On Wednesday, Feb. 24, the editorial staff at the
Austin American-Statesman voted 36-12 to form a union, becoming the third unionized newsroom in Texas and the second, after
The Dallas Morning News, to do so through an election overseen by the
National Labor Relations Board. (The
Fort Worth Star-Telegram s newsroom union was voluntarily recognized by the paper s owners, the McClatchy Co.)
Last week s vote at the NLRB s regional office in Ft. Worth came two months after
Statesman editorial employees first announced their desire to organize in December, and after the paper s owner,
Gannett Co., the largest newspaper publisher in the U.S., declined to recognize an Austin chapter of
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Fred Pfister, former editor of Ozarks Mountaineer and beloved Branson writer, dead at 75 Gregory J. Holman, Springfield News-Leader
Fred Pfister, a Branson writer, editor, professor and civic volunteer who for many years taught English at College of the Ozarks and then afterward for 13 years edited a legendary but now-defunct culture magazine, The Ozarks Mountaineer, died Friday, Feb. 26 at Cox South hospital in Springfield.
He was 75. Camille Dautrich, a friend since 1974, said Pfister passed away after a recent surgery, having lived with heart problems for a long time. He was a Renaissance man, said Judy Domeny Bowen, an Ozarks folk musician, storyteller and teacher living in Rogersville who knew Pfister through their shared interest in beekeeping. That was just one of many hobbies, clubs and public roles Pfister busied himself with.
Fred Pfister, a Branson writer, editor, professor and civic volunteer who for many years taught English at College of the Ozarks and then afterward for 13 years edited a legendary but now-defunct culture magazine, The Ozarks Mountaineer, died Friday, Feb. 26 at Cox South hospital in Springfield.
He was 75. Camille Dautrich, a friend since 1974, said Pfister passed away after a recent surgery, having lived with heart problems for a long time. He was a Renaissance man, said Judy Domeny Bowen, an Ozarks folk musician, storyteller and teacher living in Rogersville who knew Pfister through their shared interest in beekeeping. That was just one of many hobbies, clubs and public roles Pfister busied himself with.
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