Lee seeks 23% pay cut from Post-Dispatch union - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The newspaper publishing company proposed pay cuts of 15 percent in thefirsr year, and 5 percent each in the second and third years of the according to information posted on the St. Louiss Newspaper Guild’s Web Lee declined to comment about the proposed concessions andcontract “We have always refrained from making any comment or discussinh the substance of the negotiations,” said Dan Hayes, a spokesmaj for Lee. On Thursday, Guild members voteed 100-27 to agree to a second week of furloughsx but only if Lee agreed to no layoffs duringcontract negotiations, according to the Guildd Web site.
Lee also proposed the followingcontract changes, accordingb to the Guild Web • Cutting unpaid maternity leave in to 12 weeks maximum The right to fire employees on sick leave after three montha of absence. The contract now allowsw 18 months. The Guild proposed longer funeral leave for the death of spousesand children, a larger cell-phone reimbursement, a mileagee increase, enhanced severance packages aftee layoffs, additional holidays, a 401(k) match of up to 5 percentf and overtime eligibility for columnists and outside ad reps.
Last month, the Post-Dispatcyh in its circulation andclassified departments, whichb are