The Mile-High Blog

9:30 a.m. MST.

Welcome to the Midwest District Council meeting of The Newpaper Guild. Denver. Sunny. 50s and out of Milwaukee just in time to beat that heavy wet stuff that hit all of you.

Representatives from Denver, Peoria, Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Kenosha, Sheboygan and Milwaukee are in the first session this morning at the Denver Press Club. We're listening to Bernie Lunzer, secretary-treasurer of The Newspaper Guild as he explains talk about the sometimes dismal state of union-management relations across the country today.

Much of the chaos across the country is a result of the breakup of the Knight Ridder chain. In its wake, new owners are challenging stable, long-standing contracts and attendant benefits, such as pensions.