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      <title>Job Security is No. 1</title>
      <description><![CDATA[(NORWALK) HOUR - The results are in from a pre-negotiation survey distributed by the Guild last month to Guild-covered employees at The Hour. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Hour Unit Ratifies 4-Year Pact</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Guild members at The Hour, in Norwalk, Connecticut, voted unanimously to accept a new four-year contract between The Newspaper Guild of New York and Hour management, at a membership meeting held Friday, October 21.  The new agreement is retroactive to January 1, 2005, and is in effect through December 31, 2008.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2005 02:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Negotiations Under Way</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Negotiations for a successor contract at The Hour started out Tuesday afternoon pretty much as they had in the past. &nbsp;New York Guild Local Representative for The Hour, Steve Zavatski, led talks for the Guild, accompanied by Unit Chairperson Erik Trautmann, Vice Chairperson Jennifer Connic, and Secretary Sam DiMeo.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2005 02:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Unit Officer Nominations on Agenda for Next Week's Meeting</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2004 02:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Villager Employees To Be Covered by Guild Contract</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Newspaper Guild of New York is pleased to inform its members at The Hour, and newly represented staffers at The Wilton Villager, that eligible editorial employees of the Wilton weekly will be covered by the contract between the Guild and Hour Publishing Co. The memorandum of agreement that management has agreed to sign will be retroactive to February 23, 2004.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2004 02:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Trautmann and Perrefort Poised To Accept Guild Leadership Roles</title>
      <description><![CDATA[On July 18th at a special unit membership meeting, Erik Trautmann and Dirk Perrefort were nominated to fill the positions of Unit Chairperson and First Vice Chairperson of the Guild unit at The Hour. The special nominating meeting was necessitated by the departure of former Guild Chairperson Jerrod Ferrari. Trautmann has been serving as Acting Unit Chairperson since Ferrari left the paper.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2002 02:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>New Collective Bargaining Agreement Ratified</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Guild members present at last Friday's ratification meeting unanimously accepted the fully retroactive four -year contract, the third such contract with The Hour since editorial employees voted for Guild representation in 1988. The new agreement includes raises for bargaining unit members of 3.5, 3.0, 3.0 and 3.0 percent increases and in addition, includes yearly raises in the minimums as well. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2001 02:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Three for us, two for you. Two for us, none for you</title>
      <description><![CDATA[That seemed to be the underlying attitude of Hour management as contract negotiations stalled out last Friday night, the tenth of such bargaining sessions for a new collective bargaining agreement between Hour management and the Guild.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2001 02:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>It's Time for Hour Management to Make a Move</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This past Wednesday, the Guild committee sat down again with company officials in hopes of coming closer to agreeing on a new contract.  Jerrod Ferrari Unit Chairman, Erik Trautmann 1st Vice Chair and Chief negotiator, Guild Local Representative Steve Zavatski were there to work on coming to agreement on several proposals on the table.  Hour management however was slow to move on any of the proposals put forth by the Guild. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2001 02:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Contract Negotiations Update</title>
      <description><![CDATA[At this past Wednesday's contract negotiating session with Hour management, it came as no surprise that every proposal put forth by the Guild committee was rejected, except for extending time limitations in both the standing grievance and arbitration clauses currently in effect.  Wednesday being Valentine's Day apparently meant nothing to Hour management as the four hour session was far from a love fest, though the dialog was productive. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Contract Bargaining Underway</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The first bargaining session for a new contract between employees represented by the Newspaper Guild of New York, and Hour management was held Thursday morning.  The Guild team included newly elected officers Jerrod Ferrari, Unit Chairperson; Erik Trautmann, First Vice Chair; and Colleen Emsing, Second Vice Chair.   ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2001 01:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
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