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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Guild authorizes strike against Beacon


The Guild voted to authorize a strike against the Beacon Journal, according to today's story on the WKYC-TV web site.

BJ management is mandating a 25% to 30% wage and benefits reduction for Guild members while not asking managers to take cuts, Guild spokeswoman Stephanie Warsmith said.

Christine Sabo, director of marketing and community relations, said "the Akron Beacon Journal has been negotiating in good faith with its newsroom union since June 2008."

Click on the headline for the WKYC-Channel 3 story on the strike authorization.

4 comments:

  1. Not sure how this happened but WKYC reposted an old story that got picked up on this blog. The Guild authorized a strike vote some time ago but since approved a contract. -Stephanie Warsmith, Guild secretary

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  2. Anonymous12:09 PM

    This story is five months old!

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  3. Jim Kavanagh, former ABJ copy editor3:53 PM

    John, this story is from February. The contract has been settled since shortly after this strike authorization.

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  4. Anonymous3:50 PM

    Nice job guys. That's from February and been long resolved.

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