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We’ll be there at Thurgood Marshall High School, 4447 Hoover Ave., where local community activists will be gathering. The Dayton Newspaper Guild will have a table set up at the Community Block Party, which starts at 8 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium parking lot.

At 9 p.m., the party will move indoors, as the crowd will watch Barack Obama accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Obama’s speech will be on a big screen television in the gymnasium.

All Dayton Newspaper Guild members are invited to stop by. That’s why we put the leaflets in your mailboxes.

Some people who support the Guild remain skeptical of whether they should attend political rallies. The Guild Executive Board’s answer remains the same:

? We understand that some people have ethical concerns about these types of events, given their particular work assignments.
? We also know that it would be illegal for the Company to retaliate against members who participate in union activities — which this is.
? We don’t expect our individual members to take actions they’re not comfortable with. However, please understand that Guild leadership is working with labor’s friends, and will continue to do so, just as unions have done for decades — including this one.

There are certainly some people who should avoid political entanglements — for example, political reporters. Their ethical dilemma is clear, and their colleagues understand.

Guild leaders have met with local Obama campaign coordinators and have discussed ways to work together. We make no apologies for this. We’re not just journalists. We’re taxpayers and citizens who deserve equal protection under the law.

The time to be apolitical is long over. As a union we have to look out for our interests. One candidate supports the continuation of polices that allows union busting to continue. The other thinks it needs to stop now. You know which one is which.

If you look at it from the standpoint of labor, the choice is clear. At the CWA convention in July, convention delegates voted to endorse Obama. They did not do so because he was the Democrat. The decision was made based on evaluation of the candidates, including their responses to a survey sent last spring to all candidates in both major parties.

It’s been a while since we’ve held a rally in front of the Media Center, so it’s time, and the timing is perfect. The rally will be the day after Labor Day, and the day before our bargaining team goes back to the table with Company negotiators.

So we’ll do it again, at noon. We’ve invited the labor community, some of our friends in other Cox Ohio Publishing unions, our pals in the Obama campaign.

For eight months, we’ve been taking our message to the community. Those of us who ran the dunking booth at Alefest last weekend were shocked by how many people remembered us, had seen our billboards or heard our radio commercials.

So we’re going to show the company, once again, that we stand united and that the community supports us. And as the fall continues, we’re prepared to keep on showing them.

Please do your part by coming to the rally. We’ve got the signs, we just need the union members to hold them.

Our radio commercial, that ran on local stations for two weeks in late May, is now on our home page (www.daytonguild.org). We had some technical difficulties that prevented us from posting it until now, but it’s there.

For those of us who don’t remember the DDN labor wars of the early 1990s, this commercial is a first for us. But it won’t be the last. We’ve already got new scripts written, and we’re working on new funding requests for the international.

Give it a listen. It’s a hoot.

Film

We’ll be there at Thurgood Marshall High School, 4447 Hoover Ave., where local community activists will be gathering. The Dayton Newspaper Guild will have a table set up at the Community Block Party, which starts at 8 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium parking lot.

At 9 p.m., the party will move indoors, as the crowd will watch Barack Obama accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Obama’s speech will be on a big screen television in the gymnasium.

All Dayton Newspaper Guild members are invited to stop by. That’s why we put the leaflets in your mailboxes.

Some people who support the Guild remain skeptical of whether they should attend political rallies. The Guild Executive Board’s answer remains the same:

? We understand that some people have ethical concerns about these types of events, given their particular work assignments.
? We also know that it would be illegal for the Company to retaliate against members who participate in union activities — which this is.
? We don’t expect our individual members to take actions they’re not comfortable with. However, please understand that Guild leadership is working with labor’s friends, and will continue to do so, just as unions have done for decades — including this one.

There are certainly some people who should avoid political entanglements — for example, political reporters. Their ethical dilemma is clear, and their colleagues understand.

Guild leaders have met with local Obama campaign coordinators and have discussed ways to work together. We make no apologies for this. We’re not just journalists. We’re taxpayers and citizens who deserve equal protection under the law.

The time to be apolitical is long over. As a union we have to look out for our interests. One candidate supports the continuation of polices that allows union busting to continue. The other thinks it needs to stop now. You know which one is which.

If you look at it from the standpoint of labor, the choice is clear. At the CWA convention in July, convention delegates voted to endorse Obama. They did not do so because he was the Democrat. The decision was made based on evaluation of the candidates, including their responses to a survey sent last spring to all candidates in both major parties.

It’s been a while since we’ve held a rally in front of the Media Center, so it’s time, and the timing is perfect. The rally will be the day after Labor Day, and the day before our bargaining team goes back to the table with Company negotiators.

