UNION STARTS PROTEST OF DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
UNION STARTS PROTEST OF DEMOCRAT AND
CHRONICLE
Newspaper Guild of Rochester
creates petition, blasts Democrat and
Chronicle in new advertising
campaign
July 10, 2007
The
Newspaper Guild of Rochester today
launched an aggressive
advertising
campaign against the Democrat and
Chronicle in hopes of
ending the
longest labor dispute in Rochester ? a
nearly 15-year
dispute.
Because the Democrat and
Chronicle has
refused to offer a fair
contract to
workers represented by the Newspaper
Guild of Rochester,
the Guild has
started an online petition drive in
conjunction with the
Rochester &
Genesee Valley Area Labor
Federation.
It is also embarking on a
lengthy advertising campaign,
starting today
with ads on local
radio stations.
The goal is to have
the community encourage Democrat and
Chronicle
Publisher Michael Kane to
get back to the bargaining table and end
a
labor dispute that has simply
gone on for too long.
?We hope our
latest initiative will get the
attention of the Democrat
and
Chronicle and parent company Gannett Co. so
they will join us in
trying to reach
a contract settlement that both sides
can agree on,?
said Guild President
Steve Orr.
The Newspaper Guild,
which represents about 100 reporters,
photographers, copy editors and
designers at the Democrat and
Chronicle, has been without a contract
since
September 1992.
In January, Mr. Kane sat
silent as parent company Gannett
Inc. imposed
conditions that strips
benefits and cuts workplace
protections, such
as the ability to
arbitrate layoffs and limits seniority
benefits.
To learn more about the
campaign or to listen to the latest
radio ad,
visit
www.rochesterguild.org
About Local
17
Local 17 of
the Newspaper Guild represents about 100
reporters,
photographers, copy
editors and designers at the Democrat and
Chronicle. Along with its parent
unions, The Newspaper Guild and The
Communications Workers of America,
Local 17 works to protect worker
rights and benefits as well as serve as a
defender of quality
journalism in the
Rochester area. For more information,
visit: www.
www.rochesterguild.org