15% cut for yours truly

Chronicle union approves five-year contract

- Leslie Fulbright, Chronicle Staff Writer

(07-27) 21:28 PDT San Francisco (SF Chronicle) -- The union representing about 900 newsroom, advertising and circulation employees at the San Francisco Chronicle approved a five-year contract tonight that includes many concessions but was viewed as the best deal possible.

Members of the Northern California Media Workers Guild voted 574 to 119 in favor of the deal, which was reached tentatively on July 24 and takes effect immediately. There were five abstentions.

The paper’s management has said cuts are necessary to keep the financially struggling newspaper afloat.

E-mail Leslie Fulbright at lfulbright@sfchronicle.com.

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