3/30/2023 0 Comments Star telegram“For example, an employee who begins unpaid leave Nov. unpaid leave) will no longer be eligible to participate in the healthcare plan effective at the end of the calendar month in which the unpaid leave begins,” Klyse wrote. McClatchy is also suspending striking workers’ healthcare and other benefits at the end of the month, according to an email obtained by the Fort Worth Report from McClatchy vice president of people Chris Klyse. Those jobs will be posted Tuesday, he wrote. It’s not clear whether those positions will be permanent or temporary. In emails sent to Star-Telegram staff and obtained by the Fort Worth Report, Coffman wrote that the company is recruiting journalists to provide full coverage of local news. “We continue to bargain in good faith and look forward to reaching an agreement,” Coffman wrote. The newspaper’s executive editor, Steve Coffman, said in an emailed statement that the newspaper is serving communities in North Texas and Tarrant County. Under the National Labor Relations Act, employees who strike because of unfair labor practices cannot be fired or replaced while striking. The strike will not end until a fair contract has been reached, Johnson said. “So we’ll submit a proposal and they’ll send us back their initial proposal, which sometimes is existing company policy, and then they’ll do that again and again and again.” “What we and other McClatchy unionized papers have seen repeatedly is that McClatchy comes to the table and does not move at all,” Johnson said. McClatchy countered with a $45,000 wage floor. Among the union’s proposals is a $57,500 wage floor. She said McClatchy has refused to move on contract negotiations. The strike is two years in the making, said Johnson, a justice reporter for the Star-Telegram. Story soon with /uNfiyeK42W- Seth Bodine November 28, 2022 Star-Telegram journalists and union members of are picketing today. There’s 27 eligible union members in the newsroom. Of union card holding members, 21 of 23 went on strike Monday at the Star-Telegram, said Kaley Johnson, vice president of the Fort Worth NewsGuild. McClatchy also has two other complaints against it – one for repudiation/modification of a contract and another for refusal to furnish information. The union filed an Unfair Labor Practice complaint in August. McClatchy is now owned by hedge-fund Chatham Asset Management. The newsroom’s union alleges the newspaper’s parent company, McClatchy, is not bargaining a contract in good faith. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) Union members are striking in response to what it alleges is unfair labor practices by the newspaper’s parent company, McClatchy. “When do we want it? Now!” Journalists at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the union members of the Fort Worth NewsGuild hold signs during a picket event Nov. Reporters and other news staff members at Fort Worth Star-Telegram held signs and chanted Monday as they walked along a sidewalk near 7th Street.
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