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Annie

Annie

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A losing cause:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081216161407.zj4ks8v3&show_article=1

US news agency staff stage 'byline strike'

Dec 16 12:14 PM US/Eastern

Journalists and photographers at the US news agency the Associated Press (AP) are withholding their bylines to protest management's stance in contract talks, their union said.
"Staffers recognize the tough times, but they also understand that quality journalism at AP means attracting and retaining the best employees," Tony Winton, president of the News Media Guild, said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Guild said AP reporters and photographers were withholding bylines and personal equipment "in protest over the news agency's proposals that would threaten job security, dramatically raise medical costs, and freeze wages."

"They're making it clear that AP's future success means respecting its workers, not imposing huge medical costs and regressing on industry-standard job security terms," Winton said.

In a statement, the AP said its "proposals to the Guild are rooted in the desire to assure that we can maintain the maximum number of quality journalism jobs, and that these positions are compensated fairly and in accordance with the realities of today's economic challenges....
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Bottom line, by choosing to be a reporter for a wire agency, one loses cache. Piss poor response on the part of the reporters, trying for clout. Now if they'd be willing to stop writing? Oh yea, AP would go down. Not stupid are they.
 
Annie said:
Bottom line, by choosing to be a reporter for a wire agency, one loses cache. Piss poor response on the part of the reporters, trying for clout. Now if they'd be willing to stop writing? Oh yea, AP would go down. Not stupid are they.
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You seem to think that the purpose of the byline strike is to exact economic harm on the AP. What makes you think that is the case? Seems to me that this is a symbolic gesture meant to show the unity among the rank and file in pushing for a good contract, not means to use economic force to exact concessions from management.
 
Dungheap said:
You seem to think that the purpose of the byline strike is to exact economic harm on the AP. What makes you think that is the case? Seems to me that this is a symbolic gesture meant to show the unity among the rank and file in pushing for a good contract, not means to use economic force to exact concessions from management.
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Actually we agree. I think the reporters understand they don't have clout. They want the management to realize their importance. Like the auto industry union members, they need to understand that the management is in a very bad position, worse than themselves? Time will tell.
 
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