Sara Martinez is the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s new human rights coordinator. The Guild’s Executive Board this week named Martinez, a Journal Sentinel page designer, to replace JS Online producer Jenn Amur, who was previously elected 1st vice president. Board members also decided to keep the same jurisdictions for the three steward leaders reappointed in October. […]
Two of the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s most experienced leaders are taking on new responsibilities. Greg Pearson, a former Local 51 president who was also our longest-serving grievance vice president, has been named postings and exclusions coordinator. Pearson, a copy editor, succeeds former metro reporter Larry Sandler, who left the Journal Sentinel staff in a buyout. […]
Three new officers will join the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild leadership team on Monday. The local’s members have elected online producer Jenn Amur as 1st vice president, in charge of contract enforcement; page designer Zeina Makky as 2nd vice president, in charge of membership and mobilizing; and business reporter Tom Content as secretary. Amur has been […]
Jenn Amur has been named to the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s Executive Board. Current board members picked Amur, a JSOnline producer, to fill Journal Sentinel copy editor John Schumacher’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’s buyout but agreed […]
John Schumacher is on track to become the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s next treasurer. The Guild’s Executive Board has picked Schumacher, a Journal Sentinel copy editor, to succeed Bob Helbig in the treasurer’s post, effective Feb. 1. Helbig, a former deputy business editor, took a buyout last fall but remained a Guild member and agreed to […]
Greg Pearson is back in the leadership ranks of the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild. The Guild’s Executive Board has named Pearson, the local’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 […]
Mary-Liz Shaw will be the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s new second-in-command. The local’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 […]
Milwaukee Newspaper Guild members approved a job trade between two Executive Board members at Tuesday’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 […]