. . . but let's not declare victory yet. (Update on 9.21.09. Free registration required.)

A link to the full 2010-2013 contract the Guild holds with the Commercial Appeal company.

Click here to download the full text of the new contract and to read a comparison between the old and new contracts.

Members vote 43-7 in favor.

We have no choice but to vote on a proposed contract that includes unlimited outsourcing.

Here's what a two-year pension freeze would mean for workers.

Here's a look back at our Nov.22 -23 bargaining session and a look ahead to what's next.

Read all about what happened at contract bargaining this weekend! (This article requires free registration.)

Hang in there!

The following is a message from Memphis Newspaper Guild President Mark Watson, who starts a new job in Houston on May 4. He attended his last bargaining session on April 28.

Some talk, little change

On April 27-28, the Guild met with representatives of Memphis Publishing Company for collective bargaining and reached a tentative agreement to include in the new contract existing language that would allow the Guild to arbitrate whether a dismissal labeled as a reduction in force by the company is, in fact, a reduction in force.

A deal on some contract issues

Again talk of layoffs, pension & mediation

Talk of layoffs, pension & mediation

Plenty of talk, no deals