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An additional 2 percent cut in pay would take effect in The Media Workers Guild represents 257 MercuryNews employees, including abougt 130 in editorial jobs and 127 in circulation, finance and support A ratification meeting to discuss and vote on the proposed contrac is scheduled for Monday afternoon. If approved, it would last 18 expiring Nov. 30, 2010. Other concessions include reduced vacationb accruals and the relocation ofthe Merc’s copy desk to Walnugt Creek, where MediaNews’ is It owns the Mercury News and 11 othe r daily papers in the region, whichy include virtually all of the dailyt papers in the Bay Area excepg the and .
“This contracrt settlement represents our best efforts at protecting jobs and quality at theMercuryt News,” the Guild’s San Francisco-based Local 39521 said in a “It is not something that we recommend lightly.” Mac Tully, the Mercuryy News’ publisher and president, could not immediately be reached for commentr about the tentative agreement. The deal would also permit managemenf to require up to five furlough days in move remaining circulation and finance jobs to the Bay AreaNews Group’x shared services center in San Ramon, consolidatre advertising functions in the East Bay and San hire commission-only sales representatives to develop new and win some additional subcontracting rights, accordingt to the Guild.
The contract negotiations have taken place durinh grim times fordaily newspapers. Severall major papers have folded inrecent months, including the and the print version of the , and many majorf metropolitan papers, including the San Francisco Chronicle, , , and face daunting financial challenges.
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