The Guild and the
Post-Gazette have reached several agreements over the years that are
separate from the contract negotiations themselves. These typically
resolve fairly specific matters that are resolved in these memoranda of
understanding.
MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING
THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, made this 17th day of July, 1996,
shall be incorporated into the current Labor Agreement, effective
January 1, 1991, between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper
Guild of Pittsburgh. The Company and the Guild agree as follows:
1. The term Library Clerk shall be replaced by the term
Library
Associate. The four-year step-up will continue as in the past.
2. Associates will perform those assignments as directed by their
supervisors. It is understood that some of those assignments will be
identical to assignments performed by other members of the library
staff and may include the marketing and sale of products and services.
3. The four-year step-up is not an apprenticeship. There are no
guarantees that a library associate will be promoted to an information
specialist.
4. Applicants for the position of information specialist should
have either five years of newspaper library experience or a master's
degree in library or information science or marketing.
5 . Information specialists will perform those assignments as
directed by their supervisors. It is understood that some of those
assignments will be identical to assignments performed by other
members of the library staff and may include the marketing and sale of
products and services.
6. The Company will promote Karen Volkman, Willa Kindle and Marcie
Fore to information specialists no later than the week beginning
January 19, 1997.
7. The Guild will withdraw grievances regarding step-ups in the
library and the use of stringers in the North Hills. The grievances
are dated January 31, 1996, and May 15, 1995, respectively.
FOR THE POST-GAZETTE: FOR THE GUILD:
Raymond Burnett_____________________
Harry Tkach________________________
Ken Fisher_________________________
DATE: 7-17-96 DATE: 7/17/96
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh
recognize that significant changes are occurring in the manner in which
information is prepared and distributed to our readers. Therefore, the
parties agree to the following:
1. The Guild shall maintain jurisdiction over the creating and
editing of newspaper editorial content that appears on
PG Online.
2. Any unit member assigned to perform bargaining unit work for PG
Online will continue to be represented by the Guild and be covered by
the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
3. It is understood that nothing in this Memorandum of Understanding
grants to the Guild or recognizes the Guild as having jurisdiction over
work or job functions performed by non-union employees, employees
represented by other unions or non-employees.
4. The Company reserves its right to determine who shall perform work
for PG Online, where and when the work shall be performed and the
equipment, method, manner and means by which the work is performed.
5. This Memorandum of Understanding shall be effective immediately
and continue through December 31, 2001.
FOR THE POST-GAZETTE FOR THE GUILD
Raymond N. Burnett___________________
Harry Tkach__________________________
Ken Fisher___________________________
DATE: __March 18,
1998________________
Memorandum of Understanding
This Memorandum of Understanding, made this 30th day of January,
1998, shall be incorporated into the Labor Agreement, effective January
1, 1998, between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of
Pittsburgh. The purpose of this MOU is to establish guidelines and
recognize the news gathering agreement between KDKA and the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette. The Company and the Guild agree as follows:
1. Participation will be
voluntary .
2. Credit lines and/or
bylines will follow the current policy as well as the collective
bargaining agreement.
3. There will be no
compensation for employees who appear on the air while they are in the
Post-Gazette newsroom or a news bureau.
4. Employees will be paid
$25 for on-shift appearances when they must travel to the KDKA television
studio.
5.
Employees will be paid $50 for off-shift appearances.
6. This MOU recognizes the
jurisdiction agreement-which is pending-between AFTRA and KDKA
FOR THE POST-GAZETTE: FOR THE GUILD:
Raymond N. Burnett______________________
Harry Tkach_____________________
DATE: ___Feb. 5, 1998__________________________ DATE: __Feb.
5, 1998__________________________
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of Understanding made this 11th day of December,
1995, by and between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Company) and the
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh (Union) states as follows:
1. The Company will provide timely notice of all academic
internships, which shall include starting and ending dates.
2. Academic internships will be limited to 23 1/4 hours per
week and each intern's work hours will be posted. If an intern is
required or requested to work beyond that limit, he/she will be hired as
a temporary employee (special project section of Article XI, Paragraph
3) and paid at the appropriate prorated first-year intern scale.
