ImpreMedia Continues Union Busting at El Diario,
Guild Vows To Fight Back
Following the announced layoffs on
Friday by ImpreMedia of eight Guild-represented staff members at El Diario la
Prensa, the nation's oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper and the largest in
New York, the Guild issued the following statement from President Bill O'Meara: “ImpreMedia has followed through on
its illegal threat to fire veteran journalists and try to replace them with
nonunion staff. Instead of investing in quality journalism at El
Diario, the paper’s new management is trying to turn its back on its Guild
staff and its own loyal readers. “The Newspaper Guild will do
everything we can for these journalists and to save high-quality journalism at
one of the most important Spanish-language newspapers in the
country.”
Following
the announced layoffs on Friday by ImpreMedia of eight
Guild-represented staff members at El Diario la Prensa, the nation's
oldest Spanish-language daily newspaper and the largest in New York, the
Guild issued the following statement from President Bill O'Meara:
“ImpreMedia has followed through on its
illegal threat to fire veteran journalists and try to replace them with
nonunion staff. Instead of investing in quality journalism at El
Diario, the paper’s new management is trying to turn its back on its
Guild staff and its own loyal readers.
“The Newspaper Guild will do everything
we can for these journalists and to save high-quality journalism at one
of the most important Spanish-language newspapers in the country.”
- See more at:
http://www.nyguild.org/el-diario-news-details/items/guild-statement-on-impremedias-layoffs-at-el-diario.html#sthash.LXXEj3s4.dpuf
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