So we’ll do it again, at noon. We’ve invited the labor community, some of our friends in other Cox Ohio Publishing unions, our pals in the Obama campaign.

For eight months, we’ve been taking our message to the community. Those of us who ran the dunking booth at Alefest last weekend were shocked by how many people remembered us, had seen our billboards or heard our radio commercials.

So we’re going to show the company, once again, that we stand united and that the community supports us. And as the fall continues, we’re prepared to keep on showing them.

Please do your part by coming to the rally. We’ve got the signs, we just need the union members to hold them.

Our radio commercial, that ran on local stations for two weeks in late May, is now on our home page (www.daytonguild.org). We had some technical difficulties that prevented us from posting it until now, but it’s there.

For those of us who don’t remember the DDN labor wars of the early 1990s, this commercial is a first for us. But it won’t be the last. We’ve already got new scripts written, and we’re working on new funding requests for the international.

Give it a listen. It’s a hoot.

Music

We’ll be there at Thurgood Marshall High School, 4447 Hoover Ave., where local community activists will be gathering. The Dayton Newspaper Guild will have a table set up at the Community Block Party, which starts at 8 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium parking lot.

At 9 p.m., the party will move indoors, as the crowd will watch Barack Obama accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Obama’s speech will be on a big screen television in the gymnasium.

All Dayton Newspaper Guild members are invited to stop by. That’s why we put the leaflets in your mailboxes.

Some people who support the Guild remain skeptical of whether they should attend political rallies. The Guild Executive Board’s answer remains the same:

? We understand that some people have ethical concerns about these types of events, given their particular work assignments.
? We also know that it would be illegal for the Company to retaliate against members who participate in union activities — which this is.
? We don’t expect our individual members to take actions they’re not comfortable with. However, please understand that Guild leadership is working with labor’s friends, and will continue to do so, just as unions have done for decades — including this one.

There are certainly some people who should avoid political entanglements — for example, political reporters. Their ethical dilemma is clear, and their colleagues understand.

Guild leaders have met with local Obama campaign coordinators and have discussed ways to work together. We make no apologies for this. We’re not just journalists. We’re taxpayers and citizens who deserve equal protection under the law.

The time to be apolitical is long over. As a union we have to look out for our interests. One candidate supports the continuation of polices that allows union busting to continue. The other thinks it needs to stop now. You know which one is which.

If you look at it from the standpoint of labor, the choice is clear. At the CWA convention in July, convention delegates voted to endorse Obama. They did not do so because he was the Democrat. The decision was made based on evaluation of the candidates, including their responses to a survey sent last spring to all candidates in both major parties.

It’s been a while since we’ve held a rally in front of the Media Center, so it’s time, and the timing is perfect. The rally will be the day after Labor Day, and the day before our bargaining team goes back to the table with Company negotiators.

So we’ll do it again, at noon. We’ve invited the labor community, some of our friends in other Cox Ohio Publishing unions, our pals in the Obama campaign.

For eight months, we’ve been taking our message to the community. Those of us who ran the dunking booth at Alefest last weekend were shocked by how many people remembered us, had seen our billboards or heard our radio commercials.

So we’re going to show the company, once again, that we stand united and that the community supports us. And as the fall continues, we’re prepared to keep on showing them.

Please do your part by coming to the rally. We’ve got the signs, we just need the union members to hold them.

Our radio commercial, that ran on local stations for two weeks in late May, is now on our home page (www.daytonguild.org). We had some technical difficulties that prevented us from posting it until now, but it’s there.

For those of us who don’t remember the DDN labor wars of the early 1990s, this commercial is a first for us. But it won’t be the last. We’ve already got new scripts written, and we’re working on new funding requests for the international.

Give it a listen. It’s a hoot.

Theater

We’ll be there at Thurgood Marshall High School, 4447 Hoover Ave., where local community activists will be gathering. The Dayton Newspaper Guild will have a table set up at the Community Block Party, which starts at 8 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium parking lot.

At 9 p.m., the party will move indoors, as the crowd will watch Barack Obama accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Obama’s speech will be on a big screen television in the gymnasium.

All Dayton Newspaper Guild members are invited to stop by. That’s why we put the leaflets in your mailboxes.

Some people who support the Guild remain skeptical of whether they should attend political rallies. The Guild Executive Board’s answer remains the same:

? We understand that some people have ethical concerns about these types of events, given their particular work assignments.
? We also know that it would be illegal for the Company to retaliate against members who participate in union activities — which this is.
? We don’t expect our individual members to take actions they’re not comfortable with. However, please understand that Guild leadership is working with labor’s friends, and will continue to do so, just as unions have done for decades — including this one.

There are certainly some people who should avoid political entanglements — for example, political reporters. Their ethical dilemma is clear, and their colleagues understand.

Guild leaders have met with local Obama campaign coordinators and have discussed ways to work together. We make no apologies for this. We’re not just journalists. We’re taxpayers and citizens who deserve equal protection under the law.

The time to be apolitical is long over. As a union we have to look out for our interests. One candidate supports the continuation of polices that allows union busting to continue. The other thinks it needs to stop now. You know which one is which.

If you look at it from the standpoint of labor, the choice is clear. At the CWA convention in July, convention delegates voted to endorse Obama. They did not do so because he was the Democrat. The decision was made based on evaluation of the candidates, including their responses to a survey sent last spring to all candidates in both major parties.

It’s been a while since we’ve held a rally in front of the Media Center, so it’s time, and the timing is perfect. The rally will be the day after Labor Day, and the day before our bargaining team goes back to the table with Company negotiators.

So we’ll do it again, at noon. We’ve invited the labor community, some of our friends in other Cox Ohio Publishing unions, our pals in the Obama campaign.

For eight months, we’ve been taking our message to the community. Those of us who ran the dunking booth at Alefest last weekend were shocked by how many people remembered us, had seen our billboards or heard our radio commercials.

So we’re going to show the company, once again, that we stand united and that the community supports us. And as the fall continues, we’re prepared to keep on showing them.

Please do your part by coming to the rally. We’ve got the signs, we just need the union members to hold them.

Our radio commercial, that ran on local stations for two weeks in late May, is now on our home page (www.daytonguild.org). We had some technical difficulties that prevented us from posting it until now, but it’s there.

For those of us who don’t remember the DDN labor wars of the early 1990s, this commercial is a first for us. But it won’t be the last. We’ve already got new scripts written, and we’re working on new funding requests for the international.

Give it a listen. It’s a hoot.

Dining

We’ll be there at Thurgood Marshall High School, 4447 Hoover Ave., where local community activists will be gathering. The Dayton Newspaper Guild will have a table set up at the Community Block Party, which starts at 8 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium parking lot.

At 9 p.m., the party will move indoors, as the crowd will watch Barack Obama accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Obama’s speech will be on a big screen television in the gymnasium.

All Dayton Newspaper Guild members are invited to stop by. That’s why we put the leaflets in your mailboxes.

Some people who support the Guild remain skeptical of whether they should attend political rallies. The Guild Executive Board’s answer remains the same:

? We understand that some people have ethical concerns about these types of events, given their particular work assignments.
? We also know that it would be illegal for the Company to retaliate against members who participate in union activities — which this is.
? We don’t expect our individual members to take actions they’re not comfortable with. However, please understand that Guild leadership is working with labor’s friends, and will continue to do so, just as unions have done for decades — including this one.

There are certainly some people who should avoid political entanglements — for example, political reporters. Their ethical dilemma is clear, and their colleagues understand.

Guild leaders have met with local Obama campaign coordinators and have discussed ways to work together. We make no apologies for this. We’re not just journalists. We’re taxpayers and citizens who deserve equal protection under the law.

The time to be apolitical is long over. As a union we have to look out for our interests. One candidate supports the continuation of polices that allows union busting to continue. The other thinks it needs to stop now. You know which one is which.

If you look at it from the standpoint of labor, the choice is clear. At the CWA convention in July, convention delegates voted to endorse Obama. They did not do so because he was the Democrat. The decision was made based on evaluation of the candidates, including their responses to a survey sent last spring to all candidates in both major parties.

It’s been a while since we’ve held a rally in front of the Media Center, so it’s time, and the timing is perfect. The rally will be the day after Labor Day, and the day before our bargaining team goes back to the table with Company negotiators.

So we’ll do it again, at noon. We’ve invited the labor community, some of our friends in other Cox Ohio Publishing unions, our pals in the Obama campaign.

For eight months, we’ve been taking our message to the community. Those of us who ran the dunking booth at Alefest last weekend were shocked by how many people remembered us, had seen our billboards or heard our radio commercials.

So we’re going to show the company, once again, that we stand united and that the community supports us. And as the fall continues, we’re prepared to keep on showing them.

Please do your part by coming to the rally. We’ve got the signs, we just need the union members to hold them.

Our radio commercial, that ran on local stations for two weeks in late May, is now on our home page (www.daytonguild.org). We had some technical difficulties that prevented us from posting it until now, but it’s there.

For those of us who don’t remember the DDN labor wars of the early 1990s, this commercial is a first for us. But it won’t be the last. We’ve already got new scripts written, and we’re working on new funding requests for the international.

Give it a listen. It’s a hoot.