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BARGAINING BULLETIN First contract season opens for BANG-East Bay A cordial tone for first day of talks Today our BANG-EB Guild bargaining committee opened talks with management for the unit’s first contract. Committee members expressed optimism about finding common ground and resolving the contract efficiently. Management voiced similar sentiment.
BANG UPDATE Bargaining to start Wednesday in East Bay Guild seeking common ground in tough times At long last, we're heading to the table to open contract talks with the company this Wednesday, Aug. 27. This is the opportunity we sweated for all those months of the organizing campaign. While the industry remains in poor shape, there's no reason to think we can't find middle ground on issues that you care about.
Demand to fill leadership void Chronicle Guild message to BANG-EB and McClatchy workers Staff reductions may have been financially necessary, but without a clear and collaborative plan that goes beyond workforce reductions we are only aiding in our destruction. Less is not more. It is time, brothers and sisters, to leap forward into the leadership void that has death-gripped newspapers. We need to work together to protect the integrity of our profession. The answers lie with us.
The Modesto Bee offers buyouts to its full-time employees About 200 weighing offers The Modesto Bee offers buyouts to its full-time employeesThe Modesto Bee offered buyouts Monday to all its full-time employees. The announcement comes four days after The McClatchy Company, which owns The Bee and 29 other daily newspapers, announced a companywide one-year wage freeze.
Veteran journalist reinvents herself Job loss a growth experience After working almost 10 years for the Oakland Tribune, Francine Brevetti was laid off with 27 other journalists on July 11, 2008. She and her colleagues were among thousands of journalists nationwide who've lost their jobs in 2008 as newspapers were downsized. This is what she has been doing about it.
Spaces are still available at City College of San Francisco's popular labor history in Calfornia class. For details, check out the flyer -- and post it on a Media Workers bulletin board near you.
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NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY
Philly Guild votes to forego raises Members of the union for newsroom, advertising and clerical employees of Philadelphia's two largest newspapers have voted to defer a $25-a-week raise they were scheduled to receive Monday. Strib tells AP: we're canceling It’s hard to imagine: the Star Tribune without the Associated Press. But that’s what could happen in 2010; the region’s biggest news source recently sent the nation’s most prominent wire service the required two years' cancellation notice, an AP spokesman confirms. July ad revenue falls 16.2% at NYT Co. July advertising revenue at The New York Times Co. fell 16.2%, pushed by classified sales that plunged 30%, the company reported Tuesday. Advertiser to lay off 27 as it consolidates divisions The Honolulu Advertiser is cutting 27 additional jobs as it consolidates Pacific Media Publications into its main operation, bringing the total number of job cuts announced since July to 81. Nationally, Virginia-based Gannett Co. Inc., which owns the Advertiser, recently announced 1,000 job cuts, citing the economic downturn and continuing losses in advertising revenue. Albany Times Union may cut 28 pages each week The Times Union of Albany, N.Y. may cut up to 28 pages each week, including several feature and business sections, to counter the rising cost of newsprint, according to Editor Rex Smith. Sacramento Bee to cut staff again Just two months after eliminating 86 jobs in across-the-board layoffs, The Sacramento Bee announced Monday it was offering voluntary buyouts to 55% of its full-time employees. K.C. you later? More buyouts coming at Kansas City Star More Kansas City Star employees will be offered buyouts as the newspaper continues to struggle with a drop in advertising revenue. Indy Guild claims layoffs wrongly ignored seniority The Indianapolis Newspaper Guild has filed a grievance with The Indianapolis Star claiming five of seven newsroom staffers laid off last week were improperly discharged. Tribune Co. faces 'real possibility' of debt default Tribune Co. faces a "real possibility" of defaulting on its $13.4 billion of debt, Fitch Ratings said Friday in a report that cut its credit rating deep into junk territory -- while warning a further downgrade is possible. St. Louis Guild votes for early talks with Post-Dispatch More than 80 members of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Unit of the Newspaper Guild voted unanimously Sunday, Aug. 24, to begin early and expedited bargaining with the company for a new contract. Negotiations could start next month and could take two weeks or more. The Guild and the Post agreed to try expedited bargaining after almost a year of low-level talks on the best way to proceed with negotiations. |
Philly Guild to members: More pain on the way The newspaper guild representing members of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News is recommending a delay in a previously negotiated pay raise, and is encouraging voluntary retirement.
Guess who's suddenly bullish on New York Times Co.? Here's something you don't see much of in these challenging times: A once-hostile newspaper agitator turned newspaper champion.
Gannett July revenue down 12% as classifieds stay depressed Gannett Co. Inc. reported its July revenue fell 12%, adjusted for currency differences between the dollar and British pound.
No fireworks for Media General as July newspaper revenue falls Media General Inc. released July results that suggest the sinking Florida economy is not yet through whacking away at The Tampa Tribune parent's financials.
McClatchy takes another monthly revenue hit The McClatchy Co. reported another severe drop in monthly revenue today. Sales in July fell 16.4 percent vs. a year ago.
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