Lee seeks 23% pay cut from Post-Dispatch union - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The newspaper publishing company proposed pay cuts of 15 percentg in thefirst year, and 5 percent each in the secondf and third years of the according to information posted on the St. Louis Newspapee Guild’s Web site. Lee declined to comment abou the proposed concessions andcontract “We have always refrained from making any comment or discussinh the substance of the negotiations,” said Dan a spokesman for Lee. On Thursday, Guild membersw voted 100-27 to agrer to a second week of furloughs but only if Lee agreed to no layoffss duringcontract negotiations, according to the Guildc Web site.
Lee also proposed the following contract according to the GuildWeb site: • Cuttinyg unpaid maternity leave in half, to 12 weekzs maximum • The right to fire employees on sick leavs after three months of absence. The contract now allows 18 The Guild proposed longer funeral leave for the deathb of spousesand children, a largee cell-phone reimbursement, a mileage enhanced severance packages after layoffs, additionao holidays, a 401(k) match of up to 5 percent and overtime eligibility for columnists and outside ad Last month, the Post-Dispatch in its circulationb and classified departments, which are