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JULY 2010

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.

MONESSEN UNIT APPROVES NEW CONTRACT

The Guild's Monessen unit approved a new contract on May 11. 
The deal, which runs until April 30, 2012, includes changes to the existing health-care plan, while providing pay increases in each of the contract's three years, and the extension of health benefits to part-time employees.