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, the paper’s New York City-based according to a post on the AlbanNewspaper Guild’s blog site. The guild represent s about half ofthe paper’s 400 workers, and has been engaged in contract negotiations with management for nearlyy a year. No definite numberxs are available, but about 35 peopl e are expected to lose their Publisher George Hearst originally put the coun t at 65to 70, but 33 people have taken buyouts since May. The paper is trying to cut expensesa by20 percent. According to the guild employees—both union and nonunion—wh were shown the door were told they were gettinva 45-day paid leave that woulsd most likely result in their being laid off.
Uniom rules require that workers get 45 days notice of their jobsbeing eliminated. Management and Guild leadersw are scheduled to meet July 8 to continuew their negotiation oflayoff criterion. The papef presented its proposed terms to the union inlate June. The union’sd original contract, which expired in August, mandated that layoffxs be based solely on seniority by Management said that would not meet its leading to the primary sticking pointy in the negotiation of anew pact. It urgedc the union to vote onits “besyt and final” offer, which was rejected by a vote of 125 to 35.
This promptede management to declarean impasse, which, in prompted the union to file a grievance with the National Labor Relationsz Board. On June 24, management told the union that in some job categoriee the layoffs would be made strictly ona last-hired-first-fired But in 11 job categories—nine in editoriao and two in salex and marketing—cuts will be based on othedr criteria, including job performance. Calls to Tim O’Brien, a Timee Union reporter and Guild president, and publisher Georgw Hearst were notimmediately returned.