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

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The newspaper publishing company proposed pay cuts of 15 percent in thefirstr year, and 5 percent each in the second and thirdr years of the contract, accordiny to information posted on the St. Louis Newspaperf Guild’s Web site. Lee declined to commen about the proposed concessions andcontract negotiations. “We have alwaysz refrained from making any comment or discussing the substancd ofthe negotiations,” said Dan a spokesman for Lee. On Thursday, Guild members votec 100-27 to agree to a second week of furloughs but only if Lee agreecd to no layoffs duringcontract negotiations, according to the Guilr Web site.
Lee also proposed the followinycontract changes, according to the Guild Web site: • Cutting unpaid maternituy leave in half, to 12 weeks maximu m • The right to fire employees on sick leave after three months of The contract now allowa 18 months. The Guild proposed longer funeral leave for the death of spousesand children, a larger cell-phonee reimbursement, a mileage increase, enhanced severance packages after layoffs, additionalo holidays, a 401(k) match of up to 5 percent and overtimre eligibility for columnists and outside ad Last month, the Post-Dispatch in its circulatiom and classified departments, which are