McClatchy layoff info

Here is the current layoff info as of March 19, 2009 (includes info from Anchorage Daily News)

Alaska

Anchorage Daily News
47 employees to be laid off, wage cuts effective April 13, 2009 (details about cuts not yet announced), possible furloughs 2nd half of 2009.

California

The Fresno Bee:
Total layoffs at the paper = 63. The Guild voted 3/10/09 to support management's plan to lay off 16 full time and 5 part time employees in the bargaining unit. Pay cuts (effective April 13, 2009), furlough option, vacation changes.

salary under $35,000 = no cut
$35,000-$59,999 = 4% cut
$60,000-$89,999 = 6% cut

(More here and here.)

Merced Sun-Star:
10 positions eliminated, wage cuts

The Modesto Bee:
Total of 40 positions eliminated. The Guild voted 3/9/09 to accept management's proposal of 11 layoffs in the bargaining unit. Unpaid furloughs second half of 2009. Pay cuts (not sure when they take effect):

under $25,000 = no cut
$25,000-$34,999 = 2% cut
$35,000-$49,999 = 3% cut
$50,000-$64,999 = 5% cut
$65,000-$99,999 = 7.5% cut
$100,000 + = 10% cut

The Sacramento Bee:
The Guild voted 3/6/09 to accept management's proposal to lay off 34 employees in the bargaining unit, implement pay cuts (effective April 13, 2009), possible unpaid furlough in second half of 2009, and vacation accrual changes. Total employees laid off = 128.

salary under $25,000 = no cut
$25,000 - $50,000 = 3% cut
$50,000 or above = 6% cut

(More at the Guild's web site here.)

San Luis Obispo Tribune
3 laid off by end of March, 4 additional layoffs when some financial functions are outsourced to Fresno Bee, wage cuts

Florida

The Miami Herald
175 employees will lose their jobs, another 30 vacant positions will be eliminated, unpaid furloughs starting in April, wage cuts. The Herald to lease one floor of its building.

under $25,000 = no cut
$25,000 - $50,000 = 5% cut
$50,000 + = 10% cut


Georgia

Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus)
20 positions eliminated (includes 13 vacant positions), wage cuts for those making over $26,000 - cuts range from 2.5% to 8%. (more here)

The Telegraph (Macon)
18 positions eliminated (some through attrition), wage cuts for employees making over $25,000 (2.5% to 10%). 58 positions already eliminated when printing operations were moved to Columbus.

Idaho

Idaho Statesman (Boise)

25 positions, wage cuts, unpaid furloughs

under $25,000 = no cuts
$25,999 - $49,999 = 3% cut
$50,000 - $99,000 = 6% cuts
$100,000 + = 10% cut

Illinois

Belleville News-Democrat
30 positions eliminated (includes 12 p.t. and 3 vacant positions), wage cuts for employees making over $25,000

Kansas

Wichita Eagle:
14 positions eliminated, wage cuts

Missouri

Kansas City Star:
Will eliminate about 150 positions, implement wage cuts effective April 20. Publisher says more information later.

under $100,000 = 5% cut (plus or minus)
over $100,000 = 10% cut

North Carolina

The News & Observer
78 layoffs, wage cuts, unpaid furloughs beginning in May.

under $25,000 = no cut
$25,000 - $49,999 = 2.5% cut
$50,000 - $99,999 = 5% cut
$100,000 + = 10% cut

South Carolina

The Herald (Rock Hill):
6 positions eliminated, wage cuts. Printing operations have already been transferred to Charlotte.

under $25,000 = no cut
$25,000 or more = 2.5% to 10% cut

The Island Packet (Blufton) and Beaufort Gazette:
17 positions eliminated (8 of which were open), wage reductions (5 to 10%), hourly employees cut back from 40 hours to 37.5 hours. Possible unpaid furloughs.

The State (Columbia):
38 layoffs (including 3 VPs), wage reductions

The Sun News (Myrtle Beach):
20 Layoffs, 9.1% wage reductions, 37.5 hours per week effective 5/4/09. (More here and here.) An additional 58 positions were eliminated with the transfer of printing operations to Charleston.


Texas

Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
12% of employees laid off (approx. 130 employees), wage reductions (see below), some voluntary buyouts, reduced hours for operational employees.

Wage reductions (effective with 4/24/09 paycheck):
under $25,000 = no cut
$25,000 - $49,999 = 2.5% cut
$50,000 - $99,999 = 5% cut
over $100,000 = 10% cut (more info here)

Washington

The Bellingham Herald (Washington):
Layoff 8 full-time positions and 2 part-time, totaling 10 people.

under $25,000 = no cut
$25,000-$50,000 = 2.5% cut
$50,000 or more = 5% cut (More here.)
Building is up for sale.

The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington)
30 layoffs, wage cuts, possible unpaid furloughs 2nd half of 2009 under $25,000 = no cuts

under $25,000 = no cut
$25,000 - $100,000 = 5% cut
$100,000 + = 10% cut

The Olympian
15 layoffs, wage cuts

Tri-City Herald (Washington):
Lay off 3 employees, possible furloughs, wage reductions.

under $25,000 = no cut
$25,000 to $49,999 = 2.5% cut
$50,000 or more = 5% cut

McClatchy Interactive:
9 positions eliminated (6 through attrition), wage reductions.

under $50,000 = 3.5% cut
$50,000 - $100,000 = 5% cut
over $100,000 = 10% cut
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