Tentative contract agreement reached; vote scheduled for Thursday

Negotiators for the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild and Journal Sentinel Inc. reached tentative agreement on a new four-year contract today.

Guild members will vote on the deal on Thursday, Dec. 15. Downtown workers will vote in the Grant Library. Absentee ballots will be provided for bureau workers and anyone who won’t be around on that day. More details of the voting arrangements, and of information sessions to brief members on the details of the package, will be posted on the Guild’s Web site, www.milwaukeenewsguild.org, as they become available.

The Bargaining Committee and the Executive Board are unanimously, but reluctantly, recommending that members vote “yes” on a package that falls short of our goals on the biggest points, although it includes many gains on other provisions.

To read about the potential contract agreement, click here.