Work for a newspaper online is not covered by jurisdictional clauses which cover newspaper work

 For those who find interesting the issues of newspapers versus internet based news, even when provided by the same organization - like the Cleveland Plain Dealer [1] and Cleveland.com [2] are both owned by Advance Communications [3] - Jones Day was able to arbitrate that the on-line product workers were not covered by union contracts negotiated for the newspaper product - I believe the Plain Dealer if set up the same way...

Representation: Labor Arbitration Involving Work Jurisdiction Issue

Principal Professional(s): Robert Louis Ford [10]

Lead Practice(s): Collective Bargaining, Contract Enforcement & Union Organizing [11]

Industry(s): Media [12]

Summary: The Fresno Bee has an online product, Fresnobee.com, which provides news and a host of other services over the internet. Work on this product is performed in a separate department at the Fresno Bee and employees in that department are not represented by a union. The Newspaper Guild claimed in its grievance that Guild-represented employees should be assigned the work because the on line product was really an online newspaper and under the labor contract, newspaper work must be performed by Guild-represented employees. A multiday hearing was held before Arbitrator Alexander Cohn and post-hearing briefs were filed. The Arbitrator denied the grievance and upheld the ompany's position. This decision is of great significance because it is precedent for the proposition that work for a newspaper online product is not covered by jurisdictional clauses which cover newspaper work.

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