In 2nd vote, Boston Globe editors, reporters accept wage and benefit concessions

September 1st, 2009 Union calls new vote on Mercury Marine concessionsFOND DU LAC, Wis. — The union at Mercury Marine says there will be another vote on a package of wage and benefit concessions the company says it needs to keep 850 jobs from moving from Wisconsin to Oklahoma.

July 20th, 2009 Boston Globe union has 2nd vote on wage cutsBOSTON — Reporters and editors at The Boston Globe were considering for a second time Monday whether to give up $10 million in annual wages and benefits to bolster the struggling newspaper. The Boston Newspaper Guild narrowly rejected a similar contract in June.

July 19th, 2009 Boston Globe union to vote again on new contractBOSTON — Members of The Boston Globe's largest labor union will decide this week whether to accept a new contract that makes deep cuts to wages and benefits. Monday's vote will be the second in two months for the Boston Newspaper Guild, which narrowly rejected a similar deal in June.

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 17th, 2009 Boston Globe union, Times Co. say still no dealBOSTON — The Boston Globe's management and its largest union say more talks on wage and benefit cuts are planned after an all-night negotiating session until daybreak Wednesday failed to yield an agreement.

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 8th, 2009 Boston Globe union votes on pay, benefit cutsBOSTON — Reporters and editors at The Boston Globe faced the choice Monday of accepting $10 million in annual wage and benefit concessions or risking even deeper pay cuts and the possible closure of the 137-year-old newspaper. The Boston Newspaper Guild, which represents 700 editorial, advertising and business employees, voted on a new contract negotiated after the Globe's parent company, The New York Times Co., said it needed $20 million in annual savings from Globe unions — half from the Guild — to avoid shutting down the newspaper.

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 8th, 2009 Boston Globe union meets over concessionsBOSTON — Members of The Boston Globe's largest union met Thursday to debate a proposal for deep wage and benefit cuts that the newspaper's parent company, The New York Times Co., said were necessary to keep the 137-year-old daily from closing. "There seem to be a lot of upset members of the crowd tonight and rightly so," said Daniel Totten, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, following the approximately 90-minute meeting.

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 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.