3. No student will serve more than two academic internships.
4. The agreement to expand the internship program from four academic
positions to eight academic positions will extend for one year beginning
January 1, 1996. Extension beyond 1996 must be by mutual agreement.
The Guild also has recommended that the academic internship program
include the following elements:
A. Designation of a mentor for each intern.
B. Mentor will be given sufficient time to coach
the intern.
C. Mentor will participate in any exit conference
at the conclusion of the internship.
The recommendations listed above are not part of this Memorandum of
Understanding.
FOR THE POST-GAZETTE: FOR THE GUILD:
Raymond N. Burnett__________________
Harry Tkach_______________________
DATE: _Dec. 11, 1995__________________
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Staffers making speaking appearances involving their professional
role as staff members of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will be compensated
when the appearance has been scheduled through the Post-Gazette
Speakers' Bureau.
Appearances scheduled during the staff member's regular working hours
will be compensated at $25. Appearances scheduled during the staff
member's non-working hours will be compensated at $50. No mileage,
parking or meal costs will pertain. In the case of out-of-town
appearances, the Speaker's Bureau will attempt to make arrangements for
the organization to provide reimbursement of travel expenses.
The Speaker’s Bureau will negotiate fees with groups and set up a
share with the staffer over and above the minimums on a case-by-case
basis. The idea is for these appearances to help underwrite appearances
before groups in our community that cannot afford to pay such fees.
After clearing its costs each year, the Bureau will donate any remaining
newspaper share of bureau revenues to PG charities.
Staffers who have already made their own
arrangements to speak before groups in the community before March 3,
1995 would be free to meet those commitments. However, they must notify
Barbara about these arrangements
right away
Staffers interested in participating in
the Speakers' Bureau should contact Barbara and let her know that they would like to participate as soon as
possible.
*Vacation bonus of $25 for each year of service.
*Nine paid holidays annually for every Post-Gazette employee.
*A generous sick leave policy.
*The opportunity to be recognized for outstanding achievement while
working for one of the nation's finest newspapers.
(This page is not part of the contract)
March 8, 1974
A Guild Contract Protects You...
It enforces the right of collective bargaining by the
employees.
It establishes and protects working conditions.
It expedites the settlement of all grievances.
It establishes the five-day, 38-3/4 hour week for newspaper workers.
It sets decent wage standards which cannot be reduced.
It protects long service with severance pay.
It continually strives to better the lot and security of its members.
It guards the rights of discharged employees and secures benefits.
It protects the newspaper workers in their job and severance rights,
and provides financial assistance, when they enter the armed services or
their auxiliaries.
It gives voice, democratically, to each individual member and is
guided by each individual vote.
It furnishes the machinery to establish quality, through local and
national officers, through experienced newspapermen, negotiators and
legal talent, and through its strength of numbers.
Unionism is the democratic process whereby employees may participate
in the economic democracy of our definitely established national policy.
This policy guarantees your right to organize and bargain collectively.
It means your job is recognized as your estate and is protected as is
any property right.
Our employers have given us wide recognition, have established a
better spirit of cooperation and have sat down with us on many mutual
problems.
Don't overlook this fact: A sound organization is your greatest
guarantee of continued security. Keep your Guild sound by your
willingness to serve in its operations.
(This page is not part of the contract)
Memorandum of Understanding
June 5, 1998
This is a memorandum of
understanding between The Post-Gazette and Local 61. Newspaper Guild of
Pittsburgh regarding the schedule of Grace Bodura, a member of the
bargaining unit. The parties to this agreement, PG Publishing Co.
hereafter known as the Publisher; and The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh
hereafter known as the Guild, agree as follows:
Grace Bodura will work a
20-hour week, based on two 10-hour shifts to be worked within an 11-hour
slot beginning June 8, 1998, and continuing for a 90-day trial to be
reviewed by all parties and either terminated or extended by mutual
consent. The Publisher may notify her that she is needed to work
additional days to fill in for vacations or meet the needs of the office.
There will be no split shifts.
This agreement will be governed
by the following conditions:
1. Overtime. She
shall not be eligible for overtime pay (1.5 times the hourly rate) on her
two scheduled days. However, if required to work beyond the scheduled
quitting time, she shall be paid at 1.5 times the hourly rate.
