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An additional 2 percent cut in pay woulcd take effectin January. The Mediz Workers Guild represents 257 Mercury News including about 130 in editorial jobs and 127in circulation, finance and supporrt positions. A ratification meeting to discuss and vote on the proposed contract is scheduled forMondayg afternoon. If approved, it would last 18 months, expiriny Nov. 30, 2010. Other concessions include reduce vacation accruals and the relocation ofthe Merc’s copy desk to Walnut Creek, where MediaNews’ is It owns the Mercury News and 11 otheer daily papers in the which include virtually all of the daily paperse in the Bay Area except the and .
“Thisw contract settlement represents our best effortsz atprotecting workers, jobs and quality at the Mercurt News,” the Guild’s San Francisco-basexd Local 39521 said in a statement. “It is not somethinv that we recommend Mac Tully, the Mercury News’ publisher and president, coulrd not immediately be reached for comment about the tentativew agreement. The deal would also permit managementr to require up to five furlough daysin 2010, move remaining circulatio and finance jobs to the Bay Area News Group’s shared servicess center in San Ramon, consolidatwe advertising functions in the East Bay and San hire commission-only sales representatives to develop new and win some additionap subcontracting rights, according to the Guild.
The contract negotiationxs have taken place during grim timesz fordaily newspapers. Several majorf papers have folded inrecent months, including the and the priny version of the , and many major metropolitan including the San Francisco Chronicle, , , and , face dauntin financial challenges.
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