Newspaper Shorts

Prison Guards Target Newspaper
The California Correctional Peace Officers Assn. has launched a "statewide action" against the Sacramento Bee and other McClatchy newspapers — a "Beecott," as they call it — over recent editorials and the newspaper's use of "prison guards" instead of "correctional officer." The PacoVilla blog written by CCPOA members wrote: "When the Sacramento Bee's editorial board published a mean-spirited, personal attack upon CCPOA members asserting we are 'whiners' who don't do a very dangerous job at all, well, those are fighting words!"

Talks stall; Guild threatens strike
After talks between Philadelphia's two largest papers and their biggest union bogged down over pension issues last night, the head of the union urged management to "sober up" or face a strike as early as today.

Voluntary Unpaid Vacation Program
We are introducing a Voluntary Unpaid Vacation program designed to give employees more time off from work. Here's how it works:

Media groups dispute collaboration charge
MediaNews Group and Hearst Corp., the two companies that own nearly all of the large daily newspapers in the Bay Area, are disputing charges that they are collaborating on a business deal that is anti-competitive and illegal.