BOSTON/Dorchester - By a vote of 366 to 179, members of the Boston Newspaper Guild approved a contract with Globe owner The New York Times Company. The deal, which includes wage and benefit cuts amounting to $10 Million was said by owners and employees alike to be necessary in order to keep the newspaper financially viable until a new owner can be found.

The Times has hired investment broker Goldman Sachs Company to find buyers for the Globe, the Worcester Gazette and Telegram, and Boston.com.

Quincy, MA - Representatives of the Boston Globe’s largest employee’s union and owner The New York Times Company this week announced an agreement on a new contract that calls for significant cuts in wages and benefits for reporters and others but are less severe than the givebacks included in a proposed contract voted down by union members earlier this month.

Quincy and Milton, MA - Referring to contract discussions held Monday and continuing into early this morning between the Boston Globe’s largest employee union and corporate owner The New York Times Company, Boston Newspaper Guild President Dan Totten’s statement was short and concise:

"Talks are continuing. They will resume again on Tuesday."

Quincy, MA - Dan Totten, President of the 1,000 member Boston Newspaper Guild, representing 700 editorial, advertising and business staff at the Boston Globe, announced today that the Guild would file a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board to stop Globe management and owner The New York Times Company from imposing a 23 percent pay cut starting next week. Last night, union members voted 277 to 265 to reject a contract including severe cuts in wages and benefits.

BOSTON/Dorchester - The Boston Globe’s largest employees union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, yesterday rejected the latest contract offered by parent company, the New York Times. During contract negotiations the last two months, Times officials have been saying that huge givebacks by workers, including an overall reduction in salaries and benefits of 10 million dollars, would be necessary to avert the closing of New England’s largest circulation newspaper.

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