Agree or else, Globe tells unions

Boston Globe management was continuing to negotiate concessions with its major unions well past a midnight deadline, but said it was prepared to file a plant closing notice with the state today if they failed to reach agreement. That would allow the paper's owner, the New York Times Co., to follow through on its threat to shutter the 137-year-old newspaper. Full Story »

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Joey Baker
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by Joey Baker - May. 5, 2009

It's the paper talking about their own closing. It's balanced and well reported.

“This tactic, while expected, is representative of the bullying manner in which the Times Company has conducted itself during these negotiations. Despite the Company’s hostile tactics, we continue to negotiate in good faith and work diligently toward an acceptable outcome.”

An official of one of the Globe’s unions summed up the situation bluntly: “Do or die.”

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