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Article: Phila. Papers' Largest Union OKs Pact
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- December 19, 2006
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PHILADELPHIA - Members of the largest union at Philadelphia's two biggest newspapers voted 498-69 Monday to approve a new three-year contract at the urging of union leaders despite major concessions and looming layoffs.
The Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia, which represents more than 900 editorial, advertising, circulation and clerical employees at The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, was the last of 10 unions to ratify a new contract.
The Guild reached a tentative agreement with owner Philadelphia Media Holdings LLC last week, averting a strike that would have been the first work stoppage in 21 years at the newspapers.
"While this process was at times ...