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05/10/2013

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.

05/02/2013

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.

04/19/2013

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.

04/04/2013

BULLETIN - Karen Rohan, Foreign Policy Association editor in chief and a long-time Guild activist, has become the New York Guild's new local chairperson, following the retirement of Ed Fannon. In addition, New York Times unit First Vice Chair Nadia Taha, has joined the Executive Committee, also to fill a vacancy. The remaining portions of Rohan's and Taha's terms expire on Jan. 1.

03/21/2013

LOCAL BULLETIN - The New York Guild’s Representative Assembly (RA) named First Vice President Karen Rohan of Foreign Policy Association as its candidate for local chairperson to replace Ed Fannon, who left the Executive Committee when he retired from his job at Standard & Poor’s in December. Also nominated at the March 19 RA meeting was Nadia Taha of The New York Times to fill a vacancy on the 24-member Executive Committee.

02/07/2013

LOCAL BULLETIN - Guild members and the Guild raised a combined $6980 to help CWA members(including Guild members) whose homes and property were lost or damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Also, the Guild is raising the maximum salary on which dues are assessed to $2150 per week from $2045, effective April 1.

01/02/2013

LOCAL BULLETIN - The following slate of delegates and alternates to the upcoming 2013 Sector Conference of the Newspaper Guild and the 2013 Communications Workers of America Convention have been officially elected.

12/28/2012

LOCAL BULLETIN - Guild members and the Guild have raised a combined $5160 so far to help CWA members (including Guild members) whose homes and property were lost or damaged by Hurricane Sandy. And we’re not done yet.

12/20/2012

LOCAL BULLETIN - A full slate of delegates and alternates to the upcoming 2013 Sector Conference of the Newspaper Guild and the 2013 Communications Workers of America Convention were nominated by New York’s Representative Assembly on Tuesday night. The Sector Conference and Convention will be held consecutively in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from April 20 to 24.

12/13/2012

LOCAL BULLETIN - Normally, this is the time of year we would hold our holiday party. But for the of victims of Hurricane Sandy, including many in our own union family, this isn’t a normal year. So, there won't be a Guild holiday party this year. Instead, the Executive Committee voted to donate the money we would normally spend on a holiday party to the victims of Sandy. And we'd like you to help.