GUILD PICNIC: SATURDAY, AUGUST
14
Guild members, retirees and their families are invited to the Guild's
annual family picnic on Saturday, Aug. 14, at
Windwood Park off I-79 in Bradford Woods, north of the city. The picnic will feature food,
drinks, swimming, games and prizes for children and adults. For
directions and details on the picnic site, visit the park
website: www.windwoodpark.com.
HOLIDAY GALA: DEC. 4 AT CEFALO'S
The
Guild will hold its annual holiday gala on Saturday, Dec. 4, at Cefalo's
restaurant and night club in Carnegie. The party will run from 7 p.m. to
11 p.m. and include food, beer, wine, music and prizes. More information
on the menu and other details will be available as the date draws
closer. For details on the location, visit the club's website at www.clubcefalo.com.
GUILD AWARDS 2010 SCHOLARSHIPS
The
Guild has announced the winners of our annual college scholarships. Jennifer
Rizzi, a student at Bucknell University, and Estelle Tran, a
student at the University of Pittsburgh, each received a $1,500
scholarship for the 2010-11 school year. The winners were honored at
a luncheon on April 16 at Papa J's, Downtown.
Scholarship winners Jennifer Rizzi, left, and
Estelle Tran.
SPRING PARTY A SUCCESS
The Guild's annual spring party, held April 10 at
Max's Allegheny Tavern, was a rousing success. Nearly 100 Guild members
and retirees gathered to celebrate the local's 76th anniversary with
food, drinks and fun at the North Side eatery. Twenty lucky Guild
members also won pairs of tickets to upcoming Pirates games.
2010 QUARTERLY MEETING
SCHEDULE
Our quarterly membership meetings occur every three
months on the 2nd of the month. Here's the schedule for the rest of the
year:
Thursday,
Sept. 2
Thursday,
Dec. 2
This
schedule, of course, does not include any special meetings that might
be called for purposes of contract discussion or ratification, so keep
checking back for updates to the meeting
schedule. For a full calendar of events, visit the Calendar
page.
GUILD HOLIDAY GALA GETS
GOOD REVIEWS
This year's holiday gala Dec. 5 at the Shiloh Street Grille on Mount
Washington was a huge success, with good reviews from members on the
location as well as the food. The party also featured the giveaway
of two $75 gift cards in honor of our 75th anniversary. The winners were
Jim O'Toole and Karamaji Rujumba.
PG ASSOCIATES CHOOSE
REPRESENTATIVE
Post-Gazette
two-year associates met Oct. 28 to choose a member from among
their ranks to sit as a non-voting member on the Guild's
executive committee. The representative will be copy editor
Megan Barrow, with reporter Sadie Gurman serving as alternate.
Congratulations to Megan and Sadie!
GUILD STATEMENT ON
G-20 ARRESTS
The
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, which represents reporters,
photographers, copy editors and artists at the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, is deeply disturbed by the indiscriminate and
inappropriate arrests of more than 100 protesters, bystanders
and journalists on the night of Friday, Sept. 25 in Oakland.
Most
disturbing is that many of those arrested were attempting to
lawfully exercise their First Amendment rights of peaceful
assembly and of press freedom, rights that are essential to
the survival of democracy. Others were bystanders who found
themselves caught between lines of police ordering them to
disperse and then blocking their dispersal until they were
arrested.
We
recognize that the police, especially in situations such as
this, have an extremely difficult job. But that fact does not
give anyone the right to disregard the First Amendment.
The
Newspaper Guild calls on the City of
Pittsburgh
to drop all charges against those who were lawfully exercising
their rights as citizens and journalists, and those who were
nonviolently attempting to comply with police orders but were
taken to jail anyway. Further, we call on the city to launch a
full and independent investigation into the events that led to
these arrests to ensure that such a debacle does not happen
again in the name of law enforcement.
GUILD OFFICERS ELECTED
The following Guild officers have been elected to one-year
terms beginning Nov. 1:
President: R.J. Hufnagel
1st Vice President: Natalie Hill
2nd Vice President: Sally Kalson
3rd Vice President: Marianne Mizera
Treasurer: Ken Fisher
Secretary: Ed Blazina
Unit Chairperson: Mike Fuoco
Unit Secretary: Bill Lowenberger
Unit Treasurer: Alyson Rodriguez
Unit Delegate: Colin Dunlap
LABOR DAY PARADE 2009
Despite the rain, the Guild had a good turnout at the Labor
Day Parade this year. For photos, click
here.
