Boston Globe to resume talks with only union yet to reach deal to make cuts, avoid closure

July 21st, 2009 In 2nd vote, Boston Globe union accepts wage cutsBOSTON — After rejecting an earlier offer, The Boston Globe's largest union has voted overwhelmingly to approve a new contract that would give the financially struggling newspaper $10 million in concessions. The newspaper reported that the Boston Newspaper Guild voted 366-179 to accept the deal that was hammered out after the union narrowly voted down a similar package last month.

June 24th, 2009 Boston Globe, union reach tentative agreementBOSTON — The Boston Globe and its largest union have reached a tentative agreement that will save the newspaper $10 million through salary and benefit cuts. The Globe and the Boston Newspaper Guild issued separate e-mail statements late Tuesday announcing the agreement.

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 19th, 2009 Boston Globe union sets new contract vote dateBOSTON — The Boston Globe's largest union has scheduled a contract ratification vote, even though it has yet to reach a new tentative agreement with management. In a letter Thursday to union members that was disclosed on the Globe's web site, Boston Newspaper Guild president Daniel Totten said setting the July 20 date for a vote was meant to "mitigate the impact" of a 23 percent pay cut that was imposed on the union after it rejected a new contract calling for an 8.3 percent wage cut and other concessions.

June 18th, 2009 Boston Globe union postpones meeting with NLRBBOSTON — A meeting between The Boston Globe's largest union and the National Labor Relations Board has been postponed as the union continues its talks with management over $10 million in contract concessions. The meeting was postponed on Tuesday and again on Thursday after the union and management restarted negotiations.

June 16th, 2009 Talks continuing between Guild, Boston GlobeBOSTON — The Boston Newspaper Guild says it is hopeful after a meeting with managers at The Boston Globe and the National Labor Relations Board. Dan Totten, president of the Guild, said in a statement released early Tuesday that talks would resume later in the day.

June 7th, 2009 Boston Globe union to vote on pay, benefit cutsBOSTON — The Boston Globe's largest employees union faces an important contract vote. The newspaper's parent company, the New York Times Co., said in April it needed $20 million in annual concessions from Globe unions — half of that from the Boston Newspaper Guild — to avoid shutting down the 137-year-old newspaper.

May 6th, 2009 Boston Globe proposes steep wage cut for unionBOSTON — Negotiators for The Boston Globe and its largest union continued lengthy negotiations early Wednesday amid a report that the company was proposing to slash wages by 23 percent to gain concessions of $10 million and keep the financially-strapped newspaper from closing. Officials of The New York Times Co., the Globe's owner, and the Boston Newspaper Guild began their latest round of talks shortly after 5 p.m.

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 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 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 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.

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.