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		<title>Amur to join Guild board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jenn Amur has been named to the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild&#8217;s Executive Board. Current board members picked Amur, a JSOnline producer, to fill Journal Sentinel copy editor John Schumacher&#8217;s seat as an at-large board member. Schumacher has been appointed treasurer, to replace former deputy business editor Bob Helbig, who left in last fall&#8217;s buyout but agreed <a href='http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2012/01/amur-to-join-guild-board/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Schumacher named treasurer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Schumacher is on track to become the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild&#8217;s next treasurer. The Guild&#8217;s Executive Board has picked Schumacher, a Journal Sentinel copy editor, to succeed Bob Helbig in the treasurer&#8217;s post, effective Feb. 1. Helbig, a former deputy business editor, took a buyout last fall but remained a Guild member and agreed to <a href='http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/12/schumacher-named-treasurer/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pearson returns as steward leader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greg Pearson is back in the leadership ranks of the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild. The Guild’s Executive Board has named Pearson, the local&#8217;s former president, as a steward leader. Pearson, a Journal Sentinel copy editor who served most recently as a steward, now oversees stewards, contract enforcement, membership and mobilizing for the sports, features/entertainment and opinions <a href='http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/10/pearson-returns-as-steward-leader/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>6 newsroom jobs lost in latest Journal Sentinel cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new round of buyouts and involuntary downsizing has eliminated six jobs in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newsroom, including five represented by the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild. Journal Sentinel Inc. management has not announced the total number of positions eliminated throughout all newspaper departments, but some sources indicate it could be more than two dozen. The <a href='http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/10/6-newsroom-jobs-lost-in-latest-journal-sentinel-cuts/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/10/6-newsroom-jobs-lost-in-latest-journal-sentinel-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Shaw elected Guild&#8217;s 1st VP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mary-Liz Shaw will be the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s new second-in-command. The local&#8217;s members elected Shaw, a Journal Sentinel feature writer, as 1st vice president, in charge of contract enforcement, for a one-year term starting Oct. 1. She succeeds metro reporter Meg Kissinger, who chose not to seek a third term. Shaw is a steward and <a href='http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/09/shaw-elected-guilds-1st-vp/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/09/shaw-elected-guilds-1st-vp/</link>
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		<title>Hetzner, Helbig trade Guild posts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Milwaukee Newspaper Guild members approved a job trade between two Executive Board members at Tuesday&#8217;s membership meeting. Amy Hetzner, a metro reporter, stepped down as treasurer, after about five years in that job. Former president Bob Helbig, a deputy business editor who served as treasurer for a record seven years in two prior stints, was <a href='http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/05/hetzner-helbig-trade-guild-posts/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/05/hetzner-helbig-trade-guild-posts/</link>
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		<title>Umhoefer picked for health and safety post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dave Umhoefer is the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s new health and safety coordinator. The local’s Executive Board has named Umhoefer, a Politifact Wisconsin reporter, to deal with any concerns about ergonomics, air quality or other health and safety issues affecting union-represented workers in the Journal Sentinel’s downtown newsroom and Wisconsin bureaus. He fills a post that <a href='http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/01/umhoefer-picked-for-health-and-safety-post/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vacation deal approved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In voting Tuesday, Milwaukee Newspaper Guild members approved a package of vacation changes, 55 to 5. Guild leaders and Journal Sentinel Inc. management representatives expect to sign the agreement within the next few days, retroactive to Jan. 1. As an immediate result, members of our bargaining unit will be able to take two key changes <a href='http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/01/vacation-deal-approved/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/01/vacation-deal-approved/</link>
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		<title>Guild sets vote on vacation deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Milwaukee Newspaper Guild members will vote Tuesday on a package of vacation changes proposed by Journal Sentinel management. We&#8217;ll hold our quarterly membership meeting the same day. Most of the proposed changes are improvements &#8212; two extra days off each year for full-timers; three more months to use our vacation; and restoration of the fifth <a href='http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/01/guild-sets-vote-on-vacation-deal/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2011/01/guild-sets-vote-on-vacation-deal/</link>
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		<title>Content picked as steward leader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Milwaukee Newspaper Guild&#8217;s Executive Board has named Tom Content as a steward leader. Content, a Journal Sentinel business reporter, replaces Mary Louise Schumacher in overseeing stewards, contract enforcement, membership and mobilizing for the business news, features/entertainment, photo and opinions staffs. Schumacher, the newspaper&#8217;s art and architecture critic, did not seek reappointment to a second <a href='http://www.milwaukeenewsguild.org/2010/11/content-picked-as-steward-leader/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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