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JANUARY 7: GOODBYE TO THE STAR TRIBUNE? - Workers and Management at Loggerheads WILL THEY OR WON'T THEY? The Star Tribune was threatening its workers with bankruptcy if deep concessions fail to take hold in the newsrooms, in the press room and on the trucks. (As of January 9, unions refused to concede) Many observers see Strib owner Avista Capital Partners heading for Chapter 11, or 7, either way. Then why concede up to 40% of your wages if the paper goes belly-up? And just why is an investment company trying to run a newspaper, anyway?
TTT'S ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN (a former Guild writer herself) query Strib members of the Rank-and-File Newspaper Union Solidarity Committee [Newspaper Guild (editorial) and the Graphics Communications International Union-GCIU (pressmen and drivers)] about the latest battle over contracted wages and benefits.
GUESTS: • CHRIS SERRES - Reporter and Newspaper Guild Representative on the Solidarity Committee • DAN GANLEY, retired 30-year veteran Pressroom Operator and GCIU member • DOUG RZESZUTEK, 30-year Pressroom Worker and GCIU Representative • STEVE PIETRZAK, 42-year Pressroom Worker and GCIU Representative (INVITED but not appearing): CHRIS HARTE, Publisher and/or NANCY BARNES, Editor/Sr. Vice President - Star Tribune)
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