2. Holiday. If
scheduled to work on a recognized or designated holiday, she will work
only 7.75 hours and receive premium pay.
3. Vacation. She
will receive paid vacation on a proportionate basis, based on her
schedule.
4. Security. She
shall be subject to provisions of the contract regarding part-time
employees.
5. Health
insurance. Coverage governed by the contract.
6. Employee’s life
insurance provided by the company and the Publisher’s contribution to the
pension fund will be proportionately reduced based on her schedule.
7. Unless expressly
modified in this letter of understanding, all provisions of the labor
agreement apply to this situation.
The Publisher and the Guild
agree that no precedent or past practice is established by this agreement
and any future requests for flex time will be considered on an individual
basis.
Raymond Burnett
Raymond Burnett
Business manager
Harry Tkach________________
Harry Tkach, President
Local 61, TNG/CWA
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
THIS
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING regarding interactive services produced by PG
Publishing Company, made this 10th day of July 1998 shall be
incorporated into the current Labor Agreement, effective immediately,
between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of
Pittsburgh/Communications Workers of America. The Company and the Guild
agree as follows:
Security
In the event of the
interactive services/online operation ceases, employees assigned to work
on products involved shall be covered by Article VIII.
Work Description
Copy
Editor/Page Designer
– Responsible for the work of the site and directing the assignments of
interactive editors and staffers and coordinates with other editors and
staffers on creation and publication of information on PG online,
including the World Wide Web. Reviews work and publishes it and tackles
additional assignments as needed.
Copy Editor
– Responsible for the work of the site and directing assignments of other
staffers and coordinates with other editors and staffers on creation of
publication of information on PG online, including the World Wide Web.
Can review and publish work. Additional duties will be performed as
needed.
Information
Specialist I/Information Associate
– Responsible for the work at the direction of the supervising editor(s)
and with colleagues throughout the newsroom to capture and assemble text,
photos, graphics, audio, video or interactive applications for publication
by the Post-Gazette on its online service, including the World Wide Web.
Can publish work at the direction of a copy editor or higher ranking
supervisor. Additional duties will be performed as assigned.
Understanding of Pay
Classifications
Copy
Editor/Page Designer – will follow the existing pay scale of Copy Editor
(with Page Designer duties).
Copy Editor
– will follow the existing pay scale of Copy Editor
Information
Specialist I – will follow the existing pay scale of Information
Specialist I
Information
Associate – will follow the existing pay scale of Library Associates
Intent
It is the
intent of the parties to ensure flexibility in performing the work and
producing successful products.
In filling
the support positions of Information Specialist I and Information
Associate, the Company will initially fill vacancies with Information
Associates. A four-year step-up will be used as is done in the Library.
The four-year step-up is not an apprenticeship. There are no guarantees
that an Information Associate will be promoted to an Information
Specialist I. It is understood that some of the assignments given to
Information Associates and Information Specialist I’s may be identical and
may be performed by other members of the interactive staff.
Editors may
be required to perform traditional editing duties and Associates and
Specialists may be required to perform traditional clerical dutes.
Periodic
Review
The parties
will meet the first week of each month to discuss interactive services,
unless both parties waive such a meeting. This meeting shall be separate
from the current monthly labor/management meeting, unless otherwise agreed
by the parties. Special meetings may take place, as requested.
Retroactivity
– Jim White and Christine Zapinski will receive retroactive adjustments,
as appropriate, effective May 14, 1998.
FOR THE
POST-GAZETTE
Kathleen
Connelly______________
Raymond
N. Burnett____________
FOR THE GUILD
Harry Tkach
Ken
Fisher
MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING
1.
Woodene Merriman, an assistant managing editor, will continue
writing the microwave column and will rejoin the Guild effective May 1,
1987, as a dues-paying member. Woodene will remain in the Guild until
January 1, 1988.
2.
Paragraph D, Preamble – This language will become part of the
contract when a new contract is signed.
B.
