Boston Globe largest union says owner threatens shutdown as deadline for concessions looms

June 21st, 2009 Talks to resume between Globe union, managementBOSTON — Negotiations are set to resume between The Boston Globe's largest union and management over $10 million in contract concessions the Globe's owner says it needs to keep the newspaper open. The sides are scheduled to meet Monday following two marathon negotiating sessions last week.

June 9th, 2009 Times Co.: 23 percent cut means no Globe closureBOSTON — The Boston Globe's parent company, The New York Times Co., says it won't close the 137-year-old newspaper, after identifying $20 million in annual savings. The Times said Tuesday it would now focus "on executing the Globe's turnaround plan." On Monday, it imposed a 23 percent pay cut on members of its largest labor union, the Boston Newspaper Guild.

May 6th, 2009 Boston Globe: Newspaper reaches deal with unionBOSTON — A spokesman for the Boston Globe says the newspaper has completed negotiations with its largest union. The Globe reports on its Web site that the newspaper and the Boston Newspaper Guild reached a tentative settlement early Wednesday on major contract concessions.

May 5th, 2009 Boston Globe to resume talks with largest unionBOSTON — The owner of The Boston Globe will resume negotiations with its largest union. This development comes more than a day after talks to cut millions of dollars from the union's contract ended at an impasse.

May 4th, 2009 Boston Globe's Guild says its cuts exceed demandBOSTON — The Boston Globe's largest union said late Sunday it had proposed more than the $10 million in cuts sought by its owner to keep the newspaper running. The New York Times Co.

May 4th, 2009 Times Co., Boston Globe approach midnight deadlineBOSTON — Management for The Boston Globe has called its union leaders to a meeting before a deadline to meet concessions demanded by the newspaper's owner, The New York Times Co. A report on the Globe's Web site says leaders of the three largest unions were told to be prepared to "enter negotiations or receive a message from the company." Union leaders say the Times Co.

May 4th, 2009 Large Globe union, management suspend negotiationsBOSTON — The Boston Globe's largest workers union and the newspaper have finished all-night contract-concession talks without a deal, but will go back to the bargaining table. Cosmo Macero, a spokesman for the Newspaper Guild, says the union and management stopped negotiating at about 8 a.m.

May 4th, 2009 NY Times Co., Boston Globe talk past deadlineBOSTON — Amid threats of a shutdown and allegations of bullying, talks between The Boston Globe's unions and its owner continued early Monday — well past a midnight deadline — as the sides sought to agree on $20 million in concessions to keep the newspaper open. The Globe's owner, The New York Times Co., said it had given the Globe's biggest union a copy of a notice it was prepared to file Monday if it was unable to agree on the concessions by midnight Sunday.

May 4th, 2009 Boston Globe's management threatens shutdownBOSTON — The management of The Boston Globe threatened late Sunday to begin the process of shutting down the newspaper in a dispute with its unions over $20 million in cuts. The Globe's owner, The New York Times Co., said it had given the Globe's biggest union a copy of a notice it was prepared to file Monday if it was unable to agree on the concessions by midnight Sunday, a deadline that passed without word from the union or the Times Co.

May 4th, 2009 NY Times Co. threatens Boston Globe shutdownBOSTON — The management of The Boston Globe threatened late Sunday to begin the process of shutting down the newspaper in a dispute with its unions over $20 million in cuts.

May 3rd, 2009 Times Co., Boston Globe unions resume negotiationsBOSTON — Labor union leaders at The Boston Globe say the deep cuts in workers' pay and benefits they're offering should be more than enough to save the newspaper, which has been threatened with closure by its owner, The New York Times Co. The Boston Newspaper Guild, the Globe's largest union, released a statement Sunday saying its proposed concessions meet the needs of management, and the union is confident the Times Co.

May 3rd, 2009 Times Co., Boston Globe unions discuss concessionsBOSTON — Labor union leaders at The Boston Globe continue to meet with representatives of the newspaper's owner, The New York Times Co., about contract concessions management says are needed to keep the Globe running. A Boston Newspaper Guild spokesman says the talks are expected to last late into Sunday night.

May 2nd, 2009 Boston Globe union granted deadline extensionBOSTON — Negotiations between unions at The Boston Globe and its owner, The New York Times Co., will continue after the company agreed to extend its midnight deadline for the newspapers' employees to make $20 million in concessions. "Because there has been progress on reaching needed cost savings, The Boston Globe will extend the deadline for reaching complete agreements with its unions until midnight Sunday May 3," Globe spokesman Robert Powers said in a statement.

May 1st, 2009 Report: Globe union asks for deadline extensionBOSTON — Leaders of The Boston Globe's largest union have reportedly asked the newspaper's owners to extend the deadline for millions of dollars worth of concessions. The Boston Globe reported Friday union leaders are making the extension request after discovering what they are calling a $4.5 million accounting error.

April 30th, 2009 Boston Globe publisher hopeful on paper's futureBOSTON — The publisher of The Boston Globe has warned employees to be ready to make sacrifices but said he's hopeful that the paper will survive a threatened closure by its owner, The New York Times Co. Publisher Steve Ainsley sent an e-mail to all employees Thursday, a day before the Times Co.-imposed deadline for the newspaper's unions to agree to $20 million in concessions or face a possible shutdown.