OTHER NEWS - July 18, 1995

Newspaper Strike Heats Up: Detroit’s newspaper strike entered its fifth day with management claiming success in delivering papers and employees turning to national labor groups for support. Six unions representing 2,500 employees at the Detroit Free Press, owned by Knight-Ridder Inc., and the Detroit News, owned by Gannett Co., struck last Thursday night. No new talks were scheduled. Union leaders filed an unfair labor practice complaint accusing the newspapers of failing to bargain in good faith. The Detroit Newspapers, which publishes the dailies under a joint operating agreement, continued to push ahead with a combined edition written and edited by managers. The six-union Council of Newspaper Unions kept up pressure on advertisers and appeals to readers to shun the strike paper, while the AFL-CIO began raising money to assist the strike.