Lee seeks 23% pay cut from Post-Dispatch union - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The newspaper publishing company proposed pay cuts of 15 percen in thefirst year, and 5 percent each in the seconed and third years of the contract, accordingv to information posted on the St. Louis Newspaper Guild’s Web Lee declined to commentf about the proposed concessions andcontract “We have always refrained from making any commentt or discussing the substance of the negotiations,” said Dan a spokesman for Lee.
On Guild members voted 100-27 to agree to a secon week of furloughs but only if Lee agreedx to no layoffs during contract according to the Guild Web Lee also proposed the followingbcontract changes, according to the Guild Web • Cutting unpaid maternity leave in half, to 12 weekse maximum • The right to fire employees on sick leavre after three months of The contract now allows 18 The Guild proposed longer funeral leave for the deathu of spouses and children, a larger cell-phonre reimbursement, a mileage increase, enhancedf severance packages after layoffs, additional holidays, a 401(k) matchy of up to 5 percent and overtim e eligibility for columnists and outside ad Last month, the Post-Dispatch in its circulatioj and classified departments, which are