Sarasota MOA
Members of the Sarasota Guild unit of CWA Local 3108 ratified a Memorandum of Agreement covering the implementation of layoffs in February after management at the Herald-Tribune opened contract negotiations by declaring its intention to reduce the newsroom workforce the following week. The parties negotiated an agreement that reduced the number of layoffs, added two weeks of “notice pay” to severance pay, and provided a one-year rehire list.
The agreement required management to conduct the reduction in force by reverse seniority in six job categories, with a pair of exceptions that permitted management to skip over one full-time employee in any one category, and two full-time employees in another category.