AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT entered into this 1st day
of July, 2004, by and between the OBSERVER AND ECCENTRIC NEWSPAPERS, a
subsidiary of HOMETOWN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC., hereafter referred to as
the "Company" and the NEWSPAPER GUILD OF DETROIT, LOCAL 34022, acting
for itself and on behalf of the employees of the Company described in Article
1, hereafter referred to as the "Guild".
This Agreement shall be in effect
through the last day of June, 2007. If
either party wishes to propose a change in any of the conditions of this
Agreement to take effect after the expiration date, it shall notify the other
party in writing not less than 60 days prior to the expiration date of this
Agreement of the proposed change.
ARTICLE I
1.01 The Company recognizes the Guild as the
exclusive bargaining representative for its editorial department employees,
excluding supervisory employees and confidential employees as defined in the
National Labor Relations Act. As used
herein, the term "employee" refers to employees in the bargaining
unit represented by the Guild.
1.02 The parties recognize the practice whereby
excluded employees perform the same kinds of work as is performed by bargaining
unit employees and agree that such practice may continue.