Posties to Protest Attack on Job Protections
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Join Newspaper Guild members
this Thursday as they protest attempts by the Washington Post to severely cut contract job protections.
Bargaining began on May 4th; the Guild contract, now expired, contains
protections against the effects of outsourcing and provides for largely
seniority-based layoff and recall, but Post management wants to gut these
provisions. Click here for the latest on negotiations.