Newspaper Guild employees at The Sacramento Bee approve pay cuts of up to 6 percent

Newspaper Guild member Don Sweeney, a copy editor for the Sacramento Bee, counts ballots concerning a vote whether Bee employees will approve a proposal to take a pay cut, as guild member Loretta Kalb, a Bee reporter, looks on in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, March 6, 2009. By a 65 to 35 percent vote, Bee guild members agreed to take pay cuts up to 6 percent to save 19 Guild-covered jobs at the 152-year-old paper. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (Rich Pedroncelli, AP / March 6, 2009) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Newspaper Guild members at The Bee agreed Friday to take pay cuts of up to 6 percent to save jobs at the 152-year-old paper. Members voted 65 percent to 35 percent to accept the deal, said…

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