The kind of work either normally, or presently, performed within
the unit covered by this Agreement and other work assigned to be performed
within said unit, or work which replaces or displaces such work, is
recognized as the jurisdiction of the Guild, and performance of such work
shall be assigned to employees within the Guild’s jurisdiction. This
clause is not intended to change any past practices regarding the sports
editor and the occasional use of stories written by exempt employees
(special reports, personal travel reports, analytical pieces, insights and
sidebars) or to preclude exempt employees from writing specialty columns
on a regular basis as set forth hereinafter. Regular basis shall mean
weekly columns. Specialty columns shall mean anything involving special
expertise in what might normally be considered bargaining unit work. In
no event, however, shall the number of exempt employees writing specialty
columns exceed a ratio of one non-bargaining unit employee to every 42
dues-paying Guildsmen.
3.
Effective with the signing of a new labor agreement, the company
will increase the pension plan benefit formula from the present 1.2
percent to 1/3 percent if this increase can be accomplished with no more
than $1.25 in new money. (This adjustment actually increases an
individual’s pension by 8.4 percent. Topper, for example, would have
received $1,010 under the new formula instead of $933, a monthly increase
of $77.)
FOR THE
GUILD:
Ed Bell
FOR THE
POST-GAZETTE:
Raymond
Burnett
Date: April
14, 1987
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of Understanding, effective
March 1, 1999, regarding health/dental/optical insurance shall be
incorporated into the current labor agreement between the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh. The Company and the
Guild agree as follows:
1.
The intent of Article IV, Paragraph 8, was to establish a procedure
to reduce the work week for full-time employees.
2. Active
full-time employees who exercise their flex-time option—by arrangement
with the Publisher—will enjoy the same health insurance coverage as
full-time employees for the first three months of their flex-time
employment.
3.
Full-time employees on leave under the provisions of the Family Medical
Leave Act, who elect to reduce their work week to fewer than 38¾ hours
when they return to work, will have the same health insurance coverage as
full-time employees for the first three months of their flex-time
employment. If they have additional unpaid time off after the expiration
of their FMLA leave, they will be required to pay a portion of their
health insurance coverage if they return to work on a flex-time basis.
4.
Full-time employees on paid sick leave who elect to reduce their
work week to fewer than 38¾ hours when they return to work, will have the
same health insurance coverage described in Paragraph 2 above. If they
have additional unpaid time off after the expiration of their paid sick
leave, they will be required to pay a portion of their health insurance
coverage if they return to work on a flex-time basis.
5.
Full-time employees who return from any other unpaid leave of
absence and work full time for at least three months before deciding to
work fewer than 38¾ hours, will have the same health insurance coverage
described in Paragraph 2 above.
FOR THE
COMPANY:
Raymond
Burnett
FOR THE
GUILD:
Harry Tkach
DATE:
February 19, 1999
Memorandum
of Understanding
This
supplemental agreement, entered into on this 20th day of
December, 1999, between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper
Guild of Pittsburgh, resolves the grievance over Alan Detrich doing
bargaining unit work and cancels the pending arbitration. The Company and
the Guild agree as follows:
1.
The Company will pay each dues-paying Guildsman—who was on the
payroll the week of December 12, 1999--$125 ($100 net).
2.
No payments will be made to temporary employees.
3.
The Guild will withdraw the grievance of June 16, 1998.
For the
company
Raymond N.
Burnett_______
Kathleen
Connelly-Tobin____
DATE:
12/20/99
For the
guild
Harry
Tkach__________________
Michael
A. Fuoco______________
DATE:
12/21/99
May 11, 2000
Mr. Mike
Bucsko
Grievance
Committee Chairman
Newspaper
Guild of Pittsburgh
Local 38061
Dear Mike:
The purpose
of this letter is to address the issue of news assistant Rick Nowlin being
given the opportunity to work as a two-year intern as defined in Article X
of the contract.
Because the
contract doesn’t anticipate a copy messenger, clerk or news assistant
working as a two-year intern, it is necessary to establish guidelines for
Rick’s tenure as a two-year associate (intern). They are as follows:
*Rick’s
salary will follow the contractual increases of a news assistant
*Rick will
continue to receive a vacation bonus as well as his earned vacation.
