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Washington Post Announces Cuts To Employees’ Retirement Benefits
By Steven Mufson Washington Post The Washington Post announced large cuts in retirement benefits on Tuesday, declaring that it would eliminate future retirement medical benefits and freeze...
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Freddy Kunkle: Post Drops A Bomb on the Guild
Friends, If you haven’t heard by now, the Post once again dropped a bomb on the Guild at its first day of contract talks. The last time we went to the table, more than a year ago, we said the...
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Freddy Kunkle: An Explanation About the Reduction in the Post’s 401 (k)...
Colleagues, Some of you have expressed surprise, anger and regret to hear that the Post has ceased its 5-percent match to those employees who chose to deposit that much of their pre-tax income into...
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Here’s How to Calculate Your Pension Losses Under the Post’s Contract Proposals
Here’s how to use this pension calculator. All of the inputs in the yellow boxes at the top are changeable (wages, current years of service, future years of service, wage growth assumption, etc), so...
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BULLETIN: How Bad is The Post’s Pension Proposal?
We’ll tell you – plus a bargaining update Colleagues, We’d like to update you on developments at the bargaining table and set you straight on the union’s position on several important issues. On...
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Management Finally Offers Wage Proposal: 1% for the 99 %
December 8, 2014 We have several new developments to report: The company’s representatives have finally produced a wage proposal: 1 percent the first year, and a pre-tax lump-sum of $800 for...
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Jeff Bezos’ Message to the Post: Workers are Expendable
The Post’s new owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has seemed bent on sending the message that while the Post is once again on an upward path, its employees — the people who write the stories, film the...
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Guild Bulletin: The $200 Million Mystery
First, many thanks to the 480 employees – a fantastic number — who signed the petition demanding that publisher Fred Ryan offer workers a fair contract. Your passion is making a difference. But we...
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Newspaper Guild and Post Reach Tentative Agreement on Two – Year Contract
We’re pleased to announce that after eight grueling months of bargaining talks, The Washington Post and the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild have reached a comprehensive tentative agreement on a...
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D.C. Suds & Solidarity
Comrades, We’re thrilled to be launching “D.C. Suds & Solidarity,” a new, once-a-month happy hour for people who are active or simply interested in the city’s labor movement. The event is open to...
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Pay Disparity at the Post Hasn’t Gone Away
Unequal pay for women and minorities at the Washington Post is an old story, one that won’t go away. In the past year, many of you have approached the Guild with concerns that your pay wasn’t in line...
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Don’t Forget the Guild Elections in October
Are you interested in having a say in how your workplace operates? Are you interested in working to protect and secure important benefits for yourself and your fellow employees? Do you like a...
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