One-Stop Shopping: Guild Newspapers, Guild Doughnuts (only unionized Dunkin’ Donuts)

[Omaha Steve]

http://broadcastunionnews.blogspot.com/2012/06/one-stop-shopping-guild-newspapers.html#links


By Janelle Hartman
TNG-CWA



At the ribbon-cutting for the new Hudson News-Dunkin' Donuts stores, from left, New York Guild President Bill O'Meara; Hudson News VP for operations, NY area, Terry Lent; New York Guild Rep. Anthony Napoli; Penn Station Hudson News manager Joe Khan; and Hannan Khan (no relation), Guild unit chair at Hudson News.


You’re racing through New York’s Penn Station with just enough time to grab coffee and a doughnut. Speed walk your way right past that other national chain and head into one of two – soon to be three – Hudson News stores with new full-service Dunkin’ Donuts shops.

You’ll be buying pastry with a union label – more specifically, treats and sandwiches baked and sold by 60 of the newest members of The Newspaper Guild-CWA.

“To the best of our knowledge, these are the only unionized Dunkin’ Donuts stores in the entire country,” said Bill O’Meara, president of the New York Guild, which organized the city’s Hudson News newsstand employees 12 years ago.

The local represents about 240 Hudson retail and warehouse workers at Penn Station, Grand Central, the Port Authority and other New York City locations. But hard copies of newspapers and magazines don’t sell as well as they once did, with so many readers getting their news online.

FULL story at link.

[Blue Owl]

1. Romney: "What are those round objects they dip in the coffee?"

n/t

[Old Union Guy]

2. +1 rec, plus thank you ...

... for this.



Duly snagged.