*At the end
of the two-year internship, Rick will remain in the bargainin unit unless
he chooses to terminate his employment at the Post-Gazette. The purpose
of this guideline is to clearly state that Rick will not be required to
resign at the conclusion of his two-year internship.
*Rick will
be covered by all the provisions of the labor agreement, but also will be
permitted to work in the same classifications as the other two-year
interns. The purpose of this guideline is to clearly state that Rick is
protected by the Security language in the contract (Rick will be treated
the same as a regular full time employee with seniority dating back to his
date of hire) and that the Company has the right to assign Rick to work in
the same classifications as the other two-year interns.
Regards,
Raymond N.
Burnett
Director of
Employee Relations
Michael
Bucsko
Grievance
Committee Chairman
MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of
Understanding is in addition to the Labor Agreement effective January 1,
1998, between the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette. Effective January 1, 2001, the Company and the Guild agree
as follows:
1.
All employees hired during 2000 who are covered by Article XII of
the contract (Holidays) are entitled to the Birthday holiday in 2001.
2.
All eligible employees hired after January 1, 2001, will be
entitled to their Birthday holidays in the next calendar year. For
example, one employee is hired January 3, 2001, and another employee is
hired December 30, 2001; both are entitled to their Birthday holidays in
2002.
3.
Although the intention of the Birthday holiday was for an employee
to take his Birthday as the holiday, the practice has been to use the
Birthday holiday as a personal day. Therefore, with this MOU, all
eligible employees may use their Birthday holidays as personal days.
4.
The 12-month waiting period for personal days is waived for the
Birthday holiday.
For the
company:
Raymond N.
Burnett
DATE: Dec.
11, 2000
For the
guild:
W. Michael
Bucsko
DATE: Dec.
12, 2000
Memorandum of Understanding
This Memorandum of Understanding by and
between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh
states as follows:
1.
Rosa
Colucci, currently an exempt employee, has applied for a news assistant
position and, effective August 20, will be reassigned to that position.
2.
Because of the hiring freeze, Rosa will continue to perform some duties
that are not currently within Guild jurisdiction.
3.
If
Rosa continues to perform those duties after February 20, 2002, those
duties will become bargaining unit work.
Raymond N.
Burnett___________
DATE:____8/8/01_____________
Michael A.
Fuoco_____________
DATE:____8/13/01____________
Memorandum of
Understanding
This
Memorandum of Understanding, effective August 20, 2001, by and between the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, states that
Bill Moushey will continue to work at the Post-Gazette under the following
conditions:
1.
Effective August 27, 2001, Moushey
will work 19 ¾ hours per week as a permanent part-time employee. Health
benefits will be available on a pro-rated basis pursuant to the labor
agreement.
2.
Moushey will work full time for Point
Park College, effective August 27, 2001, as an Assistant Professor of
Journalism. He also will be executive director of the Innocence Institute
of Western Pennsylvania, which will not provide Moushey with a salary
until funding is secured. Moushey’s 19 ¾-hour work week will be with the
Innocence Institute. In exchange, the Post-Gazette will receive the right
of first refusal for publication of all stories developed through the
Institute. The newspaper will decide within 30 days of submission by
Moushey whether or not it wants to publish a particular work.
3.
This agreement will renew annually on
July 15 of each year unless either Moushey or the Company elects to
terminate it prior to July 15.
4.
Should the Post-Gazette exercise its
right to terminate this agreement, Moushey will maintain his employment at
the Post-Gazette pursuant to the provisions of the labor agreement between
the Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh.
Raymond N. Burnett_____________
Michael A. Fuoco_________________
William R. Moushey, Jr.___________
8/16/01
MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of Understanding between the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh is entered
into for the sole purpose of addressing the particular need of the
Publisher for layoffs of 15 part-time employees in January, 2002. The
Company and the Guild agree as follows:
1.
This
Memorandum of Understanding does not replace or modify the MOU of March
26, 2001, except to the extent allowed herein.
2.
All fifteen
part-time employees laid off in January, 2002, will be placed on a rehire
list through December 31, 2003. This date may be extended by mutual
agreement. Recall will be based on seniority.
3.
