Deal Ends Reduced Working Hours at Puerto Rico Newspaper

Union employees at Puerto Rico’s El Nuevo Dia newspaper renewed Monday a full eight-hour day after reaching an accord with management to end two weeks of reduced working hours due to the recession.

Union leader Yaphet Torres said in a statement that the accord was reached Sunday in an assembly where management was also convinced to pay retroactively the hour eliminated from the workday during the last two weeks.

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