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Guild Battles Givebacks at New England Papers
Members of the Newspaper Guild-CWA in Boston and Worcester, Mass., and Providence, R.I., have geared up their mobilization campaigns to help win new contracts at the newspapers in the face of major concession demands.
Workers at the Boston Globe will rally outside the newspaper headquarters on Oct. 27, joined by CWA Executive Vice President Larry Cohen, TNG-CWA President Linda Foley, AFL-CIO officials and Jobs with Justice activists. The workers are fighting back attempts by Globe management and the New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, to cut jobs and weaken job security. The Times Co.'s demands include the right to subcontract any non-editorial work, to lay off workers without regard to seniority and to move advertising and other sales work out of the community.
Working with the AFL-CIO and other groups, TNG-CWA Local 31032 has been building support from community groups and elected officials and working with Jobs with Justice to organize a Workers' Rights Board hearing over the Globe's tactics, which have included suspension of a union activist. The local represents 1,200 advertising, newsroom and circulation workers at the Globe.
Job security and subcontracting is a big part of the fight for a fair contract at the Worcester newspaper, which also is owned by the New York Times Co. TNG-CWA Local 31041 represents about 250 newsroom and circulation department workers, who are mobilizing to win a first contract.
In Providence, members of Local 31041 who work at the Journal also are mobilizing community and labor supporters in their contract fight. Despite a National Labor Relations Board determination that found the newspaper's management guilty of 27 violations of labor law, the company refuses to deal fairly with the unit. Key issues include wages; management's unilateral shifting of health care plans, resulting in higher costs to workers; management's demand to cut holiday and vacation leave and retirement security.
Providence Journal employees rejected management's demands earlier this year by a 160-109 vote.
CWA District 1 will hold its district meeting in Providence on Nov. 5-7, with CWAers joining a Nov. 6 rally to support the 400 Providence news workers.
Along with Jobs with Justice and other community activists, the local is planning a Workers Rights Board hearing next month that will spotlight the company's lawbreaking and its refusal to abide by its own corporate code of ethics.
Workers at the Boston Globe will rally outside the newspaper headquarters on Oct. 27, joined by CWA Executive Vice President Larry Cohen, TNG-CWA President Linda Foley, AFL-CIO officials and Jobs with Justice activists. The workers are fighting back attempts by Globe management and the New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, to cut jobs and weaken job security. The Times Co.'s demands include the right to subcontract any non-editorial work, to lay off workers without regard to seniority and to move advertising and other sales work out of the community.
Working with the AFL-CIO and other groups, TNG-CWA Local 31032 has been building support from community groups and elected officials and working with Jobs with Justice to organize a Workers' Rights Board hearing over the Globe's tactics, which have included suspension of a union activist. The local represents 1,200 advertising, newsroom and circulation workers at the Globe.
Job security and subcontracting is a big part of the fight for a fair contract at the Worcester newspaper, which also is owned by the New York Times Co. TNG-CWA Local 31041 represents about 250 newsroom and circulation department workers, who are mobilizing to win a first contract.
In Providence, members of Local 31041 who work at the Journal also are mobilizing community and labor supporters in their contract fight. Despite a National Labor Relations Board determination that found the newspaper's management guilty of 27 violations of labor law, the company refuses to deal fairly with the unit. Key issues include wages; management's unilateral shifting of health care plans, resulting in higher costs to workers; management's demand to cut holiday and vacation leave and retirement security.
Providence Journal employees rejected management's demands earlier this year by a 160-109 vote.
CWA District 1 will hold its district meeting in Providence on Nov. 5-7, with CWAers joining a Nov. 6 rally to support the 400 Providence news workers.
Along with Jobs with Justice and other community activists, the local is planning a Workers Rights Board hearing next month that will spotlight the company's lawbreaking and its refusal to abide by its own corporate code of ethics.