Reject Newspaper’s Deal, Strikers Urged

Union leaders are recommending that employees of the Seattle Times reject a contract offer intended to settle a strike that began more than five weeks ago. Meanwhile, employees of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer agreed to return to work next week after approving their contract. Back-to-work details for Times employees remained among the biggest sticking points in ending the strike by the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, said Ron Judd, a union spokesman. Times President H. Mason Sizemore said all workers will return to their jobs within a year. The guild has demanded that all workers be reinstated within 90 days of a contract ratification.