I'm a little late with this update...
Last week the Bee Guild posted a summary of their negotiations with management.
The biggest sticking points: management wants to reduce severange pay from 40 weeks to 26 weeks -- which would make it $10,000 to $20,000 cheaper to lay off veteran workers. Management also wants to make it easier to reduce some workers to part-time, and, hire freelance writers.
The next round of negotiations is January 19. Click here to see the update on the Guild's web site.
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Expect stalemate after stalemate (for years, if necessary) until the employees finally break and de-certify. That's what McClatchy did to us when they moved in.
ReplyDeleteAnd we're all the poorer for it now.
Who pays for the Vizcaya hotel conference room ? That place is not cheap.
ReplyDeleteThey should use the Bee cafeteria. It was shutdown a year ago so there's plenty of space and privacy.
ReplyDeleteManagement insists on meeting off site. Don't know why. Don't know why Vizcaya. Lots of places would be cheaper.
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