Overlords to Globe workers: Give us what we want or the paper dies
By adamg - 5/3/09 - 9:57 pm
Workers have one hour or the Times files paperwork to shut the Globe in 60 days.
Key sticking point: Lifetime job guarantees that the Times agreed to when it bought the Globe, but which now hinder its ability to slash the workforce.
Comments
Well
That's that. I'll look forward to the 60 day countdown here.
May 4 + 60 days
would put the last day of the Globe around Friday, July 3 -- right before the holiday.
Some flexibility seems to exist in this law, however. The Tucson Citizen was supposed to close on March 21 but remains alive while the owner evaluates bids from two prospective buyers.
True, but then again, I
True, but then again, I don't think the Globe has ONE prospective buyer.
Wow...let's see...how to put this...
Fuck you, and your fucking misbegotten deathwatch.
That isn't that, you toolbag.
The fact that they're even
The fact that they're even threatening WARN paperwork means the clock's ticking. It sounds to me an awful lot like the Times is about to push the Globe into the penultimate stage of newspaper heat-death: putting it up for sale. If they put a time limit on the sale, as in if it doesn't sell in six months we're shutting it down, well, then, when the time limit's up goodbye Globe.
Herald live-blogging Globe negotiations
here: http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/news/messenger/