By: Joe Strupp Add The Day of New London, Conn., to the list of newspapers announcing week-long unpaid furloughs aimed at saving money.
The Day revealed the plan in a weekend story that said "it will require all employees to take a week off without pay to shore up its bottom line, which has been bruised by a lingering recession and declining advertising revenues."
Publisher Gary Farrugia added that the furloughs by the company's 308 full- and part-time employees will save some $300,000 in annual expenses.
"The move, effective Feb. 1, requires employees to take their one-week furlough before the end of June," the story said.
?One week off without pay represents the best and least harmful option to the company and our employees as we go forward,? Farrugia said in an employee memo, according to the story.
The Day, which is locally owned by a not-for-profit trust, joins a growing list of newspapers announcing furloughs, including all Gannett U.S. properties and numerous MediaNews Group outlets.
?We feel it best to preserve all the jobs we can at this time,? Farrugia said.
In an unrelated development, The Day also reported that the Norwich Bulletin, a neighboring daily owned by Gatehouse Media, had closed its in-house printing plant. The Bulletin will now be printed at a Gatehouse location in Auburn, Mass., The Day reported, citing an e-mail it obtained from Bulletin President and Publisher Ellen Lind.
?We approach the closure of our manufacturing operation with eyes wide open following extensive soul searching and thoughtful consideration of multiple options,? the e-mail said, noting 25 full- and part-time positions were eliminated because of the move.
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