Newspaper workers in Cleveland agree to 12 percent wage cut to avoid more layoffs this year

September 6th, 2009 Report card: More jobs lost, but wages increaseTRENTON, N.J. — Despite the nation's highest jobless rate in 26 years, American workers are seeing some encouraging trends this Labor Day, according to a report released Monday by Rutgers University.

August 27th, 2009 Newspaper slump deepens as 2Q ad sales fall 29 pctWASHINGTON — Newspaper advertising sales shrank by another $2.8 billion in the second quarter, a 29 percent decline from the same time last year. The numbers released Thursday by the Newspaper Association of America show the industry's financial woes deepened in the April-June period.

July 23rd, 2009 CHENNAI - The country's second largest car maker Hyundai Motor India Thursday announced 21-24 percent wage hike for workers at its plant near here. The three-year wage agreement is effective from April 1 this year, the company said.

July 21st, 2009 In 2nd vote, Boston Globe union accepts wage cutsBOSTON — After rejecting an earlier offer, The Boston Globe's largest union has voted overwhelmingly to approve a new contract that would give the financially struggling newspaper $10 million in concessions. The newspaper reported that the Boston Newspaper Guild voted 366-179 to accept the deal that was hammered out after the union narrowly voted down a similar package last month.

July 11th, 2009 Gannett implements layoffs at US newspapersNEW YORK — The latest wrenching cutbacks at Gannett Co. fell this week, as hundreds of employees at the country's largest newspaper publisher received notices of layoffs.

July 7th, 2009 Newspaper: More layoffs expected at ComairCINCINNATI — Comair's president has told workers at the regional airline to expect more layoffs in the wake of parent company Delta Air Lines' announcement that service cuts are coming in September. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that John Bendoraitis said in a companywide memo and a phone message late Monday that more furloughs will be unavoidable at the Erlanger, Ky.-based airline.

June 30th, 2009 Union official says Pioneer Press begins layoffsST. PAUL, Minn. — A union official says the St.

June 12th, 2009 Washington Post union ratifies 2-year contractWASHINGTON — The union representing editorial and other employees at The Washington Post has overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract that will let the newspaper protect a quarter of its workers from any layoffs, regardless of seniority. Under previous contracts, employees with the most seniority would be the last to get laid off.

June 7th, 2009 Boston Globe union to vote on pay, benefit cutsBOSTON — The Boston Globe's largest employees union faces an important contract vote. The newspaper's parent company, the New York Times Co., said in April it needed $20 million in annual concessions from Globe unions — half of that from the Boston Newspaper Guild — to avoid shutting down the 137-year-old newspaper.

May 8th, 2009 Boston Globe union meets over concessionsBOSTON — Members of The Boston Globe's largest union met Thursday to debate a proposal for deep wage and benefit cuts that the newspaper's parent company, The New York Times Co., said were necessary to keep the 137-year-old daily from closing. "There seem to be a lot of upset members of the crowd tonight and rightly so," said Daniel Totten, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, following the approximately 90-minute meeting.

May 8th, 2009 San Diego Union-Tribune cuts 192 jobsSAN DIEGO — The San Diego Union-Tribune is cutting 192 jobs in another round of layoffs affecting all departments at the newspaper. The Union-Tribune said Thursday the layoffs amount to about 18 percent of its staff, which will be reduced to about 850 workers after the cuts become effective July 6.

May 5th, 2009 NYT union workers approve 5 percent pay cutNEW YORK — Union workers at The New York Times will accept a 5 percent pay cut through the end of the year to help the newspaper avert more layoffs. The Newspaper Guild members approved the wage reductions by a vote of 377 to 36 in balloting completed Monday night, according to The New York Times' Web site.

May 1st, 2009 Eastern Pennsylvania newspaper cuts 52 jobsREADING, Pa. — The publisher of the Reading Eagle says the newspaper company has laid off 52 workers.

May 1st, 2009 Workers slam Philippine government on May DayMANILA, Philippines — Several thousand left-wing workers and their supporters demonstrated in Manila and other Philippine cities Friday to mark international labor day, demanding better jobs and higher wages, and blaming the president for deteriorating living conditions. Police barricaded streets around the presidential palace in central Manila and blocked about 1,000 protesters headed there.

April 24th, 2009 Star Tribune, union reach tentative agreementMINNEAPOLIS — A tentative three-year contract agreement has been reached between the Star Tribune and the union representing nearly 275 newsroom workers. The agreement reached by leaders of the Newspaper Guild, the largest union at the newspaper, includes a 3 percent cut in base wage scales and a 30 percent reduction in any merit pay above those scales.