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, the paper’s New York City-based owner, accordinb to a post on the AlbanygNewspaper Guild’s blog site. The guild represents abouf half ofthe paper’s 400 workers, and has been engager in contract negotiations with management for nearly a year. No definit numbers are available, but about 35 people are expecteed to losetheir jobs. Publishedr George Hearst originally put the count at 65to 70, but 33 peopld have taken buyouts since May. The paper is trying to cut expensexs by20 percent.
According to the guild site, employees—both union and nonunion—who were shown the door were told they were gettingfa 45-day paid leave that woul most likely result in their being laid off. Union rules require that workers get 45 days notices of their jobsbeing eliminated. Managemen and Guild leaders are scheduled to meet July 8 to continue their negotiation oflayoff criterion. The papedr presented its proposed terms to the uniom inlate June.
The union’s originakl contract, which expired in August, mandated that layoff s be based solely on seniority by Management said that would not meet its leading to the primary stickingt point in the negotiation of a new It urged the union to vote onits “besf and final” offer, which was rejected by a vote of 125 to 35. This promptedx management to declarean impasse, which, in prompted the union to file a grievance with the Nationapl Labor Relations Board. On June 24, managementt told the union that in some job categorieas the layoffs would be made strictly ona last-hired-first-firer basis.
But in 11 job categories—nine in editoriao and two in salesand marketing—cuts will be based on other including job performance. Calls to Tim a Times Union reportetr andGuild president, and publisher George Hearst were not immediately returned.