The Los Angeles Times last week reached a tentative labor
contract with the Los Angeles Times Guild, which represents some 475 employees
at the paper. The deal is “a milestone for a newspaper that for generations was
known as a bastion of anti-unionism,” according to the paper.
The deal
has been in the works for over a year.
The
three-year agreement would provide immediate pay raises of at least 5 percent
for many newsroom staff members, the paper said. Some will get a bigger raise.
There will also be a a 2.5 percent raise in the second and third years. The
tentative deal includes job protections, parental leave, severance pay and
rights for journalists who aim to go after book deals.
Times
management agreed to interview people from underrepresented groups to fill
positions in an effort to boost newsroom diversity.
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