Bargaining halted; Journal Sentinel rethinks budget

Journal Sentinel Inc. has temporarily suspended contract talks with the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild. Management negotiators said the economic downturn had prompted the company to ask all departments to review their 2009 budgets, and that bargaining would not resume until that review is completed. They indicated this is a companywide bargaining freeze that also affects the […]

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Election set Dec. 2 for McClain board seat

Milwaukee Newspaper Guild members will vote Dec. 2 to elect a new at-large Executive Board member to replace Dani McClain, who recently left her job as a metro reporter to join an advocacy organization in California. The special election will be at our regular quarterly membership meeting, at noon on the second floor of Turner […]

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