Gannett Employees To Take Unpaid Furloughs

In order to prevent further layoffs, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, Gannett Co., announced yesterday that workers will be required to take a week off without pay.  According to the AP, these furloughs apply to 17,000 staffers at the 81 papers in Gannett’s U.S. community publishing division.  Employees at USA Today and the Detroit Free Press will not be asked to take any time off and the temporary leave of absence will, for now, affect only non-union workers.

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