The 10 laid
off writers may continue to do their regular assignments as stringers and
will be paid—through the stringer pay system—at the same rate they
received as part-time employees. The laid off copy reader will be
permitted to use Company equipment to perform her assignments and will be
paid through the stringer pay system. The laid off clerical person is
covered under existing contract language.
4.
The laid off
part-time employees who are entitled to vacation days will receive those
vacation days as time off with pay at mutually agreeable times between
them and the Company.
5.
The
stringer/freelance agreement that must be signed by all stringers will
include the amount of money that each of the 12 stringers will receive per
week/month, etc.
6.
If a person
is hired for an exempt position, the Company will immediately recall six
of the laid off part-time employees.
7.
It is
understood by both parties that this MOU does not replace the current
language regarding bargaining unit work, specifically the last sentence in
the first paragraph of Section 3 in Article VIII; “Stringers and free
lancers in no case will replace or displace bargaining unit employees.”
Furthermore, this agreement to allow stringers to do bargaining unit work
applies ONLY to the 12 part-time employees who were laid off and has no
bearing on any other stringer/free lance arrangements.
Ray N. Burnett____________________
DATE:
1/28/02
Mike Bucsko____________________
DATE:
1/28/02
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of Understanding
between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of
Pittsburgh, effective March 1, 2003, creates the new
classifications of Photo Operations Manager as described
hereinafter. Primary duties include but are not limited to:
Overseeing all newsroom prepress
activities (scanning, toning, downloading electronic images,
captioning, archiving and filling print and electronic
republishing requests.)
Order photo supplies,
maintaining inventory and ordering and authorizing the repair of
all photographic equipment.
Responsible for scheduling of
image techs and maintenance of the photo department’s computers
and scanners.
Work closely with production
departments regarding the quality of color reproduction.
Photo representative for
reviewing and evaluating editorial computer system.
“Go to” person for machine
specifications, workflow issues and/or general systems-related
questions.
Salary schedule: $150 per week
over step-ups in the News Assistant/Image Tech classification.
It is understood that the
position will go dark when the Photo Operations Manager is off.
Raymond N. Burnett
Mike Bucsko
DATE:
3/5/03
DATE: 3/10/03
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of Understanding
between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of
Pittsburgh is in addition to the current labor agreement that
expires December 31, 2006. Effective March 12, 2003, the Company
and the Union agree that part-time employees (employees working no
more than 30 hours per week) can work a five-hour shift at
straight time over and above their normal work week. It is
understood that the part-time employee is guaranteed five hours of
pay when called in on his/her off day.
This Memorandum of Understanding
does not change the overtime provisions of the contract or the
past practice of employees (part time and full time) functioning
as stringers outside of their normally assigned duties.
One of the purposes of this
Memorandum of Understanding is to resolve the grievance over a
part-time employee functioning as a stringer on his off day.
Raymond N.
Burnett Mike
Bucsko
DATE:
3/12/03
DATE: 3/12/03
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of
Understanding between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh is in addition to the labor
agreement that expires December 31, 2006. Effective March 12,
2003, the Company and the Guild agree as follows:
For the purpose of paying the
negotiated Vacation and Service bonuses, part-time employees will
be treated the same as full-time employees.
Paragraph C of the Preamble will
be amended as follows, “To cover possible special cases the
Publisher shall have the right to designate exemption from Article
I – Guild Shop – certain employees at the time of their
employment, but not more than one such employee will be on the
payroll at any given time.”
The Guild will relinquish all
jurisdiction over the work formerly performed by one clerk and one
news assistant assigned to the department often referred to as PG
Store/Information Products.
The Guild will withdraw the
grievance of January 30, 2003 over the Company’s decision to pay
proportionate bonuses to part-time employees.
Part-time employees who have
already received proportionate bonuses will be made whole.
Raymond N.
Burnett Mike
Bucsko
DATE:
3/12/03
DATE: 3/12/03
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of
Understanding, effective August 1, 2003, by and between the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, is
in addition to the Labor Agreement that expires on
December 31, 2006. The Company
and the Union agree as follows:
One of the provisions of the
agreement pertaining to the 10 exempt employees who became members
of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh in 2002 was that they would
remain in the pension plan for non-bargaining unit employees.
