General Membership Meeting Jan. 28
The Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild will hold its first General Membership meeting of 2012, Saturday, Jan. 28, at 10 a.m. The gathering will be in the Guild's Baltimore office at 415 St. Paul Pl., one block west of the Baltimore Sun main-building entrance on Calvert Street.

WBNG VP Darlene Meyer Passes Away
In “a deep and tragic loss” for the Newspaper Guild and the labor movement, Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild activist J. Darlene Meyer has died. An Advertising Department account executive at the Post, Meyer, 64, had been a WBNG Executive Council member since 2000, and the local's vice president since 2003. (The Post Guild unit and the news organization will hold a memorial service for Meyer on Friday, Jan. 27, just off the lobby near the main entrance of the Post on 15th Street NW.)

Front Page Awards Competition
The Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild annually honors the "best of the best" in writing, photography, commentary, graphics and union campaigns. The deadline for submission of entries for Guild workers' 2011 efforts is Valentine's Day.

Executive Council Election Results
David Carpio of the AFL-CIO unit has been elected to fill the vacant At-Large Representative seat on the Executive Council of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild for the year 2011-2012. Voting took place by mail and at the General Membership meeting in Washington.

President's Perspective
'Leading From Where We Stand'
Leadership is a “process of social influence," writes WBNG President Sheila Lindsay, "in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task." This definition has been in the dictionary for a long time, but leadership has never been more at every level of a local union.
President's Perspective Archive

Post Guild Members Ratify 2-Year Deal
Guild members at the Washington Post have voted to approve a two-year contract that gives all Guild-covered employees a $13 per week raise.

2010 Front Page Awards
Guild Service Award.

Tribune Bankruptcy
Attempts to bring the company that owns the Baltimore Sun out of bankruptcy continue. (The Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild is one of nine members of the creditors' committee.) Tracking the Tribune