-----Original Message----- From: Portside Moderator [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 2:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SPAM] Hundreds of New York Times Staffers Deplore Greed of Times' Owners
Hundreds of New York Times Staffers Deplore Greed of Times' Owners [list of signers to date below - 394 writers, reporters, columnists, correspondents, managers, editors and other New York Times staff members - as of Sept. 27, 2012 at 8:00 pm EDT http://saveourtimes.com/#] Letter to Arthur, Jill and Mark SaveOurTimes.com http://saveourtimes.com/ http://saveourtimes.com/# 24 September 2012 Dear Arthur, Jill and Mark, Eighteen months after our contracts expired, we stand at the threshold of crisis. Our duty to the institution and to you is to speak plainly. The company's demands are untenable and destructive. Last week, Times negotiators once again insisted on major cuts to our wages and benefits. These demands differ only in degree from earlier ones, with an ugly new twist. They come with a threat of impasse. We implore you: do not permit The New York Times to be steered any closer to this abyss. This penny-wise path will leave us and the company worse off, eroding the quality of our journalism now and in the future. The clock is ticking, as Bernie Plum has said. Indeed it is. We already see talented colleagues regularly being hired away because they can no longer afford to work here. In March, the company's chief labor executive, Terry Hayes, wrote: "And the most important thing we can do is to eliminate the expense, risk and volatility of the defined-benefit pension plans." In response, the Guild proposed a new kind of plan that virtually eliminated volatility and risk to the company. Indeed, the risk was shifted to us, along with shrunken benefits. The company has accepted this zero-risk, zero- volatility plan, but stunningly, now demands severe cuts in retirement contributions. We have been asked for work rule revisions, job description reform, a single contract to cover print and digital employees. In almost every case, the Guild agreed. We believe our written agreement should catch up with the agile, enterprising spirit of the newsroom where, for instance, most meaningful distinctions between print and digital journalists have already been erased. Still, the Times demands cuts to our compensation and threatens impasse. Over the last eight years, while company revenues were declining, the cost of wages and benefits dropped even faster. In 2009, Arthur asked us to accept a 5% pay cut. We said yes, by a vote of 427 to 36. Overtime is down by half since 2008. Yet the news report in The New York Times, online and in print, is richer and more rewarding than ever. We are doing more but making less. For us, the most important thing is that you end the era of shriveling compensation. We urge you: step back from this corrosive, needless crisis. Consider the relief that The Times has already won in these talks. Reflect on the revelations of this past decade. It wasn't luck or brand legacy that allowed this great institution to make the transition to a digital era during an economic collapse. It was the people of The Times, working seven days a week, around the clock. This generation of Times journalists has more than earned fair wages and benefits. The next generation expects them. You will need that generation every bit as much as you needed - and need - this one. We will accept nothing less. Through two wars, multi-nation revolutions, mass political polarization, and global economic turmoil, we all, managers and employees, have rallied to provide the world's premier news coverage, and to persevere and succeed in business. Terry Hayes told us what your "most important thing" is. We believed you. Now we have told you what ours is. Believe us. 1. Bill O'Meara, President, Newspaper Guild of New York 2 Grant Glickson, Unit Chair 3. Reed Abelson, reporter 4. Mike Abrams, Culture backfielder 5. Tanya Abrams, reporter and producer 6. Azam Ahmed, reporter 7. Craig Allen, photo producer 8. Richard Aloisio, art director 9. Lizette Alvarez, Miami Bureau Chief 10. Lysa Anderson, accounting clerk 11. Peter Applebome, reporter 12. Deborah Arias, Senior Telephone Sales Rep 13. Crystal Arroyo, news assistant 14. Virginia Avent , photo editor 15. Jessica Bagdorf, assistant to the editor 16. Marlene Bagley, staff editor 17. Charles Bagli, reporter 18. Paul Bailey, Financial Services