Daily News Makes Offer to Pressmen But mediator describes talks, as `hard going CITY HOME Edition

The Daily News presented new contract proposals to its striking pressmen last night, but the special mediator in the do-or-die talks described the negotiations as "hard going." The News presented its proposal at a brief face-to-face session yesterday evening, after whichboth sides returned...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author By Joseph A. Gambardello and Scott Ladd. STAFF WRITERS
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 19.02.1991
EditionCombined editions
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Usery, William J
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Summary:The Daily News presented new contract proposals to its striking pressmen last night, but the special mediator in the do-or-die talks described the negotiations as "hard going." The News presented its proposal at a brief face-to-face session yesterday evening, after whichboth sides returned to separate rooms on the fourth floor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. That left the mediator, former Labor Secretary William J. Usery, to engage in shuttle diplomacy. The level of press staffing has been a major source of dispute between the two sides. The News has sought major concessions from several of its unions, including the pressmen, to save more than $70 million a year in costs.