholarship applications for union members and their families pursuing degrees at Empire State College of the State University of New York are now being accepted for the 2013-2014 academic year. Also, Mabel Rodriguez of the Standard & Poor’s unit has been elected to fill a vacancy on the New York Guild’s 24-member Executive Committee.

Guild members at Consumers Union sick of sick leave policy

April 26, 2013

CONSUMERS UNION - Guild members showed their bosses at Consumer Reports that they were sick of management’s new twist on old language, which now requires them to use vacation or personal time for a number of medical procedures that formerly were covered by the company’s sick leave policy. At lunchtime on April 25, they marched to their company cafeteria with red T-shirts and signs.

Nominations made for Executive Committee seat

April 19, 2013

LOCAL BULLETIN - The New York Guild’s Representative Assembly (RA) has named Mabel Rodriguez of Standard and Poor’s as its candidate to fill a vacancy on the 24-member Executive Committee. The space was created by the departure of Ed Fannon, who left the Executive Committee when he retired from his job at Standard & Poor’s in December. She was nominated without opposition.