P-I's latest offer

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer/CWA-Newspaper Guild Local 37082
Publisher Proposal
June 9, 2006

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (“P-I” or “the Publisher”) proposes the following changes to the labor agreement by and between the Publisher and the CWA-Newspaper Guild Local 37082 (“Guild”), expiring on July 22, 2006, as a basis for a new agreement:

1. Under the Preamble, revise list of excluded job titles consistent with those described in Attachment A to this proposal.
2. Under Article XIV- Job Classifications and Minimum Salaries, increase contract weekly minimum rates of pay by twenty dollars ($20.00) effective July 22, 2006, and another twenty-five dollars ($25.00) effective July 22, 2007. Pay for performance pay increases for 2006 were effective May 1, 2006, and supersede weekly minimum rates of pay effective July 22,2006.
The bargaining unit may, as an alternative to the four percent (4%) average increases to the Pay for Performance pool that was effective May 1, 2006, elect to reduce the pooled increase and individual increases from an average of four percent (4%) to two percent (2%) effective July 1, 2006. Under this alternate proposal, the Publisher will redistribute two percent (2%) of the pooled amount that would have been payable to employees as wages for the period July 1, 2006 through April 30, 2007 to employees equally in the form of a lump sum signing bonus, payable as soon as practicable after the date of ratification.
3. Tentative Agreement (TA) 6/2/06: Revise the third sentence of Article XI-Leaves of Absence, paragraph (B), as follows: “Request for leave shall be submitted at least sixty (60) thirty (30) days in advance but may be accepted with less notice.”
4. TA 6/2/06: Revise the second sentence of Article XI-Leaves of Absence, paragraph (B)(4), as follows: “An employee shall be entitled to take an unpaid leave of absence for childbirth or adoption for a reasonable length of time and thereafter return to her/his job.”
5. TA 6/2/06: Delete Memorandum of Understanding on compensatory time off and create a NEW Article XVI(J): “It is understood at the employee’s request and with agreement by the Publisher, compensatory time at time and one-half may be taken during the work week in lieu of compensation for overtime in cash.”
6. TA 6/2/06: Under Article XIX, paragraph (O), add “domestic partner of either sex” and “any relative who regularly lived with the employee” to the definition of “immediate family.”
7. Memorandum of Understanding – Termination Pay: If, and only if, the arbitrator’s decision in Case No. 03-2-23950-0 SEA (King County Superior Court) necessitates the cessation of newspaper publishing operations by The Hearst Corporation under the terms of the Agreement to Arbitrate between The Hearst Corporation and the Seattle Times Company, filed with the court on March 30, 2006, this memorandum of understanding wilol supersede and replace Article VI- Dismissal Pay. Under this proposal, the Publisher and the Guild agree that Article VI-Dismissal Pay and this MOU will not be subject to renegotiation during the term of the labor agreement. With this exception, the Guild reserves the right to engage in effects bargaining consistent with federal labor law principles.
Each regular full-time and part-time employee on the active payroll of the P-I on the date of the above-referenced arbitration decision will receive a retention bonus of six (6) weeks pay as calculated under the schedule in Attachment B. This payment will be payable only in the event the P-I ceases newspaper publishing operations, which payment shall occur as soon as practicable after the cessation of newspaper publishing operations.
Each regular and full time and part-time employee on the active payroll of the P-I on its last day of publication and who suffer an involuntary loss of employment resulting from the cessation of newspaper operations shall receive the remaining portion of their termination pay as calculated under the schedule in Attachment B. Bonus payments will be made as soon as practicable after the cessation of newspaper publishing operations. Anyone who accepts employment at another Hearst property will not be entitled to payment under this provision.
If a former employee applies for a benefit under Article XX – Alternate Benefits Severance Plan after the above-referenced arbitration decision which necessitates the cessation of newspaper publishing operations by Hearst, any termination payment(s) made or due the employee under this MOU will be deducted from the alternate benefits severance payment.
The Publisher will continue to address individual retention issue on a case-by-case basis.
8. Under Article XXIII – Term, revise paragraph (A) to reflect a contract term of two (2) years running from July 22, 2006 to July 21, 2008.


Attachment A
Seattle P-I
Incumbents in Positions Excluded from Membership in Newspaper Guild
June 2, 2006
Positions: Underline = new. Strikethrough = delete.

From Preamble

Resident Controller
Vacant

Executive Editor
Vacant

Managing Editor
David McCumber

Deputy Managing Editors
Vacant

Metro Editor
Vacant

Editorial Page Editor
Mark Trahant

News Editors
Gil Aegerter

Systems Editors
Dave Guest
Wally Rice

Sports Editors
Ron Matthews
Nick Rousso

General Accounting & Facilities Manager
Bob Swearingen

Promotion Manager
Vacant

Copy Desk Chiefs News
Bill Fink
Bill Hayes
Karin McGinn

Copy Desk Chief Lifestyle

Copy Desk Chief Sports

Assigning Editors
Angelo Bruscas
Chris Grygiel
Duston Harvey
Alana Kelton
John Levesque
Bill Miller
Bob Schenert
Scott Sunde

Business Editor
Margaret Santjer

Asst. Business Editor
Vacant

News Editor – Sports

Focus Editor
Vacant

Asst. Metro Editors
Vacant

Asst. Managing Editors
Chris Beringer
Janet Grimley
Rita Hibbard
Mark Matassa
Michelle Nicolosi
Lee Rozen

Graphics & Design Editor
Julie Simon

Photo Editor
John Dickson

Asst. Photo Editors
Andy Rogers

Arts & Entertainment Editor
Vacant

Readers Representative
Glenn Drosendahl

Senior Editor
Vacant

Associate Editor
Kimberly Mills

Head Librarian
Lytton Smith

Asst. Sports Editor
Vacant

National/Foreign Editor
Vacant

Art Director
Vacant

Lifestyle Editors
John Engstrom

Associate Publisher
Ken Bunting

Confidential employees
Merilee Ummel


Article XIX (H) – Confidential Administrative Assistants to:

Publisher
Michele Turpiin

Executive Editor
Vacant

Managing Editor
Michele Mosher

Associate Editor
Vacant

Business Manager
See Publisher

Resident Controller
Vacant


Memorandum of Understanding – Excluded by name:

David Horsey
Joe Copeland (the “employee to be named later”)