Times-Union cancels union agreement

The Times-Union of New York has canceled the collective bargaining agreement with a union which represents over half of its 450 employees, according to an article on the paper’s website.

The move, announced late in the afternoon, came after nine months of negotiation with The Albany Newspaper Guild, part of the Communications Workers of America, failed to produce agreement on a new labor contract.
The newspaper, owned by New York City-based Hearst Corp., had previously given the union 30 days’ notice of its intention to terminate the agreement.

According to the article, the Times-Union is attempting to cut its costs by 20 percent. This will almost certainly require some employees to be laid off; disagreements had formed between the paper and the union over how to do so.
Some union members have already begun protesting the decision.

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