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Union Staff at Quincy Stations Still Looking for Contract

By Kevin Eck on Jul. 19, 2016 - 1:16 PM

"Our previous contract expired in March. We are working without one," said the president of SAG-AFTRA

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Gina Morss Returns to WEEK

By Kevin Eck on Dec. 17, 2014 - 2:47 PM

Gina Morss returns to WEEK starting Monday, January 5. Morss worked at the Peoria, Illinois NBC affiliate for 15 years. She will co-anchor the morning news with Garry Moore and Maddie Heidenreich. “We are excited to have Gina re ...

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WEEK Staffers Wear All-Black On-Air, Protesting Dismissal of Longtime Anchor

By Andrew Gauthier on Sep. 4, 2011 - 3:53 PM

Following the abrupt dismissal of longtime anchor Mike Dimmick, staffers at WEEK–including on-air talent–dressed in black on Friday as a show of solidarity. “It is a sad day when a 29-year employee and broadcast ...

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WEEK-WHOI Staffers Reject ‘Final’ Labor Offer

By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 26, 2011 - 12:31 PM

AFTRA’s local Peoria chapter has resoundingly rejected Granite Broadcasting‘s “last, best, and final” labor offer to employees of WEEK-WHOI. Since February, staffers at the Central Illinois NBC-ABC-CW outpo ...

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In Peoria, WEEK-WHOI Considers Granite’s ‘Final’ Labor Offer

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 24, 2011 - 6:29 PM

Union officials representing employees of WEEK-WHOI in central Illinois returned to the bargaining table this week and are now reviewing a new proposal from Granite Broadcasting that the stations’ parent company says is its R ...

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AFTRA Authorizes WEEK-WHOI Staffers to Strike as Station Considers Outside News Production

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 2, 2011 - 11:49 AM

Anchors, reporters, photojournalists, and producers at WEEK-WHOI in central Illinois have been working for the past two weeks without a formal labor contract and now members of the stations’ news team are going on record abo ...

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