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		<title>Lee delays, countersues, files backwards class-action suit, does somersault, falls down rabbit hole</title>
		<link>http://www.stlouisguild.org/headlines/?p=1222</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, in our case involving the yellow contract retirees, Lee &#8211; after receiving several extensions &#8211; finally replied to our motion.  They did this several ways.  First, they counter-sued and seem to want to get a decision under ERISA &#8211; the federal law regarding pension plans.  Now, our suit wasn&#8217;t filed to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals Court sends it back</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September of 2010 we won the right in federal court to proceed to arbitration on behalf of our blue contract retirees about whether or not the company had the right to force them to pay for their retiree medical coverage after being promised &#8211; in writing &#8211; that their coverage would be free.
Immediately following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dislocated Workers Program scheduled for Tuesday, July 19</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AFL-CIO Dislocated Workers Program will be held in the Guild office building, 1015 Locust Street, in the 9th floor conference room &#8211; suite 916.  Our building is on the corner of 11th and Locust and parking is available in the building.
All individuals who were laid off in June &#8211; as well as those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truthout announces raises!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bargaining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, after Truthout signed their first contact with the Guild, money was extremely tight (read about Truthout&#8217;s interesting history and their struggle to unionize in this website&#8217;s archives).  But unlike most employers, Truthout opened their books and let the Guild&#8217;s bargaining team look over their financial situation.  After agreeing that raises were not something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New website coming soon!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right, we will soon relaunch our local&#8217;s website and have a new look once again.
As regualr readers (if we still have any) know, our local went from a old Wordpress template where stories just fell further down the page to a Dreamweaver site that had more &#8220;stickiness&#8221; but one that required quite a bit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delegates selected for TNG Sector Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.stlouisguild.org/headlines/?p=1208</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Meetings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the nomination meeting held on Tuesday, December 28, Mary Casey, Shannon Duffy and Jeff Gordon were nominated to attend the TNG-CWA Sector Conference, held February 3-6 in Orlando, Florida.  There were no other nominations and, since the size of our local is accorded three delegates, there is no need to hold an election as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TNG 2011 Sector Conference Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is an election year for TNG, so this year the conventions are split.  We will accept nominations for up to (3) delegates to attend TNG&#8217;s 2011 Sector Conference.  If more than three TNG delegates are nominated, there will be an immediate mail ballot election.  The TNG Sector Conference is February 3-6, 2011 in Lake Buena [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facelift</title>
		<link>http://www.stlouisguild.org/headlines/?p=1185</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve created some new areas on the website to keep members updated. Because the many articles concerning Post-Dispatch retiree medical issues kept knocking other news out of the feed, we&#8217;ve removed those from our  &#8216;Guild&#8217;s Recent News&#8217; feed and created a dedicated area for retirees.  The site can be accessed by a link at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs with Justice gets new contract</title>
		<link>http://www.stlouisguild.org/headlines/?p=1194</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our jobs with Justice unit successfully negotiated a successor agreement which calls for an increase in wages,  improved phone policy (in which  organizers will utilize smart phones) and establishes health savings accounts to which the employer will contribute (our members have already decided that it will be put to immediate use by purchasing a dental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Lee(ches)</title>
		<link>http://www.stlouisguild.org/headlines/?p=1143</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[P-D Yellow Contract Retirees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some people are concerned that paying full premiums or notifying Lee they&#8217;re getting insurance with another provider could be interpreted as some kind of waiver or voluntary opt out and nullify any chance for future recompense when this issue gets resolved.
Our legal counsel doesn&#8217;t think so.  It&#8217;s unlikely that a court would find that someone [...]]]></description>
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