The contract between the parties runs through 2010 but Forum owner William Marcil, through DNT publisher Ken Browall, has proposed cuts of 1.5 percent in wages and the elimination of a 2 percent 401(k) match.
“The company is not willing to negotiate with the Guild on the contract,” Guild President Peter Paasi told Duluth AFL-CIO Central Labor Body delegates Feb. 11.
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| Lake Superior News Guild President Peter Passi addresses a rally in front of the Duluth News Tribune. Photo by Larry Sillanpa, Duluth Labor World |
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Because the Guild wouldn’t roll over on the demand, two more of its members were laid off Feb. 12. Paasi said the same thing happened last year without the company giving up anything for the concessions they sought. Five people lost their jobs then when the DNT didn’t get what it wanted.
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“We asked for six months of job protection,” said Passi, “but the company said, ‘no, take the concessions.’ We took it to a vote of our members and 80 percent voted against the company demands.” That’s when the layoffs were once again threatened. Passi said the Guild is seeking to continue negotiations by offering to take a furlough day, and return to talks if a downturn should occur. Forum says revenues are down but won’t open their books for the Guild.
“Since 2008 we’ve lost 75 out of the 225 employees we had,” said Passi. “That hurts our community because we can’t do our jobs. It hobbles us. The lack of respect shown to collective bargaining leaves us no choice but to put up informational pickets.”
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Passi said the Guild’s Executive Board was to meet with Central Body President Dan O’Neill to decide on a picket strategy. If you see marchers outside the Duluth News-Tribune offices across from City Hall on West First Street, stop and show your support by marching with them. Noon hours have always been effective times in the past when workers have taken it to the streets against the paper. The News Guild has represented workers at the DNT for 77 years. Two other bargaining units are at the Duluth News-Tribune, Mailers Local ML 62 and Graphic Communications Local 76-C.
Forum owns 33 newspapers including the DNT, Budgeteer News, The Superior Telegram, Cloquet’s Pine Journal, and the Lake County News-Chronicle. Forum Communications has vast holdings in newspapers, broadcasting (3), commercial printing (6), and websites (11 plus the 33 newspaper and other sites).
Larry Sillanpa edits The Labor World, the official publication of the Duluth AFL-CIO Central Labor Body.
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The contract between the parties runs through 2010 but Forum owner William Marcil, through DNT publisher Ken Browall, has proposed cuts of 1.5 percent in wages and the elimination of a 2 percent 401(k) match.
“The company is not willing to negotiate with the Guild on the contract,” Guild President Peter Paasi told Duluth AFL-CIO Central Labor Body delegates Feb. 11.
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| Lake Superior News Guild President Peter Passi addresses a rally in front of the Duluth News Tribune.
Photo by Larry Sillanpa, Duluth Labor World |
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Because the Guild wouldn’t roll over on the demand, two more of its members were laid off Feb. 12. Paasi said the same thing happened last year without the company giving up anything for the concessions they sought. Five people lost their jobs then when the DNT didn’t get what it wanted.
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“We asked for six months of job protection,” said Passi, “but the company said, ‘no, take the concessions.’ We took it to a vote of our members and 80 percent voted against the company demands.”
That’s when the layoffs were once again threatened. Passi said the Guild is seeking to continue negotiations by offering to take a furlough day, and return to talks if a downturn should occur. Forum says revenues are down but won’t open their books for the Guild.
“Since 2008 we’ve lost 75 out of the 225 employees we had,” said Passi. “That hurts our community because we can’t do our jobs. It hobbles us. The lack of respect shown to collective bargaining leaves us no choice but to put up informational pickets.”
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Passi said the Guild’s Executive Board was to meet with Central Body President Dan O’Neill to decide on a picket strategy. If you see marchers outside the Duluth News-Tribune offices across from City Hall on West First Street, stop and show your support by marching with them. Noon hours have always been effective times in the past when workers have taken it to the streets against the paper.
The News Guild has represented workers at the DNT for 77 years. Two other bargaining units are at the Duluth News-Tribune, Mailers Local ML 62 and Graphic Communications Local 76-C.
Forum owns 33 newspapers including the DNT, Budgeteer News, The Superior Telegram, Cloquet’s Pine Journal, and the Lake County News-Chronicle. Forum Communications has vast holdings in newspapers, broadcasting (3), commercial printing (6), and websites (11 plus the 33 newspaper and other sites).
Larry Sillanpa edits The Labor World, the official publication of the Duluth AFL-CIO Central Labor Body.