“I’m proud to welcome the editorial workers of The Hudson Valley News Guild into our union,” said Susan DeCarava, President of The NewsGuild of New York. “By forming a union we hope to continue to serve our readers as best as we can guided by our paper's motto: 'Here shall the press the people's right maintain'." "Our state's oldest newspaper is being kept alive by a small group of dedicated professionals who are seeking to maintain their editorial independence, which fits with the character of the region we serve,” said Patrick Oehler, Photographer, Poughkeepsie Journal. Our organizing effort is the best way to strengthen that alliance in the face of Gannett’s drive to regionalization,” said Peter Kramer, Reporter, The Journal News. “For generations, the three papers represented by our union have been trusted allies to the distinct communities they serve. We are organizing to ensure fair wages and reliable benefits so we can attract and retain new staff members who add to our diversity and perspective,” said Nancy Cutler, Reporter, The Journal News. “I have been lucky to work in my community, for my community. Union members of the Hudson Valley News Guild are pushing for job security and for greater protections against reduction in force and wage and benefit cuts, especially as media companies continue to slash newsroom staff and put stakeholder profit over the workers and their communities. The Hudson Valley News Guild, following the Record Guild and the Atlantic DOT Guild, is the third Gannett unit in the region to organize with the NewsGuild of New York this year. Workers at several Gannett-owned publications - including workers at the the South Bend Tribune, the Palm Beach Daily News, and the Arizona Republic - have organized to fight for their newsrooms. The Hudson Valley News Guild joins thousands of media professionals across the country who have organized with The NewsGuild-CWA to preserve and protect their local outlets. With over 80% of eligible staffers signed on, the Hudson Valley News Guild has requested voluntary recognition from Gannett management. New York - This morning, the editorial employees of Gannett-owned publications in the Hudson Valley - The Journal News, Poughkeepsie Journal and Times and Herald-Record announced that they have unionized with the NewsGuild of New York. salaried employees workers and global executives.Hudson Valley editorial workers have organized to fight for local news and address issues regarding pay, diversity, and job security In April, General Motors said it achieved $1 billion in savings through cutting several hundred jobs in February and offering voluntary buyouts in March to roughly 5,000 U.S. The automotive industry is managing volatile changes in the economy, supply chain and product design while at the same time needing to spend billions on the evolution to electric vehicles.
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This planned round of cuts will be a fraction of the thousands last summer, the Free Press has learned.įord job boards have been simmering with anonymous posts about suspected job cuts in recent days, and media outlets have written of pending cuts in coming weeks. The automaker also cut 580 jobs in April 2022. Most of those cuts were made in Michigan, where Ford is headquartered. The cuts are expected to fall well below the 3,000 jobs slashed in August in the U.S., Canada and India. and about 70,000 worldwide, a Ford spokesman confirmed Friday to The Free Press, a member of the USA TODAY Network. Ford has about 28,000 white-collar workers in the U.S.
The automaker employs about 174,000 white- and blue-collar workers globally.
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The third of three units at the company, Ford Pro commercial, is not part of this job reduction. The action will be limited to white-collar workers in North America, perhaps just the U.S.Īt issue is not buyouts but layoffs, specifically in the areas of Ford Blue and Model e, the units that design and build internal combustion vehicles as well as develop technology for the electric vehicle operation, according to a source with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. is planning to lay off a minimum of "several hundred" salaried employees, starting as soon as next week, the Detroit Free Press has learned.
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