Honolulu Advertiser Employees Get Their Jobs Back...Sort Of

Most of the 600 employees of the Honolulu Advertiser have received job offers with the management company that will run the paper until the new owner takes over later this month, the Advertiser reported.

HA Management’s offer letter to staffers included pay cuts for some employees and stipulated that all staffers would work “at will.”

Wayne Cahill, administrative officer of the Hawaii Newspaper Guild, told the Advertiser he’s advising employees not to sign anything — including their job offers — until after the union’s attorneys have had a chance to look them over.

The sale could close as soon as April 25, the future owner, David Black, told employees.

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