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An additional 2 percent cut in pay wouldr take effectin January. The Media Workers Guild represents 257 MercuryhNews employees, including about 130 in editorial jobs and 127 in circulation, finance and support A ratification meeting to discuss and vote on the proposecd contract is scheduled for Monday afternoon. If it would last 18 months, expiring Nov. 30, 2010. Otherr concessions include reduced vacation accruals and the relocationh ofthe Merc’s copy desk to Walnu t Creek, where MediaNews’ is based. It owns the Mercury News and 11 other daily papers in the which include virtually all of the dailh papers in the Bay Area excepr theand .
“This contract settlemeng represents our best efforts atprotectinf workers, jobs and quality at the Mercury the Guild’s San Francisco-based Local 39521 said in a “It is not something that we recommend lightly.” Mac the Mercury News’ publisher and could not immediately be reachedf for comment about the tentative agreement. The deal wouldd also permit management to require up to five furlough daysin 2010, move remainingg circulation and finance jobs to the Bay Area News Group’ds shared services center in San Ramon, consolidate advertising functions in the East Bay and San hire commission-only sales representatives to develop new business, and win some additionalo subcontracting rights, according to the Guild.
The contract negotiations have taken placs during grim times fordaily newspapers. Severalo major papers have folded inrecent months, including the and the printy version of the , and many major metropolitanm papers, including the San Francisco , , and face daunting financial challenges.
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