East Bay Guild leaders

Valley Times reporter Eric Louie (right), is unit chair 2009-2010, backed by vice chair George Kelly (left), a multimedia specialist; and Josh Richman, a reporter at the Oakland Tribune. (Photo by D. Ross Cameron)

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Unit chair: Eric Louie
Vice Chair: George Kelly
Secretary: Josh Richman

Representative Assembly delegates: Michael Manekin, Shelly Meron, Lisa White

The organizing campaign that created our BANG-EB Unit -- "One Big BANG: One Guild Universe" -- was a collaborative effort of members and leaders throughout the Guild, led by East Bay stalwarts such as Sara Steffens and Karl Fischer, our national leadership of Linda Foley and her successor, Bernie Lunzer. Larry Cohen, president of the CWA, has been a strong supporter from the start. And we owe much of our victory to the ceaseless help of CWA Local 9415 in Oakland.

Here's some things you might want to read to get some background on our organizing:

Read Sara's January 2008 call to action!

Read the SF Weekly's "Paper Chase" story about the campaign.

Check out the online voice of our national organization, The Guild Reporter.

Here's our archive of BANG bulletins and news

Ponder the parting words of LA Times Editor Jim O'Shea -- one of many management people who are as concerned as we are about the direction some corporate news operators are taking our industry.

Contact our California Media Workers Guild Local Representative: Carl Hall

CONTRACT

BANG-East Bay (2009)

Unit Web site: One Big BANG: One Guild Universe

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