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BANG-EB UNIT BULLETIN Talks continue over BANG-EB layoffs Steffens among those targeted for job loss Representatives of the Northern California Media Workers Guild and management of the Bay Area News Group-East Bay met Thursday to discuss a pending layoff affecting the newly organized bargaining unit. A list of 29 individuals potentially to be laid off was given to the Guild on Wednesday. Among those identified for possible layoff was Sara Steffens, an award-winning reporter for the Contra Costa Times and co-chair of the BANG-EB organizing committee.
BANG-EB UNIT BULLETIN Employees told Wednesday if targeted in layoff Guild agrees to severance terms, retains challenge right Guild representatives reached agreement Wednesday on severance terms to be offered 29 editorial employees of the Bay Area News Group-East Bay being targeted for layoff. The Guild left open the possibility of challenging any individual cases of unjust targeting. A list of 29 employees selected for dismissal was to be conveyed to the Guild late Wednesday.
LETTER TO OUR COLLEAGUES Layoff talks under way as new BANG-EB unit forms Guild questions management plan We held our first guild meeting last Thursday. Then on Friday, the company sent us a letter. We were summoned to the bargaining table Monday to negotiate the impact of 29 layoffs... It's a grim conversation. But while the guild cannot stop job loss due to economic misfortune, we can work at cushioning the blow for workers and at keeping you informed about what's going on.
Layoffs rock newly formed East Bay Guild unit 29 jobs to be slashed, in addition to 11 managers Management of the Bay Area News Group-East Bay announced its intention Friday to lay off about 29 members of the BANG-EB editorial department bargaining unit effective July 11. Names haven't been announced. Guild representatives and working members of the bargaining unit expect to meet with management as early as Monday.
LETTER TO OUR COLLEAGUES Long hot summer starting in BANG-East Bay New flyer here for downloading! NLRB officials plan to issue our certificate any day now -- it's a license to bargain, and bargain we will! Any one who was eligible to vote on June 13 -- including anyone who cast a challenged ballot -- is invited to our first unit meeting on Thursday. New hire? C'mon down. Attending won't commit you to anything. We'll explain the collective bargaining process, gather your ideas, discuss next steps and answer as many questions as we can. We will also vote in a temporary chair, for the sole purpose of running a future meeting in which we elect our officers. |
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NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY
7 dirty words you can't say in newspaper buildings Thursday, July 03, 2008, 9:01:00 PM | kdoctor I heard an hour of the 24-hour George Carlin marathon on XM Radio last week -- ah, the wonders of digital programming -- and that got me to thinking about taboos in the news trade. So, just what might be the Seven Dirty Words You Can't Say In Newspaper Buildings today? Newspaper management strikes back MediaNews may be the biggest newspaper company in the Bay Area, but apparently that does not mean its leadership is above small actions. East Bay newspaper employees who work for MediaNews publications, which include the Contra Costa Times and Oakland Tribune, voted for a union last month. Then Publisher John Armstrong and Executive Editor Kevin Keane laid off Sara Steffens, a key leader in the union effort. On the lobby wall of the newspaper where I got my first reporting job are the Thomas Jefferson words that journalists like to trot out as Independence Day nears: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Gannett's newsprint cost rise signals industry peril Gannett Co. and other U.S. newspaper publishers are watching the price of newsprint rise at a record pace, even as the number of advertising and editorial pages is shrinking. The news is out: Newspaper companies can no longer afford reporters and editors. Today's L.A. Times announcement is the latest to catch a news cycle of public attention. As well it should. A 17% cut -- 150 newsroom jobs -- is an unnatural disaster. It's the kind of news that shocks, if briefly. Ousted Merc News designer adds angry farewell images to 'layoff' display Martin Gee, the designer laid off from the San Jose Mercury News last week who had previously created a much-linked photo display of layoff-related images from the paper, added another batch of photos to his online display since being ousted. |
Los Angeles Times to cut 250 jobs, including 150 from newsgathering staff The Los Angeles Times today announced plans to cut 250 positions across the company, including 150 positions in editorial, in a new effort to bring expenses into line with declining revenue. In a further cost-cutting step, the paper will reduce the number of pages it publishes each week by 15%.
Tampa Tribune plans to cut one-fifth of newsroom The Tampa Tribune plans to lay off 11 newsroom employees this week and another 10 by early fall as part of a one-fifth cut in the news.
Strib labor talks might preserve newsroom Reporting on the Strib’s financial condition always comes down to one thing: keeping the state’s largest cadre of talented journalists employed. While they aren’t above criticism, their critical mass is irreplaceable.
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