{"id":19100,"date":"2018-08-24T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=19100"},"modified":"2018-08-24T06:00:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T11:00:07","slug":"sun-times-newsroom-staff-approves-one-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/08\/24\/sun-times-newsroom-staff-approves-one-year-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun-Times newsroom staff approves one-year contract"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Chicago Sun-Times<\/p><\/div>\n

Editorial employees of the Chicago Sun-Times<\/a> approved a new one-year contract this week that provides increased health insurance benefits but no raises in salaries.<\/p>\n

By a 39-5 vote, newsroom staffers represented by the Chicago News Guild<\/a> ratified the agreement, effective September 1. The previous contract expired in December 2017, although it remained in effect while negotiations proceeded with management.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Sun-Times<\/p><\/div>\n

The settlement marked the first deal for Sun-Times employees since the financially ailing paper was acquired in July 2017 by an investment group that includes the Chicago Federation of Labor and affiliated unions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy the members have ratified the new contract,\u201d said Sun-Times CEO Edwin Eisendrath. \u201cThe Guild has been a strong advocate for our hard-working journalists and a creative partner as we think through the changes in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acknowledging that the contract provides no pay increases, the union noted that the top minimum salary for reporters \u2014 about $1,271 per week after five years\u2019 experience \u2014 remains among the highest in the country for papers affiliated with the NewsGuild-CWA. The new deal raises the company\u2019s contribution to family health insurance coverage from $157 per week to $240 per week.<\/p>\n

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Chicago News Guild<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cAs health care premiums have escalated, our members have had to foot all the extra costs for many years,\u201d Darel Jevens, Sun-Times entertainment editor and co-chair of the bargaining unit, said in a statement. \u201cThe negotiating team made it a priority to achieve some relief in that area, and we're pleased the company agreed to share in these costs more fairly, especially for our members supporting families.\u201d<\/p>\n

Covering about 65 employees in the Sun-Times newsroom, the new contract also restricts the company\u2019s right to outsource work performed by Guild members. In addition, members cannot be laid off when their work is outsourced.<\/p>\n

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Tom Shaer<\/p><\/div>\n

Thursday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Tom Shaer:<\/strong> I had two internships while in college (one TV, one radio) and had dozens of interns work with me during my decades in broadcasting. I always felt the concept of interning was and is a very obvious equal trade: yes, the stations get free labor and the interns get free education that is utterly impossible to get in a classroom. If colleges or universities charge credit-hour tuition or fees for internship credit, then that is a ripoff. Otherwise, it is a good deal for both intern and \"employer.\"<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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