Copy the text in the box below and paste it into a blank e-mail. Customize if you wish and add your name to the bottom. Dear Seattle Times Publisher and senior managers, I am a subscriber to your paper. I am told there are eight contracts in all well past the expiration date. I support the efforts of The Newspaper Guild, GCIU and other unions involved and suggest that you quickly and earnestly bargain to a conclusion.
Bargaining involves compromise by both parties.
It should not fall on the hard working women and men that make your paper a quality product to suffer while the company enjoys success. I plan to watch the evolution of bargaining closely and look forward to seeing a speedy and satisfactory resolution of your contracts. Customize if you wish and add your name to the bottom. I am told there are eight contracts in all well past the expiration date. I support the efforts of The Newspaper Guild and suggest that you quickly and earnestly bargain to a conclusion.