• Third Thursday Summer Edition: Valley Cats & Fireworks

    July 19, 2018 /
    Join your colleagues for a Valley Cats game & Fireworks on Thursday, July 19 at The Joe. Congratulations to our Ticket Winners:
    Newsroom Azra Haqqie Amanda Case
    Advertising Jayson McKenna Veronica Holcomb
    Circulation Mark Corelli
    Facilities James DeLorenzo
    If you would like to purchase discount tickets (reserved box for $7.75), please let us know ASAP. Email us at office@albanyguild.org or contact Marianne Mahr at x5589.
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  • Guild Family Picnic

    June 17, 2018 /

    New venue: Krause’s Grove
    2 Beach Road, Halfmoon, NY

    Noon to 6 (Food served till 3:30)

    All members in good standing are invited to attend with their spouse and children. Singles bring a guest. Dads also get in free in honor of Father’s Day.

    Join us at the Pavilion for an Old Fashioned Family Picnic!
    Includes the following selections:

    • Hot Dogs, Hamburgers,
      Cheeseburgers & French Fries,
    • Clam Chowder
    • Raw Clams
      (2 pm–3:30 pm)
    • Corn on the Cob
      (Home-grown in season)
    • Hot Sausage & Peppers
    • Steak Sandwiches
    • BBQ Spare Ribs
    • Cole Slaw, Macaroni Salad
    • Watermelon, Fresh Fruit
      & Yogurt Dip,
    • Beer (including N.A.) and Soda till closing

    To round out a fun-filled day, take advantage of our many recreational facilities, including music and a dance floor, 3 volleyball courts, 4 horseshoe pits, bocci ball and softball on the Mohawk River!

    Let us know if you’re attending:

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  • Agreement reached on company cell phone stipend policy

    April 20, 2018 /
    In response to a new company mobile phone stipend policy, members of the Newspaper  Guild met this week with company representatives to discuss concerns over what appeared to be company access to the personal phones of our members, up to and including the potential review and deletion of any and all data if the company felt any company email on the phone had been compromised.
    Accordingly, the policy no longer contains any requirement that our members install any company app that can provide access to the phone and its contents.
    Our members will be required to report to the company upon learning their phone is lost or stolen, which then affords the company the ability to act to protect that email account, most likely by changing the internal email password to prevent unauthorized access.
    Due to the imminent upcoming payroll accounting software upgrade, the stipend agreement forms that some of you may have already signed that contain this now-inoperative language will be allowed to stand, although a revised agreement form reflecting this change will become available shortly. Anyone who has already signed a form can later sign and submit an updated form to Human Resources.
    The requirement that workers must respond to calls from supervisors during working hours is tempered by HR acknowledgement of special circumstances (such as courthouse rules, or lack of service). However, a pattern of non-response could be raised by the company as a disciplinary item, and the Guild would be able to investigate the specifics of any such claims.
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