Congratulations,
Life!
The
Newspaper Guild at Time Inc. takes great pleasure in welcoming back to the
Time & Life Building one of the great publications of the 20th century,
LIFE magazine, now with us once again, this time as a weekly.
In
its first incarnation as a regularly published periodical, the famous weekly
LIFE first appeared with a publication date of November 23, 1936, and remained
with us until December 29, 1972. Late
in its history, when it became apparent that LIFE might have to fold, both the
Guild and Time Inc. management were concerned about how that would affect its
loyal employees. That concern
resulted in the job elimination packages and other protections in staff
reductions that were negotiated by the Guild, and these provisions remain in
our contract to help protect employees today.
Reborn
as a monthly in October 1978, LIFE lasted as a Guild-covered publication until
May 2000. It had been a huge part
of Time Inc., and everyone was sad to see it go. Once again the Guild won
generous job-elimination packages for some employees, and it helped to get
others placed in new jobs within Time Inc.
Now
it 's wonderful to be able to welcome LIFE back. The Guild, which has
represented the edit employees at LIFE ever since the Guild has been at Time
Inc., looks forward to this new chapter in LIFE ' s history and to
representing its employees once more in the 21st century.
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10/14/04