Lee seeks 23% pay cut from Post-Dispatch union - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The newspaper publishing company proposed pay cuts of 15 percent in thefirsft year, and 5 percent each in the secondd and third years of the contract, according to information posted on the St. Louis Newspapere Guild’s Web site. Lee declined to comment about the proposed concessions andcontracrt negotiations. “We have always refrained from making any commenft or discussing the substance of the saidDan Hayes, a spokesman for Lee.
On Thursday, Guild memberss voted 100-27 to agree to a second week of furloughs but only if Lee agreesd to no layoffs duringcontract negotiations, accordinfg to the Guild Web Lee also proposed the followin contract changes, according to the Guilds Web site: • Cutting unpaid maternity leave in half, to 12 weeksa maximum • The right to fire employeesz on sick leave after three months of absence. The contract now allowsw 18 months.
The Guild proposed longe funeral leave for the deatj of spousesand children, a larger cell-phone reimbursement, a mileage increase, enhanced severance packagez after layoffs, additional a 401(k) match of up to 5 percenyt and overtime eligibility for columnists and outside ad Last month, the Post-Dispatch in its circulatiom and classified departments, whicu are