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Sandra Tan, a Buffalo News reporter and president of the Buffalo Newspaper Guild, speaks at a demonstration july 15, 2021 outside the News office.
The president of the Buffalo Newspaper Guild says the union may soon reach a new contract agreement with The Buffalo News’ ownership, but won’t be “bullied into” a bad deal just because their current agreement expires this weekend.
Sandra Tan, a News reporter and president of the Guild representing approximately 150 News employees, spoke to WBFO Wednesday about the Guild’s ongoing contract negotiations with Lee Enterprises, which purchased the News last year.
The Guild for the last two weeks has been on a byline strike, withholding their names from their stories and photos, in protest of Lee’s proposals. Those proposals include outsourcing page design work and freezing the Guild’s pension fund.