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The Newspaper Guild sent out a memo today warning about, uh, crossing Brian Tierney? Or something. Here’s the memo:
The company today has suspended an employee suspected of producing literature critical of Brian Tierney and the company’s contract proposals and posting that material throughout 400 N. Broad St.
Company managers told the Guild the material was found on the employee’s computer hard drive and that videotapes show the employee putting up the literature around the building. An investigation continues with termination possible.
Jesus, videotapes of the event? It’s like effing CSI over there. Still, if you do something anti-work on your work computer, they can usually easily find out. But this seems kind of, well, isn’t it a few days before Christmas?
No word on who the employee is. Postings were found up in the Inquirer newsroom, so it’s likely an Inky person. Full memo after the jump.
Update: Not a news person, according to people who know. (And people in the comments.) So, uh, not nearly as fun. Sorry for the headline, I mis-typed. Merry Christmas!
GUILD BULLETIN
Friday, December 22, 2006
A WARNING
The company today has suspended an employee suspected of producing literature critical of Brian Tierney and the company’s contract proposals and posting that material throughout 400 N. Broad St.
Company managers told the Guild the material was found on the employee’s computer hard drive and that videotapes show the employee putting up the literature around the building. An investigation continues with termination possible.
Company officials warned Guild officers earlier this week of possible serious consequences to employees if critical postings such as those discovered in the Inquirer newsroom at 400 N. Broad Street this week persisted. Today’s actions by the company lend very credible support to that threat.
Remember, the company has the right to ban personal use of its computers and can monitor employee use of them – including email content – at any time.
Please act accordingly.
Melissa M. Nelson
Local Representative
The Newspaper Guild/CWA of Greater Philadelphia
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For what it’s worth, an Inky Guild person said it wasn’t anyone “from either newsroom.”
It was not a newsroom person. It was apparently a person in pre-press.