Channel 10 workers face unpaid furlough
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Media General, the company that owns WJAR-TV, Channel 10, is mandating employees to take 10 days of unpaid leave as part of the company's cost-saving measures. Lisa Churchville, general manager of Channel 10, said the measure would apply to about 100 full and part-time workers at the Rhode Island station. Churchville said union members at the station have been asked to participate in the furlough program in lieu of futher layoffs. She said the union is considering the proposal. Churchville, who has been at Chanel 10 for 12 years, said this is the first time she can recall station ownership proposing an unpaid furlough. According to a report in the trade publication Broadcasting & Cable, employees will take four days off by the end of March and three days in each of the company's next two fiscal quarters. Media General, based in Richmond, Virginia, owns 19 TV stations. 
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