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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Night differentials Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:09 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	Hey, kids: How much is the night differential at your paper (if you have one)?
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:05 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	I think it's a few dollars per shift. In Chicago, it was 10 percent.
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trimtofit	Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:07 pm
Joined: Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:46 pm Posts: 583 Location: University of Kentucky	$9.
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:27 am
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	For the record, "ours" has been $3.35 since 1982.
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Editer	Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:10 am
Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:33 pm Posts: 1225 Location: Texas	At the last paper I worked at, it was "You can park in the lot next to the building after 6 p.m."
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Wayne Countryman	Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:57 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1775 Location: Baltimore	At my first paper, we could turn off the Muzak at 5 without repercussions, though it was "against the rules."
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Wabberjocky	Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:47 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	$3.75 a night. And $10 for a "supervisory shift." (I get to claim those on weekends and holidays.)
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newswoman	Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:28 pm
Joined: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:20 pm Posts: 2 Location: Mid-Atlantic	The night differential at my shop is $36.04 a week.
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KfitzR	Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:52 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 836 Location: New Brunswick, Canada	Quick check of a couple of Canadian contracts: Ottawa Citizen - $11/shift GNM - $13 a shift any part of which falls between 8p and 8a; $15 a shift if it starts betwwn 7p and 5a; differential carries over for sick leave, vacation and holidays for folks normally skedded on nights. TorStar - 10 per cent extra (to $13/shift max) for any shifts that fall between 6p and 6a, again including sick leave, vacation and holidays. Thanks to the Guild!
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LAEdtr	Post subject: Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:35 am
Joined: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:25 am Posts: 90 Location: Southern California	Wow, $10-15? We've been at $4 for as long as I can remember.
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