Assistant 19. Al Baker, reporter 20. Pasquale Baldino, news designer 21. Zena Barakat, video journalist 22. Walter Baranger, assistant to the editor 23. Deborah Barbagallo, digital production manager 24. Michael Barbaro, Political reporter 25. Sara Barrett, photo editor 26. Dan Barry, National correspondent 27. Barry Bearak, Reporter 28. Howard Beck, reporter 29. Jack Begg, supervisor, news research 30. Jack Bell, staff editor 31. Ginia Bellafante, columnist 32. Pam Belluck, reporter 33. Ken Belson, reporter 34. Steven Berman, night photo editor 35. Ariane Bernard, senior producer 36. Nina Bernstein, reporter 37. Paul Bolognese, paginator 38. Julie Bosman, reporter 39. Kassie Bracken, video journalist 40. Timothy Bralczyk, paginator 41. Deborah Bratton, Advertising 42. William Broad, Science reporter 43. Herbert Buchsbaum, assistant foreign editor 44. Cara Buckley, reporter 45. Russ Buettner, reporter 46. Jackie Calmes, White House correspondent 47. Joe Caramanico, assistant to the editor 48. Diane Cardwell, reporter 49. Benedict Carey, reporter 50. Damien Cave, Correspondent, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean 51. Christine Cetrangelo, Editorial Indexer 52. Kenneth Chang, Science reporter 53. Marc Charney, Staff Editor 54. Andy Chen, staff artist 55. Stephanie Clifford, reporter 56. Thomas Coffey, staff editor 57. Phil Coffin, staff editor 58. Patricia Cohen, reporter 59. Alison Colby, production manager 60. Tom Connelly, assistant to the editor, sports 61. Michael Cooper, National correspondent 62. Nick Corasaniti, producer 63. Ray Cormier, staff editor 64. Kelly Couturier, Web producer 65. Cynthia Curry, news design 66. Whitney Dangerfield, web producer 67. Manohla Dargis, co-chief film critic 68. Andrew Das, staff editor, Sports 69. Jessie De Witt, photo editor 70. Suzanne DeChillo, staff photographer 71. Charles DeLaFuente, Staff editor 72. Bernard Delgado, staff production artist 73. Jeffery DelViscio, senior producer 74. James DeMaria, staff artist 75. Nicole DeSmet, news clerk 76. Shaila Dewan, reporter 77. Harvey Dickson, staff editor 78. Natalie Do, Art Department 79. Jake Doherty, backfield editor 80. Cate Doty, home page producer 81. Christopher Drew, reporter 82. Mary Drohan, Assistant to Editor 83. David Dunlap, reporter 84. Jim Dwyer, columnist 85. Erik Eckholm, National correspondent 86. Richard Ehrhard, assistant desk head 87. Andrea Elliott, reporter 88. Steven Erlanger, reporter 89. James Estrin, staff photographer 90. Bassey Etim, community manager 91. Darcy Eveleigh, photo editor 92. Samantha Farlow, staff editor, Sports 93. Alan Feuer, reporter 94. Leah Finnegan, news assistant 95. Michael Flam, editor 96. Lisa Foderaro, reporter 97. Henry Fountain, reporter 98. Margalit Fox, senior writer 99. Angel Franco, staff photographer 100. Susan Freeman, Senior Telesales Representative 101. Denise Fuhs, news designer 102. Trip Gabriel, Reporter 103. Louis Gambarini, security 104. John Garafalo, security officer 105. Scott Garapolo, clerk/paginator 106. Alex Garces, staff artist 107. Elizabeth Gardenhire, Account Manager 108. Anita Gates, staff editor 109. Robert Gebeloff, staff editor 110. Caryn Gelsomino, digital production manager 111. Neil Genzlinger, TV critic 112. Jill Georgievski, account manager 113. Thomas Gillespie, Adv. Makeup Coordinator 114. William Glaberson, reporter 115. Jim Glanz, investigative desk 116. Terri Ann Glynn, secretary 117. Daniel Gold, staff editor, Culture 118. Tim Golden, senior writer 119. Erica Goode, National correspondent 120. Abby Goodnough, National correspondent 121. elisabeth goodridge, asst to the editor 122. Laurie Goodstein, National correspondent 123. Elissa Gootman, reporter 124. James Gorman, reporter 125. Gwenn Gorman, editorial assistant 126. Denise Grady, reporter 127. Kevin Granville, staff editor 128. Penelope Green, reporter 129. Steven Greenhouse, reporter 130. Linda Elaine Gross, Account Manager 131. Alexandra Grullon, Payroll 132. Karen Grzelewski, News Design 133. Susan Guerrero, staff editor 134. Jake Guevara, Staff Assistant 135. Pat Gurosky, staff editor 136. Elena Gustines, Staff Assistant 137. Eileen M Guzmich, Index Department 138. Clyde Haberman, columnist 139. Emily Hager, video journalist 140. David Halbfinger, reporter 141. Eba Hamid, web producer 142. Chris Harcum, news assistant 143. Amy Harmon, National correspondent 144. John Harney, Society News/Metro 145. Shayla Harris, video journalist 146. Aimee Harris, Deputy night editor 147. Anemona Hartocollis, reporter 148. Christine Haughney, Staff Reporter 149. Christine Hauser, reporter 150. Patrick Healy, reporter 151. Todd Heisler, Staff photographer 152. J.J. Helland, Web Producer 153. Karin Henry, staff editor 154. Natalie Herron, account manager 155. David Herszenhorn, foreign correspondent 156. Kathy Hobbs, Account Manager 157. Jan Hoffman, reporter 158. Benjamin Hoffman, staff editor 159. Laura Holson, writer 160. Rodrigo Honeywell, art director 161. Hilary Howard, staff editor 162. Jon Huang, multimedia producer 163. Janine Imbriaco, Account Manager, Healthcare Advertising 164. Jennifer Jenkins, lead home page producer 165. Dana Jennings, assistant editor, Arts & Leisure 166. Dabrali Jimenez, news assistant 167. Gabe Johnson, video journalist 168. Honor Jones, Staff Editor, opinion 169. Yonette Joseph, staff editor 170. Chris Kahley, staff artist 171. Wayne Kamidoi, art director 172. Ariel Kaminer, Reporter 173. Andrea Kannapell, Foreign desk staff editor 174. Jodi Kantor, reporter 175. Thomas Kaplan, reporter 176. Amy Kelsey, Design editor 177. Randy Kennedy, Culture reporter 178. Steve Kenny, staff editor 179. Adam Kepler, News Assistant 180. Aisha Khan, staff editor 181. Jeff Z. Klein, reporter 182. Sonny Kleinfield, Reporter 183. David Kocieniewski, reporter 184. Michael Kolomatsky, Web producer 185. Allan Kozinn, critic 186. Clifford Krauss, national business correspondent 187. Sara Krulwich, staff photographer 188. John Kurdewan, art production 189. Patty LaDuca, backfield editor 190. Michael Lang, staff assistant 191. Michael Lang, Staff Assistant 192. Juliet Lapidos, Staff Editor 193. Joyce Laskowski, staff editor 194. Brian Leary, account manager 195. Becky Lebowitz, photo editor 196. Chris Lee, news assistant 197. Felicia Lee, Culture Reporter 198. Deborah Leiderman, staff editor 199. Anne Leigh, art director 200. John Leland, reporter 201. Michael Leone, staff artist 202. Cheryl Levenbrown, staff editor 203. Rita Levine, news assistant 204. Tamar Lewin, reporter 205. Michael Lewis, copyeditor 206. Tiina Loite, staff photo editor 207. Joe Lombardo, Acct Manager 208. David Look, New Clerk 209. Jose Lopez, staff picture editor 210. Elias Lopez, staff editor 211. Elaine Louie, News assistant 212. Meghan Louttit, multimedia producer 213. Caitlin Lovinger, staff assistant, News Operations 214. Zvi Lowenthal, Photo Editor 215. Michael Luo, investigative correspondent 216. Jim Luttrell, senior producer 217. Suzanne MacNeille, backfield editor 218. Juliet Macur, Reporter 219. Sam Manchester, staff editor 220. Anne Mancuso, news assistant 221. Vivian Marino, staff editor 222. John Markoff, senior writer 223. Andrew Martin, reporter 224. Douglas Martin, reporter 225. Jennifer Mascia, editorial assistant 226. Victor Mather, assistant to the editor, sports 227. Mindy Matthews, copy editor, National 228. Norman Mayersohn, deputy editor, Automobiles 229. Mark Mazzetti, Washington Correspondent 230. Carmel McCoubrey, staff editor 231. Jennifer McDonald, staff editor 232. Brent McDonald, video journalist 233. Patrick McGeehan, reporter 234. Jo Craven McGinty, staff editor 235. Thomas McGuire, Picture Editor 236. Mike McIntire, reporter 237. Donald G. McNeil Jr, Science reporter 238. Mike Mcphate, home page producer 239. Susan Mermelstein, staff editor 240. Lia Miller, Editor 241. Andrea Mohin, staff photographer 242. Lori Moore, web producer 243. Morgan Morillo, Media Planner 244. Adrienne Morris, former staff editor 245. Julia Moskin, reporter, Dining 246. Jad Mouawad, reporter 247. Howell Murray, staff editor 248. Jacqueline Myint, multimedia producer 249. Corinne Myller, art director 250. Eric Nagourney, staff editor 251. Mireya Navarro, reporter 252. Dan Neville, Photo Editor 253. Andy Newman, reporter/editor 254. Maria Newman, assistant to the editor, Home 255. Ron Nixon, reporter 256. Vin O'Brien, Foreign desk editor, retired 257. Christopher O'Brien, staff artist 258. Frank O'Connell, graphics editor 259. Kathleen OBrien, Web producer 260. Anahad OConnor, reporter 261. Erik Olsen, Video Journalist 262. Matthew Orr, video journalist 263. Sharon Otterman, Reporter 264. Dennis Overbye, Science correspondent 265. Michael Owen, Home page producer 266. Darryl Palmas, Editorial Art 267. Mark Pargas, staff editor 268. Kenneth Paul, staff editor 269. James Pearson, staff artist 270. Robert Peele, news assistant/paginator 271. Richard Perez-Pena, reporter 272. Richard Perry, photographer 273. Alison Peterson, staff editor 274. Christopher Phillips, staff editor 275. Karen Phillips, staff editor 276. Erik Piepenburg, senior producer 277. Mary Pilon, reporter 278. Joe Plambeck, senior producer 279. Anick Pleven, assistant to editor 280. Christopher Plourde, copy editor 281. Ken Plutnicki, staff editor 282. Lydia Polgreen, Johannesburg bureau chief 283. Richard Pontone, Copy Supervisor 284. Justin Porter, paginator 285. Eduardo Porter, columnist 286. Michael Powell, Metro columnist 287. Julia Preston, National correspondent 288. Rosalie Radomsky, news assistant/writer 289. Eleanor Randolph, editorial writer 290. Claiborne Ray, deputy Obituary editor (retired) 291. Anne Reid, Administrator 292. Cheryl Reijon, business analyst 293. Lisanne Renner, staff editor 294. Aaron Retica, Staff Editor 295. Motoko Rich, reporter 296. Barbara Richer, art director 297. Clay Risen, staff editor 298. Ray Rivera, reporter 299. Elizabeth Robbins, reporter 300. Sam Roberts, correspondent 301. Campbell Robertson, reporter 302. Shannon Robertson, Art director, freelance 303. Andrew Rodriguez, Staff Artist 304. Julia Rohl, Production Editor 305. Simon Romero, Foreign Correspondent 306. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Environment Correspondent 307. Asher Ross, Indexer 308. Michael Roston, social media producer 309. Jeffrey Roth, morgue 310. Emily Rueb, senior producer 311. Sylvia Rupani-Smith, senior producer 312. Murphy Ryan, Morgue 313. Justin Sablich, senior producer 314. Kevin Sack, correspondent 315. Bedel Saget, graphics editor, Sports 316. Catherine Saint Louis, reporter 317. Rachel Saltz, Culture backfielder 318. Richard Sandomir, reporter 319. Stephanie Saul, reporter 320. Susan Saulny, National reporter 321. Jeffrey Scales, photo editor 322. David Schmidt, Staff editor 323. Eric Schmitt, correspondent 324. Douglas Schorzman, assistant foreign editor 325. Jennifer Schuessler, reporter 326. Katherine Schulten, senior producer 327. Susan Schultz, digital production manager 328. John Schwartz, National correspondent 329. Diana Scott, financial control coordinator 330. A.O. Scott, Film critic 331. David Scull, Picture Editor 332. Mosi Secret, reporter 333. Lew Serviss, staff editor, National/Foreign 334. Scott Shane, reporter 335. John Shaw, Media Planner 336. Desiree Shoe, Web Producer 337. Tara Siegel Bernard, reporter 338. Robert Silverman, Account Manager 339. Jamie Sims, T Photography Editor 340. Ben Sisario, reporter 341. Brad Smith, photo editor 342. Kaly Soto, staff editor 343. Ariana Souzis, Times Index Compiler 344. Jennifer Steinhauer, Congressional correspondent 345. Sandra Stevenson, Picture Editor 346. Sheryl Stolberg, Washington Correspondent 347. Samantha Storey, backfielder 348. Stephanie Strom, Correspondent 349. Justin Swanson, staff editor 350. Peter Szekely, Secretary-Treasurer, Newspaper Guild of New York 351. Nadia Taha, Web producer 352. Matt Tanzer, assistant to the editor 353. Chris Tatti, staff editor, news technology 354. Teresa Taylor, Telesales Rep 355. Katie Thomas, reporter 356. Ginger Thompson, reporter 357. Judy Tong, Web producer 358. Guy Trebay, Reporter 359. Perry Tripp, Account Manager 360. Ian Urbina, reporter 361. Rosario Valdez, Digital Production Manager 362. Mark Van de Walle, Staff Editor 363. Helen Verongos, staff editor 364. Mitch Vinicor, staff editor 365. Paul Vitello, reporter 366. Carol Vogel, art reporter 367. Elinor Voldstad, staff editor 368. Betsy Wade, retired 369. Joyce Wadler, reporter 370. Dan Wakin, reporter 371. Matthew L. Wald, reporter 372. Joseph Ward, graphics editor 373. Nancy Wartik, comments moderator 374. Ruby Washington, staff photographer 375. Bruce Weber, reporter 376. Richard Weigand, art director 377. Emily Weiner, Graphics Editor, Retired 378. Emily Weinstein, backfield editor 379. Benjamin Weiser, reporter 380. Pete Wells, Critic 381. LeAnn Wilcox, assistant to the editor 382. Timothy Williams, reporter 383. Michael Wilson, reporter 384. Jim Wilson, National Photographer 385. Earl Wilson, News assistant 386. Greg Winter, Foreign Backfield Editor 387. John Woods, staff editor 388. Raymond Wrigley, security officer 389. Edward Wyatt, reporter 390. Lee Yarosh, art director 391. Marilynn K. Yee, News photographer 392. Carlos Ygartua, staff editor 393. Andrew Zahler, Web producer 394. 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