A Kent State University student doing a documentary on Local One is looking for an Akron guild retiree to talk about union topics and history. If you're interested, e-mail Paula Schleis (pschleis@thebeaconjournal.com) so she can make arrangements for you to speak with him.
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When I came to the Beacon, publisher Ben Maidenburg told he that he was one of the organizers of the Akron chapter of the Guild.
From tnglocal1.org comes this background information:
THE SUMMER OF 1933
The Guild was founded by working journalists in the summer of 1933 at the Cleveland Press, and they called their fledgling union the Cleveland Editorial Employees Association. Union demand swelled across the nation, and a founding convention was held December 15, 1933, in Washington, D.C., where the national organization was named the American Newspaper Guild.
Local 1 (Cleveland) received its charter on March 20, 1934, and Local 7 (Akron) soon followed.
LOCAL 1 GETS NEW NAME
The Independent unit began organizing in 1943. The CUB unit also was organized in 1943, and The Plain Dealer unit was organized during World War II and was the second largest unit of the Local until the Cleveland Press closed its doors on June 17, 1982. The Repository unit organized in mid-1968.
The Akron Beacon Journal unit, formerly Local 7, which also participated in the Guild’s founding convention in 1933, merged with Local 1 in November 1995. The merger brought a new name to Local 1: The Northeast Ohio Newspaper Guild.
The Suburbanite organized in 2003.
Since its inception, the Guild has had a long history of concern about social and constitutional issues, including women's and minorities' rights and, naturally, the First Amendment. Internationally, the Guild represents some 35,000 workers at newspapers, magazines, wire services and television and radio stations throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
MERGER WITH CWA
In September 1995, the membership voted to affiliate with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), creating The Newspaper Guild Sector. The CWA now has nearly 750,000 members.
A SPIRITED HISTORY
Local 1 has had a spirited and, at times, tumultuous history from its beginning to the present. Because of the sacrifices and triumphs throughout the decades, present-day members enjoy wages and working conditions, which are the envy of those unfortunate enough to work in non-union shops.
Local members have gone on to notable achievements, including Civil War writer Bruce Catton. More recently, Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded to numerous journalists who have worked at The Plain Dealer and at the Akron Beacon Journal, where some journalists have shared in as many as three such awards.
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