Baltimore Sun offers second round of buyouts p.14

By: Editorial Staff

THE BALTIMORE SUN is offering a second round of buyouts to 150 employees ? 108 mostly noneditorial unionized employees and 42 editorial and noneditorial employees who are not represented by unions.
The paper has informed 15 of the nonunionized employees, including editors and columnists, that their jobs will end as of Dec. 29.
The first round of buyouts offered to employees coincided with the closing the the Evening Sun on Sept. 15.
Nonunion employees have until Dec. 5 to decide whether to take the buyouts or, in some cases, face the possibility of layoffs.
Union workers may accept the buyout until Dec. 15.
The second round of buyouts expands the number of eligible workers from 203 to 353.
A maximum of 100 employees are expected to accept the buyouts, with no more than half of them coming from the editorial staff, Sun spokesman Mike Shultz said.
The paper also decided to eliminate a weekly Harford County edition. A reporter will remain to cover the region.
If not enough employees accept the second buyout offer, 21 additional noneditorial workers could lose their jobs, the company and union officials said.