NORTHAMPTON Unionized employees at the Daily Hampshire Gazette have ratified their first contract with Newspapers of New England (NNE), the newspaper’s ownership.In a statement Monday, the Pioneer Valley NewsGuild said it approved a two-year.
A group of monthly columnists for the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton said they're not writing any more columns until the company that owns the paper agrees to a contract with its employees.
Northampton City Council backs NewsGuild in contract dispute
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Published: 5/7/2021 5:50:35 PM
NORTHAMPTON Reporters and their co-workers at the Daily Hampshire Gazette got some support Thursday from the very people whose feet they’re paid to hold to the fire.
Northampton’s City Council, on first reading, voted unanimously with one councilor, at-large councilor William Dwight, recusing himself to stand in solidarity with the paper’s unionized employees, and to pass a resolution calling for Newspapers of New England to swiftly bargain a fair contract with them. NNE is the Gazette’s parent company.
“The key to effective government is an unbiased media. A newspaper is critical to that,” council President Gina-Louise Sciarra said. “Reporters need to know that their work is valued.”