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Guild News
- 10 Jun 2009
The News Media Guild and The Associated Press resolved a grievance involving the sick leave rights of employees who return from leaves of absences.
Emery Dalesio, a newsman in the Raleigh bureau with 17 years service, was told he had to wait one year for paid sick time because he returned in September 2008 from a two-year sabbatical.
He had won a Fulbright grant to teach journalism at two Romanian universities for a year and one-half of his two-year leave.
- 08 Jun 2009
The News Media Guild has asked The Associated Press to provide copies of all its written communications with staff regarding Facebook postings and a copy of all the written reprimands given to employees since Jan. 1, 2009, because of comments made on Facebook.
- 29 Apr 2009
In an effort to reduce its worldwide labor costs by 10 percent, The Associated Press is offering employees based in the United States and ex-pats 55 and older an enhanced retirement benefit that will increase employee pensions by 14 to 16 percent.
Ex-pats are overseas employees who were hired in the United States and transferred overseas.
The company said it will offer the benefit elsewhere, if legally permissible. Some countries have labor regulations that may prohibit the company from making the offer.
