Bernie Lunzer, president of the Newspaper Guild-CWA, will be the featured speaker at a rally at 4:30 p.m. today at the
South Plaza in downtown Canton to support Northeast Ohio guild members
at the Repository newspaper.
The rally is among other activities
today by guild locals at newspapers from Peoria, Ill., to Ohio and other
properties owned by Fairport, N.Y.-based GateHouse Media. GateHouse,
the Repository’s owner since 2006, holds its shareholders meeting today
at its corporate headquarters.
The Northeast Ohio Newspaper
Guild-CWA, Local 1, and the Repository are in contract negotiations.
Local 1 also represents newsroom employees at the Beacon Journal
and at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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