Striking workers traveled the United States to draw attention to the conflict and pressure corporate boards of directors of advertisers in the two newspapers. The newspapers hired replacement workers, spent approximately US$40,000,000 (equivalent to $67,520,730 in 2021) on private security, and provided the police department in Sterling Heights, Michigan - where a production plant was located - with US$1,000,000 (equivalent to $1,688,018 in 2021). By October, about 40% of the editorial staffers had crossed the picket line, and many trickled back over the next months, including Mitch Albom - who wrote a column urging an end to the strike, while others stayed during the duration of the strike. The strikers published a competing weekly newspaper, the Detroit Sunday Journal. The newspapers continued to publish during the strike, and aired commercials depicting "People Behind the Paper". The papers lost approximately US$100,000,000 (equivalent to $168,801,824 in 2021) in the first six months of the strike. The unions included The Newspaper Guild and the Teamsters, along with the pressmen, printers and Teamsters working for the "Detroit Newspapers" distribution arm. On July 13, 1995, about 2,500 members of six different unions went on strike after management indicated it would not discuss recent labor practice changes by Detroit News publisher, Robert Giles. The agreement resulted in a 29% reduction in the workforce. They cite the 1989 "Joint Operating Agreement" (JOA), which combined the non-editorial operations of the newspapers, as one example of those efforts. Revolutionary Worker claimed that the owners had been planning as early as 1989 to significantly change the existing labor agreements with the unions. Chris Rhomberg, a sociology professor at Fordham University, concludes in his book, The Broken Table, that management provoked the strike and had been preparing for several years. The unions claimed management was engaging in unfair labor practices. Management attempted to force out the unions by attempting to switch from employee distribution to independent contractors. Tension between the unions and management of Detroit's primary two newspapers had been building for several years. The unions ended their strike on February 14, 1997, and it was resolved in court three years later, with the journalists' union losing its unfair labor practices case on appeal. The primary action involved around 2,500 members of six labor unions going on strike from July 13, 1995, to February 14, 1997. The Detroit Newspaper Strike was a major labor dispute which began in Detroit, Michigan on July 13, 1995, and involved several actions including a local boycott, corporate campaign, and legal charges of unfair labor practices. sticker showing support for the strike and boycott, saying "No News or Free Press Wanted Here". The FCC order, signed by its general counsel and media bureau chief, said the Free Press petition sought an expansion of the broadcast hoax rule in order to enable government-led flyspecking of broadcasters editorial judgments on airing statements by Trump and other government officials. President Donald Trump made in press conferences about the coronavirus pandemic.įree Press, a media advocacy group, last month filed an emergency petition with the FCC to investigate the broadcast of what it said were false statements about the health crisis by Trump. REUTERS/Tom BrennerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Monday it was rejecting a petition that sought an investigation into broadcasters that aired statements U.S. įCC rejects group's request to probe Trump coronavirus broadcasts On Monday, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro acknowledged members of the task force dealing with the coronavirus crisis clashed over the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine. It cited a 1992 FCC rule barring the broadcasting of hoaxes. REUTERS/Tom BrennerFree Press, a media advocacy group, last month filed an emergency petition with the FCC to investigate the broadcast of what it said were false statements about the health crisis by Trump. President Donald Trump made in news conferences about the coronavirus pandemic.įILE PHOTO: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2019. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Monday it was rejecting a petition that sought an investigation into broadcasters that aired statements U.S. agency rejects group's request to probe Trump coronavirus broadcasts
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