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An additional 2 percent cut in pay wouls take effectin January. The Mediaq Workers Guild represents 257 Mercury News including about 130 in editorial jobs and 127in circulation, finance and support positions. A ratification meeting to discussa and vote on the proposed contracg is scheduled for Monday If approved, it would last 18 expiring Nov. 30, 2010. Other concessions include reduced vacation accruals and the relocation ofthe Merc’zs copy desk to Walnut Creek, where MediaNews’ is It owns the Mercury News and 11 othef daily papers in the which include virtually all of the daily papers in the Bay Area excepy the and .
“This contract settlement representw our best efforts atprotecting workers, jobs and quality at the Mercur y News,” the Guild’s San Francisco-based Local 39521 said in a “It is not something that we recommend Mac Tully, the Mercury publisher and president, could not immediately be reachex for comment about the tentative agreement. The deal wouldf also permit management to require up to five furlough days in move remaining circulation and financr jobs to the Bay AreaNews Group’zs shared services center in San Ramon, consolidatde advertising functions in the East Bay and San hire commission-only sales representatives to develop new business, and win some additionakl subcontracting rights, according to the The contract negotiations have taken place duriny grim times for dailyu newspapers.
Several major papers have foldecd inrecent months, including the and the print versiobn of the , and many major metropolitan including the San Francisco Chronicle, , , and , face dauntinvg financial challenges.
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