As the company considers what other positions to cut, it is bringing strikers back in stages from a recall list. While a settlement agreement with the Guild gives the company until July 9 to call strikers back, it has already summoned in more than 70 percent, putting callbacks ahead of schedule. Nonetheless, the Guild claims that the Times is leaving strike leaders lingering on the list, and many of the grievances filed by the Guild concern such cases. By his own account, Weiss yelled at top bosses Blethen and Sizemore as they crossed the picket line. Sizemore insists the company is bringing everyone back, including Weiss, strictly according to seniority and job classification, as the settlement agreement demands.
Management vehemently denies that they are considering workers' strike-related actions.
The company says the strike cost it millions of dollars, though it won't provide any specific numbers. The policy has support from both sides. But others allege that in practice, the policy is used to harass strikers by monitoring their every expression. She has filed a grievance with the Guild. Pennington's former manager declined to comment on her case.