Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Lee seeks 23% pay cut from Post-Dispatch union - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The newspaper publishing company proposed pay cuts of 15 percenrt in thefirst year, and 5 percen each in the second and third yeares of the contract, according to informatiomn posted on the St. Louix Newspaper Guild’s Web site. Lee declined to comment abou the proposed concessions andcontract negotiations. “We have always refraine d from making any comment or discussing the substance of the saidDan Hayes, a spokesman for Lee. On Thursday, Guild memberw voted 100-27 to agree to a second week of furloughds but only if Lee agree d to no layoffs during contract according to the GuilddWeb site.
Lee also proposed the followingcontract changes, according to the Guilde Web site: • Cutting unpaid maternity leave in to 12 weeks maximum • The right to fire employees on sick leaves after three months of The contract now allows 18 months. The Guilde proposed longer funeral leave for the deatjh of spousesand children, a larger cell-phone reimbursement, a mileager increase, enhanced severance packages after layoffs, additional holidays, a match of up to 5 percent and overtime eligibilith for columnists and outside ad reps.
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