The latest from the IAPE 1096 union http://www.iape1096.org Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:33 -0400 RSSCreator 1.2 http://www.iape1096.org/news/2012/15_rebekah.php As posted by The New York Times -- LONDON -- Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper empire and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, now faces charges that she, her husband and four others conspired to pervert the course of justice in the hacking scandal that has burrowed into public life here. It was the first time that charges have been formulated since ... Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.iape1096.org/news/2012/12_defending.php As posted by The Guardian -- News Corp's management has once again backed chairman Rupert Murdoch despite mounting shareholder criticism, as it announced the firm is doubling the size of its share buyback plan to $10bn. The moves come just weeks after a British parliamentary committee called Murdoch unfit to run a public company. Announcing quarterly results, News Corp comfortably beat analysts' ... Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.iape1096.org/news/2012/13_tentative.php Negotiators for Dow Jones & Company and IAPE TNG/CWA Local 1096 have reached a tentative agreement on a new, four year collective bargaining agreement for production employees in Bowling Green, OH. The deal provides wage increases totaling six percent for all employees and a ratification bonus for most, but may result in longer hours of work at the Northwest Ohio facility where Midwest editions of ... Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.iape1096.org/news/2012/06_thenew.php -- As posted at Huffington Post.Com -- News Corp. has announced that Lex Fenwick, a Bloomberg LP executive, is the new CEO of Dow Jones & Co., the News Corp. subsidiary that publishes The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. Fenwick was CEO of Bloomberg LP from 2001 until 2008, when he stepped down to start Bloomberg Ventures, a business-development arm. He takes over a position vacant ... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.iape1096.org/news/2011/14_whatyour.php It's common for the IAPE membership to all-but-forget their union in the years between contract bargaining sessions, but I wanted to remind you that your union is involved every day in the effort to defend your contract rights -- and let you know we're ready to help. There are three committees meeting with management on a regular, on-going, basis: The Classification Committee has the job of ensuring ... Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT