Latina Activist Wins Berger-Marks’ Edna Award
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Ana Maria Archila, co-director of Make the Road New York (MRNY), is the winner of the first-ever Berger-Marks Foundation’s Edna Award for social justice. The $10,000 award recognizes young women whose leadership in the social justice movement has already fueled social change.
The non-profit MRNY works to empower and bring economic justice to low-income Latino residents and other New Yorkers. Archila, 32, immigrated to the United States from Colombia when she was 17. Inspired by her own struggle to adapt to an unfamiliar culture, she serves Latino immigrants and other low-income working families in some of New York City’s poorest communities.
More than 400 people from the United States, Canada and other countries were nominated. Berger-Marks President Linda Foley says:
The range of activities of the applicants to further social justice was remarkable—from union organizers and leaders, programs to end inner-city violence, and immigrant rights advocacy, to fundraising to help African children orphaned by AIDS.
July 15 Deadline for Edna Award Nominations of Young Women Leaders
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The clock’s ticking but you still have time to nominate a young woman leader for the Edna Award presented by the Berger-Marks Foundation. The foundation says the $10,000 award recognizes a young woman whose leadership in the social justice movement who has made:
an extraordinary contribution early in her career, and whose achievements indicate that her work will continue to significantly improve the lives of working women and men.
The deadline is July 15. You may nominate yourself or be nominated by others. Nominees must be age 35 or younger on December 31, 2011, and you can make nomination online here.
The award is named after Edna Berger, the foundation’s namesake and an early organizer at the Newspaper Guild-CWA. The foundation, named for Berger and her husband, composer Edward Marks, seeks to bring to women the benefits of unionization through training, research and other resources. Read the rest of this entry »
Nominate A Young Woman Leader for the Edna Award
There’s still time to nominate a young woman leader for the Edna Award given by the Berger-Marks Foundation. The $10,000 award recognizes a young woman whose leadership in the social justice movement has already fueled social change.
The foundation is accepting application online here. The deadline is July 15. You may nominate yourself or be nominated by others. Nominees must be age 35 or younger on December 31, 2011
Linda Foley, president of the foundation and former Newspaper Guild-CWA president, says:
Women are organizing unions; women are leading campaigns for universal health care; and women are demonstrating to young people what social justice means. Our vision for this award is to highlight one young woman’s remarkable work for social change.
Guild Asks Huffington for Dialogue on Future of Journalism
Earlier this month, The Newspaper Guild-CWA (TNG-CWA), called on the unpaid writers at The Huffington Post to withhold their work in support of a strike launched by Visual Art Source in response to the company’s practice of using unpaid labor.
In an open letter today to publisher Arianna Huffington, TNG President Bernie Lunzer wrote that when Huffington Post spokesman Mario Ruiz was asked about TNG’s action, he said, “We stand squarely behind The Newspaper Guild’s mission of ensuring that media professionals receive fair compensation.”
We invite you to demonstrate this commitment by sitting down with the Guild to begin a dialog about the future of journalism. We would like to discuss the values that we share, and build upon them to meet the rapid changes and demands taking place in the industry. Like you, we believe that for journalism to survive it must adapt to the digital age.
Tribune CEOs seek $70 Million in Bonuses as Company Sinks
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It’s not like we needed one more example of greedy corporate executives at a bankrupt company making a grab for big bonuses while axing hundreds of employees and freezing wages for many others.
But that’s what Tribune Co. executives are doing as the multimedia conglomerate sinks under the weight of $13 billion in debt incurred by its corporate leaders in 2007. And they want to keep the bonuses a big secret.
The company filed for Chapter 11 protection last December and, in its most recent action, is seeking court permission to dole out nearly $70 million in executive bonuses. The company also requested the court seal much of the request. The request was denied.
The Newspaper Guild-CWA and the Teamsters, which represent employees at the Tribune-owned Baltimore Sun and WPIX-TV in New York, has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware to block the company’s plan to pay up to $69.9 million in executive bonus this year, including $20.6 million to the 10 top managers (about $2 million each). Some 700 other managers would share in the bonus booty.
