Common use of Professional Matters Clause in Contracts

Professional Matters. This will confirm our understanding that the Editor-in-Chief shall establish a joint committee, in consultation with employee representatives of the Union, consisting of management and employees in the editorial department to discuss from time to time professional matters of concern to the parties. This committee will establish guidelines for the newsroom with respect to ethical reporting. LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING 4 RE: TRAINING This letter will confirm our understanding during negotiations that the Company will meet with the local Union at least twice a year to discuss training and retraining associated with the implementation of new technology. Training in work-essential software and other technologies will be supplied in a timely and equitable way to all employees in the relevant job classification. The Employer will supply, in as timely a manner as possible, in-house training in photography for any reporter who wishes it, and copy coaching for any photographer who wishes it. During the life of this agreement, the Company will offer mandatory training to all newsroom staff for multi-media content. This may include multi-media forms such as blogs, podcasts and videography; and skills such as writing or editing for the Web and posting content to the Web. New training will be introduced in an equitable way as new technology becomes available. The Company will meet with the Union semi-annually at the Union’s request to review and discuss the training needs of its staff. The parties to this Collective Agreement recognize the importance of training student journalists and LFP employees to the community, the paper and employees. To that end, the Parties have agreed to the following provisions:

Professional Matters. This will confirm our understanding that the Editor-in-Chief shall establish a joint committee, in consultation with employee representatives of the Union, consisting of management and employees in the editorial department to discuss from time to time professional matters of concern to the parties. This committee will establish guidelines for the newsroom with respect to ethical reporting. LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING 4 RE: TRAINING This letter will confirm our understanding during negotiations that the Company will meet with the local Union at least twice a year to discuss training and retraining associated with the implementation of new technology. Training in work-essential software and other technologies will be supplied in a timely and equitable way to all employees in the relevant job classification. The Employer employer will supply, in as timely a manner as possible, in-house training in photography for any reporter who wishes it, and copy coaching for any photographer who wishes it. During the life of this agreement, the Company company will offer mandatory training to all newsroom staff for multi-media content. This may include multi-media forms such as blogs, podcasts and videography; and skills such as writing or editing for the Web and posting content to the Web. New training will be introduced in an equitable way as new technology becomes available. The Company company will meet with the Union union semi-annually at the Unionunion’s request to review and discuss the training needs of its staff. The parties to this Collective Agreement recognize the importance of training student journalists and LFP employees to the community, the paper and employees. To that end, the Parties have agreed to the following provisions: