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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Hudson
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 8:42 AM
To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION; michael gurstein
Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: [SPAM] Hundreds of New York Times
Staffers Deplore Greed of Times' Owners
How pathetic!
How come that all these journalists and colleagues have never heard
of Joseph Schumpeter and his creative destruction. The sales of all
mainline newspapers are declining everywhere since the advent of the
Internet. The New York Times is one of these, no matter how eminent
it claims to be. They will either die completely, or be reduced to
low levels or will have to re-invent themselves.
Keith
At 06:19 28/09/2012, Mike G wrote:
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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/>http://saveourtimes.com/#]
Letter to Arthur, Jill and Mark
SaveOurTimes.com
<http://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. Lynn Zinser, reporter
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