Philly newspaper writers may publish online if strike hits
Steve Safran November 28th, 2006
Staffers from the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News say they’re prepared to publish their work online, if a strike deadline passes Thursday. 900 members of the Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia are certainly ready to walk the picket line - just check out the union’s website. At issue are matters of sick pay, a union pension cap, and the power of seniority in job security. Editor and Publisher reports that, should the job action happen, union leaders will produce their own online newspaper with striking staffers. The union has even bought a domain name, although it won’t say what that URL is. (Via Poynter)
3 Comments Add your own
1. thedetroitchannel | November 28th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
what a difference a “dash” makes - the union’s site, local-10.com vs. the fort lauderdale channel wplg’s site, local10.com .
2. Ted Viewer | November 29th, 2006 at 10:09 am
They may actually find they stumbled upon a much better business model that way.
3. Barry S. | November 29th, 2006 at 10:18 am
I wish I could get a daily download of newspapers in PDF format so that I could take it with me and not have to carry around paper on airplanes.
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