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Positions expressly excluded from this bargaining unit:

CORPORATE: chairman of board, vice chairman of the board, publisher, president, executive vice president, senior vice president, vice-president, assistant vice president, general manager, treasurer, assistant treasurers, clerk of the corporation, assistant to publisher, business manager, assistant business manager, director of development and planning, director of electronic publishing, director of compensation and corporate affairs, assistant to the president, confidential secretary(ies) (14), niche publication manager, manager of special projects director of business development and strategic planning, manager of strategic planning, project manager/ strategic
planning.

ADVERTISING: Advertising director, display advertising manager, classified advertising manager, assistant to advertising director, senior divisional sales manager, divisional sales managers, telephone advertising managers, assistant manager/inside telephone sales, manager/display desk, senior assistant telephone advertising manager, manager/advertising administration, assistant manager/display desk, systems manager/advertising, manager of advertising production quality assurance, manager/advertising marketing, project administrator, advertising sales analysis manager, director of advertising strategy and development, director of classified advertising, director of sports marketing sales, manager of advertising finance and administration, distribution marketing manager, business development manager, assistant systems manager, assistant advertising sales manager.

ARTISTS: promotion design manager, advertising design manager, head artists.

BUILDING ADMINISTRATION: maintenance manager, assistant, manager/protective services, director/ administrative services, assistant director of administrative services, maintenance plant foreman Billerica/Westwood, maintenance shift foremen (5), post office
supervisor.

CIRCULATION: circulation director, assistant to the circulation director, senior circulation manager, circulation managers, assistant to circulation manager, assistant circulation managers, divisional sales managers, bar coding manager, returns manager Wilson Tisdale director, Wilson Tisdale manager, Wilson Tisdale assistant manager, assistant to the Wilson Tisdale director, director of youth readership.

COMMUNITY RELATIONS: community relations director.

CONTROLLER/CREDIT/ACCOUNTING: cashier, controller, assistant controllers, budget manager, internal auditor, manager of accounting, assistant manager of accounting, credit manager, payroll supervisor, assistant payroll supervisors, software analyst/financial systems, manager of financial analysis, senior financial analyst, financial analyst, revenue manager, corporate credit manager, disbursement manager, assistant to the controller, disbursement supervisor, director of disbursements and receivables, director of financial reporting, director of financial reporting and analysis, director of quality assurance/operations.

EDITORIAL: editor, executive editor, assistant executive editors, assistant to editor, editor of the editorial page, deputy editorial page editor, senior associate editor, associate editors, executive managing editor, managing editors, assistant managing editors, deputy managing editor, city editor, Sunday editor, senior assistant Sunday editor, senior assistant national/foreign editor, metropolitan editor, senior assistant metropolitan editors, night editor, senior assistant night editor, executive sports editor, sports editor, magazine editor, editorial design director, business editor, graphic arts coordinator, director/newsroom technology, systems editor, head of library, director of photography, assistant director of photography, picture editor, editorial budget manager, ombudsman, administrative coordinator, page one editor, living editor, arts editor, national editor, foreign editor, op-ed page editor, senior editorial design supervisor, senior assistant business editor, senior assistant sports editor, calendar editor, assistant editorial page
editor, senior assistant living/arts editor.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS: industrial relations director, director of employee relations, benefits manager, director/employee development, employee relations associate, manager/employee relations, director/safety and environmental affairs, manager/safety and loss prevention operations, administrative manager/safety and environmental affairs, manager/protective services, protective services foremen (3), assistant manager/employee relations, director of benefit funds administration, assistant manager of employee development.

HUMAN RESOURCES: director of human resources, director of employee benefits, human resources associate, personnel director, affirmative action director, health services manager, personnel manager, health services director, assistant manager/human resources.

INFORMATION SERVICES: director of information services, assistant director of information services, director of systems, manager of data processing, assistant manager of data processing, data base manager, software analysts, systems engineers, data center managers, systems managers, operations manager, technical services manager, assistant technical services manager, software engineering manager, manager/publishing systems, associate software analyst (6), manager of new technology, manager of networks/communications, manager of desktop systems, manager of applications development, manager of special projects, manager of internet communications group.

MARKETING: marketing research director, research manager, marketing research and planning director, marketing services manager, sales promotion manager, public affairs manager, sales promotion/public affairs director, assistant public affairs manager(s), assistant promotion manager(s), public affairs director, sales promotion director, director of market analysis and planning, manager/electronic publishing, assistant manager/electronic publishing.

PRODUCTION: production director, assistant production director, production managers, director of building facilities, engineering manager, assistant production managers, plant manager/Billerica, plant manager/Westwood, plant manager/Boston, imaging manager, operations and planning manager, assistant plant manager, quality analyst, financial manager, production training manager.

PUBLIC RELATIONS: public relations director, public relations coordinator.

PURCHASING: purchasing manager.

ROTOGRAVURE: preprint manager, gravure manager, manager/Sunday supplement.

January 22, 2001