Union workers at the Macomb Daily and Royal Oak Tribune newspapers are contemplating a possible strike and other job actions at the end of the month.
The Journal Register company owns the papers. It has announced plans to end its union contracts and probably make deep cuts in its union and non-union workforces, more than 800 people statewide.
Lou Mleczko is the president of the Newspaper Guild of Detroit. He says the unions, representing the union 175 members involved, met Sunday to agree on a strategy.
“We are not just going to sit idly by and let them terminate these contracts….and strip pay and benefits away from our members,” says Mleczko.
Mleczko says the unions plan to start telling advertisers about their plans.
He says the unions may hold strike authorization votes before March 19th.
That’s the date of the next bankruptcy hearing for the Journal Register company.
