The Milwaukee Newspaper Guild has completed settlements for Journal Sentinel newsroom employees who were laid off in August 2009. The last three settlements were signed in late July and early August. We had filed grievances on behalf of 19 employees who were laid off last year despite ranking higher in seniority than others who were […]

The Milwaukee Newspaper Guild’s leadership recently cleared the way for Journal Sentinel newsroom employees to receive a 2% bonus, but not without a reminder that we still expect management to restore our wages to what they were before last year’s 6.6% cut. On July 21, Journal Communications CEO Steve Smith announced a lump-sum bonus for […]