VALLEY INDEPENDENT
		MINIMUM WEEKLY SALARY SCALES
Classifications		Date	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year
Copy Editor 1		5/1/2004	674.63	704.20	733.76	764.67
		5/1/2005	674.63	704.20	755.77	787.61
		5/1/2006	674.63	704.20	774.67	807.30
		5/1/2007	674.63	704.20	797.91	831.52
		5/1/2008	674.63	704.20	817.85	852.31
Classifications		Date	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	5th Year	6th Year
Sports/Family Editor		5/1/2004	584.59	610.13	635.66	661.19	686.73	716.30
		5/1/2005	584.59	610.13	654.73	681.03	707.33	737.79
		5/1/2006	584.59	610.13	671.10	698.05	725.02	756.23
		5/1/2007	584.59	610.13	691.23	718.99	746.77	778.92
		5/1/2008	584.59	610.13	708.51	736.97	765.43	798.39
Classifications		Date	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	5th Year	6th Year
Display Salespersons,		5/1/2004	486.49	521.43	557.71	594.00	630.27	666.57
Reporters, Photographers,		5/1/2005	486.49	521.43	574.44	611.82	649.18	686.57
Copy Editor II		5/1/2006	486.49	521.43	588.80	627.12	665.41	703.73
		5/1/2007	486.49	521.43	606.47	645.93	685.37	724.84
		5/1/2008	486.49	521.43	621.63	662.08	702.50	742.96
Classifications		Date	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	5th Year	6th Year
Circulation Supervisor,		5/1/2004	459.61	481.11	502.62	524.12	545.62	567.12
Maintenance Mechanic,		5/1/2005	459.61	481.11	517.70	539.84	561.99	584.13
Outside Classified Sales		5/1/2006	459.61	481.11	530.64	553.34	576.04	598.74
		5/1/2007	459.61	481.11	546.56	569.94	593.32	616.70
		5/1/2008	459.61	481.11	560.22	584.19	608.15	632.12
Classifications		Date	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year
Inside Classified Sales		5/1/2004	419.29	443.48	467.67	491.86
		5/1/2005	419.29	443.48	481.70	506.62
		5/1/2006	419.29	443.48	493.74	519.28
		5/1/2007	419.29	443.48	508.55	534.86
		5/1/2008	419.29	443.48	521.27	548.23
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				Exhibit A
Classifications		Date	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year
Photo/News Assistant		5/1/2004	393.75	412.58	431.39	451.54
		5/1/2005	393.75	412.58	444.33	465.09
		5/1/2006	393.75	412.58	455.44	476.71
		5/1/2007	393.75	412.58	469.10	491.01
		5/1/2008	393.75	412.58	480.83	503.29
Classifications		Date	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	5th Year
Clerk/Typist		5/1/2004	356.13	366.88	378.97	391.07	403.17
		5/1/2005	356.13	366.88	390.34	402.80	415.27
		5/1/2006	356.13	366.88	400.10	412.87	425.65
		5/1/2007	356.13	366.88	412.10	425.26	438.42
		5/1/2008	356.13	366.88	422.40	435.89	449.38
Classifications		Date	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	5th Year
Custodian		5/1/2004	284.90	293.50	303.18	312.85	322.54
		5/1/2005	284.90	293.50	312.28	322.24	332.22
		5/1/2006	284.90	293.50	320.08	330.29	340.52
		5/1/2007	284.90	293.50	329.68	340.20	350.74
		5/1/2008	284.90	293.50	337.93	348.71	359.51
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				Exhibit A