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Details the plan offered by Detroit Newspapers Inc. to union members which put an end to the strike against the jointly operated `Detroit News' and `Detroit Free Press.' Striking unions' offer to return to work unconditionally; Management's offer to rehire former strikers from a `preferential hiring list' in order of seniority to fill job openings; Training fund for employees whose jobs were eliminated.

Reports on rise in the number of newspaper strikes in Detroit, Michigan. Number of labor stoppages between 1955 and 1967; Creation of joint operating agency by newspaper corporate owners Knight-Ridder Inc. and Gannett Co.; Issues in the unions' front; Circumstances leading to strike at `Detroit News' and `Detroit Free Press' newspapers; Financial losses suffered by striking newspapers.

Reports on the union strike at Detroit Newspapers in 1995. Comments from journalism educator John K. Hartman; Plans of the company; Gains in the company's home delivery circulation.

Discusses that `Lansing State Journal' newsroom employees voted to decertify the Newspaper Guild in Michigan after decades of representation. How employees who favored decertification would benefit from removing the union; Remarks of Lansing Newspaper Guild Local President Janet Geissler about the decertification movement; Two remaining unions of the State Journal.

Reports on US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) chairman William Gould's plans to seek a federal court order returning all former striking employees of `Detroit Free Press' and `Detroit News' newspapers to their jobs. Filing of a petition for a Section 10(j) injunction; Earlier ruling by an administrative law judge claiming that the strike was caused by unfair labor practices at the newspapers.

Reports on the optimism of striking employees at Detroit, Michigan newspapers `Detroit Free Press' and `Detroit News' that the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will rule in favor of their reinstatement. Elation over an administrative law judge's ruling that the strike was caused by management's unfair labor practices; Alleged shortcomings of the newspapers in their contract negotiations with the strikers.

Provides an overview on developments in the strike against the `Detroit Free Press,' `Detroit News' and their joint agency, Detroit Newspapers. Detroit Newspapers executives' claim that the strikers are starting to lose their momentum; Details on protests activities of strikers; Detroit Newspapers' vice president of labor, Timothy J. Kelleher's suggestion for strikers to negotiate with the management.

Reports on developments on the strike at Knight-Ridder's `Detroit Free Press' and Gannett Co.'s `Detroit News.' Number of terminated striking employees; Strikers and sympathizers' claim that newspapers terminated employees for participating in nonviolent acts of civil disobedience; Bargaining developments.

Reports on Detroit, Michigan-based automobile makers' agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) to ban the `Detroit News' and `The Detroit Free Press' from their contract negotiation press conference in June 1996. Statements issued by Chrysler Corp. and Ford Motor Co.; UAW's support for newspaper strikers; Continuing strike of six unions against Detroit Newspapers.

Reports on the strike by six unions that has hurt the circulation of daily newspapers in Detroit, Michigan since July 1995. Unions' claim on the decrease of combined paid circulation of the `Detroit Free Press' and `Detroit News'; Papers' non-filing of publisher circulation statements since the start of the strike.

Reports on the advertising boycott campaign the striking unions in Detroit, Michigan has launched against the `Detroit Free Press' and `Detroit News' newspapers. Union's action on massage parlors and other sex-oriented advertisements; Dealers' termination of advertising since strike started; Comments of Detroit Newspapers head Frank Vega.

Reports on the founding of the `Detroit Sunday Journal' newspaper by striking newspaper employees before the strike in Detroit, Michigan newspapers had even started. Gratification experienced by staffers who use the newspaper to voice their sentiments; Funding of newspaper by the Metropolitan Council of Newspaper Unions.

Reports on allegations by striking newspaper employees in Detroit, Michigan on the absence of objectivity in newspapers' coverage of strikes. Accusations that `Detroit News' overemphasize labor dispute's violence and distortion of unions' role; Comments of editor and publisher Robert H. Giles.

Reports on the violence that marked the newspaper strike in Detroit, Michigan. Instances of vandalism by strikers; Detroit Newspapers' contribution for police expenses; Vandalism other businesses have suffered; Agreement between striking unions and National Labor Relations Board to desist from violence. INSET: A costly strike..

Discusses the implications of featherbedding, the practice of implementing restrictive work rules, for striking newspapers in Detroit, Michigan. Insights of Frank Vega, president of Detroit Newspapers , the joint operating agency created for `Detroit News' and `Detroit Free Press' newspapers; Production unions' view on featherbedding.

Reports on developments in the strike against Detroit, Michigan's leading newspapers. Delaying the distribution of the combined `Detroit News and Free Press'; Comments from `Detroit News' editor and publisher Robert H. Giles; Condemning the escalation of violence; Seeking court injunction to limit picketing at production site; Newspaper Guild Local 22's rejection of management offers.

