Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Honolulu | Advertiser said laying off 11 on press

The Honolulu Advertiser will lay off as many as 15 union members in three weeks, according to notices sent to their respective unions, the rival Honolulu Star-Bulletin says: "Eleven pressmen, members of the Hawaii Printing and Graphic Communications Union Local 413-N, will be laid off, said Terrence Derby Jr., union vice president."
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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/19/2009 5:19 PM

    This place is a shell of what it once was...Gannett really messed this newspaper up. One bad management hire after another. It's a revolving door, especially on the ad side. Our Ad VP never goes anywhere without the Controller. What does that tell ya?

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  3. Anonymous5/20/2009 1:42 AM

    The Sr. VP/Editor said he hadn't heard about the layoffs. Why do these guys lie - who are they fooling, besides themselves.

    Mr. Sr. VP/Editor, here's some advice the next time the competitor asks you a question, no comment.

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  6. Anonymous5/21/2009 3:47 AM

    Ya cant blame the Sr vp/editor. He is clearly a fish out of water, but then again, so is the publisher. I believe the only reason he transferred in from Guam was because he did not want his daughter to go to school there.

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  7. Anonymous5/21/2009 11:52 AM

    The publisher is not staying for long. He's very close to the Gannett retirement age, rents a house in Honolulu, has an extremely lucrative diving business based in Guam and has offices in Micronesia and other South Pacific islands, and has kept his mansion on Guam. And his daughter will graduate high school next year.

    Difficult for anyone who will not live in a city for an extended period of time to make decisions that will impact the paper in years to come.

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  8. Anonymous6/22/2009 2:26 AM

    The guy from HNL wins a President's Ring? Are you kidding? That's like giving the Clippers a World Champion trophy too just because.

    Furthermore, the Ad. VP couldn't sell a boat to Gilligan or the Skipper.

    That place is in shambles. Good luck to all that work there. You'll need it.

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