After 10 years without pay raises under three owners, employees at The Ledger can expect some again, the Poynter Institute’s Rick Edmonds reports. GateHouse Media has agreed to a 1 percent raise for its unionized newsroom workers this September and another 1.7 percent a year later. Non-union employees will be eligible for a 2 percent raise pool this year and next, the CEO of GateHouse’s parent company told Edmonds.
Barry Friedman founded Lkldnow.com in 2015 as the culmination of a career in print and digital journalism. Since 1982, he has used the tools of reporting, editing and content curation to help people in Lakeland understand their community better.
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