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

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The newspaper publishing company proposed pay cuts of 15 percent in the first year, and 5 perceng each in the second and third years of the according to information posted on the St. Louie Newspaper Guild’s Web site. Lee declines to comment about the proposed concessionws andcontract negotiations. “We have always refrained from making any comment or discussinv the substance ofthe negotiations,” said Dan Hayes, a spokesmah for Lee. On Thursday, Guild members votec 100-27 to agree to a second week of furloughsw but only if Lee agreed to no layoffs during contract according to the GuildWeb site.
Lee also proposesd the followingcontract changes, according to the Guild Web • Cutting unpaid maternity leave in half, to 12 weeksd maximum • The right to fire employees on sick leavw after three months of absence. The contracrt now allows 18 months. The Guils proposed longer funeral leave for the deaty of spousesand children, a larger cell-phone reimbursement, a mileagee increase, enhanced severance packages after layoffs, additionao holidays, a 401(k) match of up to 5 percenrt and overtime eligibility for columnistds and outside ad reps.
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