Where is the “flurry of information?”
On March 8, copy editors expressed their frustration with the lack of vital information they need to know to prepare for the move to the new building and, more importantly, to live and plan their lives.
Managers have given some copy editors their new schedules individually. That’s how we now know there will be a “swing shift” from 12:30 to 9 p.m. We still don’t know how many people will be on this shift and if copy editor schedules will rotate.
But many copy editors still do not all know such critical information what their job duties will be, how seniority will work and whether they will be allowed to take vacation when they want. (Remember, our contract calls for work schedules to be posted two weeks in advance. That means no later than April 20 for the first day of the universal desk.)
At that March 8 meeting, Managing Editor David Goodwin promised a “flurry of information” by the end of the month answering these sorts of questions. On Tuesday, Guild representatives reminded Managing Editor Jana Collier that today would be the last working day of the month and that people needed answers now.
If they were not going to give the promised information, we told Collier, managers better be prepared to give copy editors an iron clad schedule of when these things would be explained. And those answers had better be forthcoming very soon.
Well, it’s now late on Friday. Where is the “flurry?” Where is the schedule for when this vital information will come?
Some of these details the company has literally been promising would come any day for OVER A YEAR! And then the company wonders why people don’t trust their promises when they aren’t in writing.
Remember, wear RED next Friday!