Implicit in that agreement was
the recognition that the 10 former exempt employees would not be
eligible for the Guild pension.
Raymond N.
Burnett Mike
Bucsko
DATE:
7/29/03
DATE: 8/13/03
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of
Understanding, effective August 1, 2003, by and between the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, is
in addition to the Labor Agreement that expires on December 31,
2006. The Company and the Union agree as follows:
The six paid holidays—New
Year’s Day, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas—shall be treated the same as
personal days for employees who individually average fewer than
19-3/8 hours per week and do not work the holiday. (See Article
XII, Paragraph 5.)
Employees who individually
average more than 19-3/8 hours per week will receive another day
off with pay if they do not work the holiday, which has been the
past practice.
Any part-time employee who works
on one of the six recognized holidays will be paid at the premium
holiday rate, which has been the past practice.
Raymond N.
Burnett
Mike Bucsko
DATE:
8/14/03
DATE: 8/18/03
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of
Understanding effective January 28, 2004, by and between the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, is
in addition to the Labor Agreement that expires on December 31,
2006. The Company and the Guild agree as follows:
The Company will assume
jurisdiction over photo reprints. For clarification, this
involves all work performed by image techs and photographers that
is associated with the creation and distribution of photo
reprints.
The Company will gain another
exempted employee as described in Paragraph C of the Preamble
(this will increase the number of such exemptions allowed to two),
with the following provision: the Company will have until December
31, 2006, to name a current employee to this exempt status. If
the Company does not exercise this option prior to the expiration
of this Agreement, the right to name an exempted employee under
Paragraph C will be limited to a new hire.
All employees covered by the
Labor Agreement will receive personal holidays as described in
Article XII, Paragraph 1. Paragraph 5 of Article XII is no longer
applicable. The clear intention of this language is give
part-time employees the same personal holiday benefits as
full-time employees.
Effective January 1, 2005,
employees covered by this Labor Agreement with 15 or more years of
Post-Gazette service will receive another personal holiday.
Raymond N.
Burnett Mike
Bucsko
DATE:
1/28/04
DATE: 1/30/04
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Editorial Page Associate &
Sports Agate Differential
The Post-Gazette and the Guild
recognize the need to create the position of Editorial Page
Associate. The Editorial Page Associate job description is as
follows:
The associate would attend
meetings of the editorial board, pose editorial topics, discuss
positions that the newspaper should take and write editorials. He
or she would also have the opportunity to write signed pieces for
the opinion pages.
The associate would be a backup
paginator to assemble copy and lay out pages in the absence of the
oped editor and letter editor, primarily due to vacation, illness
and other days off. This would require training in pagination and
maintaining those skills by regularly using them.
The associate would assist with
general tasks like communicating with letter writers and
free-lance opinion writers, inputting hard copy, answering the
phone, greeting visitors and scheduling meeting space.
The parties agree to the
creation of the Editorial Page Associate with the following
limitations:
This position is excluded from
the operation of Article 10, Section 3D of the Collective
Bargaining Agreement;
The position will be in effect
for 2 years and then be eliminated, subject to further discussion
between the parties.
In the event the position
becomes vacated prior to the 2 year period, the position will go
vacant at that time, subject to discussion between the parties.
If the Post-Gazette decides to
hire the Editorial Page Associate on a full time basis during this
2 years period, the person will have to be hired either as a
paginator or a writer.
In exchange for this Editorial
Page Associate position, the Post-Gazette and the Guild agree to
the following regarding the Sport Agate Clerk on a non precedental,
non prejudicial basis: The Post-Gazette agrees to pay the
contractual $4.00 a day differential known as “others not fully
experience rated” up to a total of seven shifts a week for the
sport agate clerk position. This is to compensate for the placing
of the agate composition straight onto the page through the DTI
system. This payment is retroactive to the payroll week beginning
June 13, 2004.
The parties agree that if a
potential exists in other departments to have such differentials
because of the DTI system, they will meet to discuss the possible
implementation of the differential. The parties also recognize
that each individual case stands on its own.
Mike Bucsko
Stephen B. Spolar
10/14/04
10/14/04
