News Updates
GCC Members At The San Diego Union-Tribune Need Your Support!
November 6, 2009GCC members at the San Diego Union-Tribune need your support! Workers have already agreed to a substantial cut in wages, but now the company wants to cut an additional 3%, plus the company wants to increase outsourcing. Your help is urgently needed today. Please call (619) 293-1424 and tell them that you support the workers at the Union-Tribune!
Teamsters Approve Contract With Star Tribune
June 22, 2009Fired Worker Rehired by Company
May 22, 2009A Rochester man is returning to work eight months after the company he worked for 17 years fired him.
Webster commercial printing company Empire State Weeklies terminated Ron Foglia in September. He said he was fired for trying to organize a union.
The Graphic Communications Conference Local 503 challenged the company for letting Foglia go. Federal law states that it is not illegal to organize a union.
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that Empire State Weeklies had to rehire Foglia and provide him with back pay.
The company must also post a notice informing its employees about union rights.
UNI Welcomes Quebecor World's Wish To Remain Independent
May 20, 2009On May 12, 2009, RR Donnelley & Sons Company announced an interest in acquiring all or substantially all of the assets and properties of Quebecor World Inc., currently in bankruptcy court reorganization proceedings, from Quebecor World’s debtors for about US$1.4 billion in cash and stock. The proposed combination of the two companies would create a global conglomerate with an estimated $16 billion in annual revenues, roughly eight times the size of the next largest competitor.
The members of the UNI Graphical & Packaging Global Union, representing 150 graphic and printing labor organizations worldwide with a membership base of 828,000 workers, unanimously and vigorously support the emergence of Quebecor World from bankruptcy proceedings as an independent entity. A stand-alone, reorganized Quebecor World represents the best alternative for maintaining a competitive marketplace in the commercial printing industry, particularly in North America where RR Donnelley and Quebecor World combined represent about 50% of the market in a number of key product categories.
In light of RR Donnelley’s poor history of collaboration with its employees, we strongly believe the existence of a viable competitor such as Quebecor World will ensure continued fair pricing for customers, free markets for regulators and improved job quality for workers.
UNI is a global union representing thousands of employees of R.R. Donnelly worldwide. The Graphic Communications Conference of the Teamsters Union (GCC) is a partner with UNI.
For more information, please contact Adriana.rosenzvaig@uniglobalunion.org
Union Organizers Bring Targets Into Sights
April 27, 2009Fired Reporter Sues for Overtime
April 15, 2009Above, Under, And Around the Law
April 2, 2009Federal Appeals Court Hears News-Press Case
April 1, 2009GCC Printing Trades Locals Conduct Steward Trainings In Midwest
April 1, 2009The Graphic Communications Conference has taken a proactive stance with training stewards in the Central Region. Locals in Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Battle Creek, Michigan have all conducted trainings in the last two months.
“Our stewards are in the forefront of this economic crisis that is gripping our nation,” said GCC District 3 President Steve Nobles. “It is critical that they get the proper training in how to handle representation and organizing issues in today’s climate.”
Nearly 75 stewards attended the three trainings that covered a number of key issues, the most important being the primary role and responsibilities of a GCC/IBT steward at the worksite.
“The level of participation that we see from stewards throughout the Midwest is incredible,” said GCC/IBT Staff Representative Dan Courtney. “These stewards are fantastic in their dedication and enthusiasm to representing our membership in the printing trades industry.”
“Each of the trainings sessions has seen active participation on the part of the stewards,” said Shawn Ellis, Central Region Training Coordinator for the IBT Training and Development Department. “These committed professionals are always seeking more knowledge to better represent their members. It is heartening to see.”
Union Protests Bank In Newspapers' Bankruptcy Filing
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