Reports on the newspaper workers' strike in Detroit, Michigan. Holding of talks aimed at restarting stalled negotiations; National Labor Relations Board's Region 7 office's complaint against the Detroit Newspaper Agency; `Detroit Free Press's order to newsroom employees to return to work.

Reports on gains claimed by trade unions and management of Michigan-based `Detroit News' and `Detroit Free Press' amid the strike against the two daily newspapers. Loss of insert account by Detroit Newspapers due to the strike; Return of some strikers to work; Journalists' view of the strike as a fight between the Teamsters and Detroit Newspapers.

Reports on the warning given by Michigan-based Detroit Newspapers Inc. on its striking workers. Newspaper's effort to demonstrate its capacity to conduct business despite the strike by drivers and mailers; Workers' demands on the company; State of company's newspaper business since the strike.

Reports on the proposal of the faculty committee at the University of Michigan to drop the undergraduate professional journalism education. Concentration on master's program in journalism; Other universities that are dropping or reorganizing their journalism programs; Department of Communication Studies; Student demand for journalism courses.

Reports on Independent Newspaper Inc. president J. Gene Chambers' request for an investigation of Detroit Newspaper Agency's (DNA) alleged predatory pricing of its advertising. Support from Representatives David Bonior and William Ford; Claim of antitrust laws and Newspaper Preservation Act violations by DNA; Amount lost by Independent Newspapers in 1993.

The article announces the release of the song "This Time" from Detroit Media Partners, the business unit for the "Detroit Free Press" and "The Detroit News." The song, which will be exclusively available on iTunes, was originally written, arranged, and recorded at Harvest Music + Sound Design in Lansing, Michigan, and co-produced by Detroit Media. Rich Harshbarger, Detroit Media's vice president of consumer marketing, pointed out that this is the first time a newspaper company has marketed an anthem for their industry.

The article reports on criticisms drawn by "Traverse City Record-Eagle" in Michigan from K. Ross Childs, former Grand Traverse County executive, and residents of the city. A report by Childs on the alleged journalistic shortcomings of the newspaper was forwarded to newspaper chairman Peter R. Kann. Childs accused the newspaper of making inaccurate investigations.

Focuses on the insignificance of the newspaper acquisition agreement entered into by Gannett Co., Knight Ridder Inc. and MediaNews Group in Detroit, Michigan according to newspaper merger and acquisitions specialists. Factors that characterize the uniqueness of the decision of Knight Ridder to sell the periodical "Detroit Free Press" to Gannett Co.; Difficulties associated with such trading agreements; Merger and acquisition trends in the sector as of September 2005.

Reports on a complaint filed by Aleta Meskin, a resident from West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, on unsolicited free delivery of the newspaper "The Birmingham-Bloomfield Eccentric." Information on the charges filed against LeeAnn Mitchell, circulation director of Observer & Eccentric Newspaper; Details of the complaint.

Reports that Roy S. Trahan, ex-publisher of 'The Daily Tribune' newspaper, was charged with felonies for allegedly giving preferential campaign advertising rates to a candidate for mayor in Cheboygan, Michigan. Allegations under the lawsuits filed against Trahan; Penalties awaiting Trahan if he gets convicted of the felonies charged against him.

Presents the aftermath of the labor dispute within the newspaper publishing industry in Detroit, Michigan after its settlement in December 2000. Awarding of compensatory damages to former striker Ben Solomon in his lawsuit against Detroit Newspapers; Teamsters President James P. Hoffa's decision to end the subscription and advertising boycott of the 'Free Press' and 'News' newspapers.

Reports on the publication of a series of articles critical of the fire department in Detroit, Michigan. Allegation by reporters Melvin Clayton and Charles Hurt of inefficiency at the department; Fire department policy banning firefighters from talking to the media.

Reports that labor groups have ratified union contracts at several newspapers in Detroit, Michigan. Boycott by workers of the 'Detroit Free Press' and 'The Detroit News' newspapers; Provisions under the contracts. INSET: Detroit's newspaper labor dispute: A time line.

Reports the union workers' vote on contract proposals by the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News in Michigan. Finality of the offer from the newspaper companies to the union employees; Provision of the contract; Reaction of the strikers.

Focuses on the criticisms of Catholic leaders and readers on the cartoon by Mike Thompson in the September issue of the 'Detroit Free Press' in Detroit, Michigan. Comments of Catholic leaders on the cartoon; Viewpoint of the editor of the editorial page.

Reports on the settlement deal offered by daily newspapers 'Detroit News' and 'Detroit Free Press' to resolve their dispute with unions in Detroit, Michigan. Offer of wage increases in exchange of increases in newspaper circulation; Views of the labor unions on the settlement offer.

