TIMES GUILD UNIT SETS STRIKE DATE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000401420002-5
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 20, 1965
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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' TIMES GUILD UNIT ,1
SETS STRIKE DATE
Says It Will Quit Next Month.
Unless Pact Is Reached .
Ey MARTIN GANSISERU
? The New York Times unit of.
' the Newspaper Guild of New
York notified the newspaper's
management yesterday that it
would strike during the week of
.?ept. 12 ",if a satisfactory con-
'tract has not been reached be-
fore that time." ?
In a resolution adopted by the
officers. of the unit, the Guild
aSserted that The Times has
.repeatedly refused to meet
legitimate demands in the field
? of improved pensions, jurisdic-
tion, automation, union security
and other key issues"
C. Rayrnond Hulsart,. director
of industrial relations for The
Times and head of it negotiat-
ing committee, said that agree-
ment had been reached on 11 of
47 issues under. discussion.
"The issues between The
New York Times 'and the News-
paper Guild can be resolved by
reasonable people seriously in-
terested in arriving at mutually
satisfactory agreement," Mr.
Hulsart Said. "The Times has
been bargaining in good faith
for a final contract settlement
and will continue to do so."
? The. Times-unit of the Guild
voted June 29, 931 to 108 to
authorize a strike. Guild units
on other newspapers have not
yet signed contracts, and two
units, those at the New York
Herald Tribune and. The ? New
York Journal-American, are ex-
pected to take strike votes next
week.
Negotiations between the
,Guild unit and The Times man-
;agement have been, ,,oin ? on for
more than six months. On Aug.
9, Irwin Gerard of the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation
service began sitting in on these
sessions.
Some Issues Settled
During the time he has been
present, Mr. Gerard said, sev-
eral contract -items have been
,resolved, "but they're compara-
tively minor." He said that the
union and the newspaper were
."a little closer to settlement."
Edwin Egan, local represent-
!ative for the Guild and chief
'of its negotiating -committee at
.The Times, said that both sides,
were still far apart on four?
major issues. He described these;
as automation, a union shop,
jurisdiction' over jobs, and pen-
sions and severance. On the
last, the Guild seeks severance
pay in addition to pensions for
employes who are retiring.
Mr. Egan also said that agree-
ment had not been reached on
"the money package." However,
all other unions in the news-
paper industry have accepted a
$12, two-year package that was
first offered to the , printers.
This is to be distributed in two
-phases, $6.50 the first year,
$5.50 the second year. -
Day-long negotiations were
held yesterday and several les-
ser issues were resolved. The
Times said it Was trying "to
narrow differences until a stage
in the negotiations might be
reached whereby agreement- on
a complete contract was pos-
sible."
There are more than 2,200.
members in The Times unit of
the Guild. These include em-
ployes in the editorial, corn-'
mercial, business and circulation
departments. The Guild, which
has a citywide membership of
8,000, also represents restaurant
employes at The Times and em-
ployes in mechanical depart-
ments who are not members of
existing craft unions.
Pact Expired March 30
The Guild's coneract with The
Times, like those of nine other,
-newspaper industry unions, ex-
pired last March 30. Unlike
the 'other unions, however,. the
Guild negotiates separately
,with each newspaper. The
others negotiate with the Pub-
lishers ? Association of New
:York City, which represents all
'of the major dailies except The
New York Post.
? The association has reached
agreement with seven unions.
:The deliverers, pressmen and
:paperhandlers have ratified and
,signed contracts; the printers
.and engravers have ratified, but
not signed their contracts, and
machinists and electricians have
not yet ratified their contracts.
In July the mailers' union
authorized a strike against the
association's seven member
-newspapers, but did not set a
date. At the same time, the
stereotypers' union voted to
'rescind ratification 6f a contract
it had. not , signed.
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