Focuses on the decision of Washington D.C.'s Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the United States National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) 1998 decision on a strike of newspaper workers in Detroit, Michigan. Findings by the court that the NLRB decision is legally erroneous.

Focuses on the launching of the Detroit, Michigan weekly newspaper `Michigan Frontpage' by Sam Logan. Accomplishment at the `Michigan Chronicle'; Initial number of copies printed; Age range of target readership; Emphasis on personal finances.

Focuses on the Open Meetings Act lawsuit won by Oakland Press Endowment Scholarship for Journalism Excellence in 1995 forcing Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan to stop conducting its search for a president in secret. Reason the Open Meetings Act was amended in Michigan; Information on the Oakland Press.

Reports on the `Detroit News' newspaper's dismissal of reporter Lou Mleczko, the president of the Newspaper Guild in Detroit, Michigan. Reason for Mleczko's firing; Previous dismissal of four other union presidents involved in the Detroit newspaper strike.

Reports on the efforts of Detroit Newspapers Inc. and newspaper unions in Detroit, Michigan, to end their dispute. Bargaining sessions agreed upon by both parties; Position of management over the firing of strikers; Effects of the strike to Detroit's newspapers.

Reports on the National Labor Relations Board's ruling on September 1, 1998 ordering the rehiring of Detroit, Michigan's newspaper strikers. Victory for the workers represented by six unions; Background on strike actions at `Detroit Free Press,' `Detroit News' and their JOA.

Cites a July 23, 1998 report by the Associated Press concerning the hostage situation at the offices of the `Evening News' in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. Witnesses to the hostage situation; Background on the paper.

Reports on the holding of the meetings of the stockholders of the Knight Ridder and Gannett Co. on April 28, 1998 in Detroit, Michigan. Reactions of union members on the meetings; Attempt by both companies to limit the amount of community involvement in the two meetings.

Reports on the United States district judge's approval of Detroit, Michigan-based newspapers' pursuit to decertify the Newspaper Guild through the 1970 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act or RICO. Use of violence and vandalism during the two-year strike; Assumption about the nonjurisdiction of the federal court; Rejection of National Labor Relations Board to decertify the Newspaper Guild Local 22.

Reports on a large-scale theft of the college newspaper `Michigan Daily,' from drop sites around the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. Investigators' finding of no warrants on the case; Papers' non-value for larceny purposes because they are offered free to the public; Editor-in-chief Ronnie Glassberg's lobbying for state legislation that would make theft of student and free newspapers a specific crime.

Reports that Detroit Newspapers Inc.'s striking unions have petitioned the United States Justice Department to block the sale of Detroit Newspapers' Riverfront plant until its antitrust investigation is completed. Antitrust complaint of the unions against Detroit Newspapers; Developments in the strike and labor negotiations.

Reports on the class action suit filed by supporters of the workers' strike at Knight-Ridder Inc.'s `Detroit Free Press' and Gannett Co.'s `Detroit News' against the newspapers and their joint operating agency Detroit Newspaper. Claim of illegal amendment of the approved 1989 JOA to permit combined daily publication in the event of a labor dispute; Detroit Mayor Coleman Young as one of the plaintiffs.

Reports that the `Detroit News' and `Detroit Free Press' have rejected the conditional offer by six unions to return to work in exchange for several conditions. Lawsuit against Detroit Newspapers, the agency that operates business and production functions at the two papers, from the six striking unions; Allegations in the lawsuit.

Reports on the University of Michigan's decision to discontinue its master's in journalism program. Contingency plan for students enrolled in the master's program; Refusal of the university to extend the contract of Jonathan Friendly, director of master's journalism; Creation of a certification program in journalism.

Reports that the Michigan's state government, citing an unspecified need for more office space, has given the media in the Capitol pressroom to until January 1, 1995 to vacate the office space. Comments from Associated Press bureau chief Charles Mill; Terms of the negotiations with the office space.

Reports on the decision by `Detroit Free Press' and `Detroit News' to resume separate publication on September 18, 1995. Effect of strike by workers that began on July 13, 1995; Return to work by striking newsroom employees; Newspaper Guild's claim that separate publication may put strain on financial resources.

Reports on Detroit Newspapers' use of rented helicopters to airlift copies of the combined `Detroit News' and `Free Press' to get past gates blocked by strikers. Reaction of union leaders.

Reports that bargaining between Detroit, Michigan's two daily newspapers and six of their eleven unions have continued beyond the April 30, 1995 deadline. Accusation made by the Metropolitan Council of Newspaper Unions against `Detroit Free Press' and `Detroit News'; Internal memo from the papers' operating agency; Reaction to the elimination of jobs.