What I meant was the New York Times is a Terrorist (in more ways than one).
I apologize for the lack of posts here. Since I stopped purchasing and reading the Boston Globe I have noticed a lack of enthusiasm for their product, period. The first day I logged in a lot of items (but have yet to read many of them); however, yesterday and today I went to the site, clicked on a few items, really didn't read them much, and found myself not caring.
Honestly, I'm sick of the lying, biased, divisive, distorting, obfuscating, omitting, Muslim-hating, agenda-pushing, war-promoting, Zionist-controlled piece of s***.
And they want me to pay for such garbage?
So what you have here, readers, is ANOTHER AMERICAN who NO LONGER PURCHASES, READS, or SURFS AmeriKa's MSM. Sorry.
"US newspaper owners ratchet up pressure on organized labor" by Robert Gavin, Globe Staff | April 9, 2009
Newspaper owners across the country are using dire warnings and, in some cases, blunt threats about economic survival to press unions to make concessions on wages, benefits, and work rules. And it's working....
Threatening to shutter plants and businesses is certainly not a new negotiating tactic, said Robert Forrant, a University of Massachusetts at Lowell professor who studies industrial history. It was used frequently in New England in the 20th century as traditional manufacturers were moving operations to lower-cost, nonunion plants in the South.
But even after unions made concessions, the plants ended up closing anyway, Forrant said. The reason: The concessions don't address the underlying problems driving the industries' decline.
You mean, the LYING, right?
"You give back wages, and the structural problems remain," Forrant said. Newspapers, already struggling as readers and advertisers migrate online, have been hard hit by the recession....
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Oh, they still think it's the economy, huh? Even if I found work and was making money, I would never buy the Boston Globe again. Why would I go back to what I know is false and untrue, or so distorted that the truth becomes a kernel of corn in a log of s***?
You know what? Fuck them and their problems. Maybe if you DIDN'T LIE SO MUCH you wouldn't be in this position, assholes!
Exhibit A:
"The government blamed supporters of Saddam Hussein in league with Al-Qaeda"
Still telling and "reporting' the SAME DAMN LIE SIX YEARS LATER?
Readers?
"Times Co. seeks deep cuts from Globe union; Pay levels, seniority rules, healthcare, and pension contributions all in play" by Robert Gavin, Globe Staff | April 9, 2009
The New York Times Co., which has threatened to shutter The Boston Globe, is seeking deep concessions from the Globe's largest union that could include pay cuts of up to 20 percent, the elimination of seniority rules and lifetime job guarantees, and millions of dollars in cuts in company contributions to retirement and healthcare plans.
The Times Co. proposal was detailed by union leaders last night at a membership meeting of the Boston Newspaper Guild, which represents about 700 editorial, newsroom, and business office workers, about half the Globe's union workforce. The Times Co. is seeking $10 million in savings from the Guild, half of the $20 million the company says it needs from the Globe's 13 unions to stave off a shutdown of the paper.
Without the union concessions and other cutbacks, the Globe is projected to lose $85 million this year, following a loss of about $50 million last year, according to an employee briefed on union discussions.
The long list of union givebacks was greeted with anger, concern, and sadness by some 200 union members who attended the meeting. Some were defiant. Others called on colleagues to recognize that sacrifices would have to be made. Many said they wanted to see management give up more in pay and benefits before they accept concessions.
"Right now, I'm very angry at the disrespect and disregard for the people who have given so much to this paper," said Kathy Connolly, who has worked in the classified advertising department for 28 years. "We have to fight."
New York Times message to Kathy Connolly: SEE HERE
Beth Daley, a reporter for 15 years and a union delegate, said the union can't just reject concessions out of hand. "The industry is in a free fall, so no matter how mad we are, it's clear we'll have to give something back," she said. "We want to be fair, and we want to partner with management to share in the pain and the paper's future survival."
It STILL WON'T SAVE YOU!!!!
Another management proposal seeks a one-time round of job cuts without regard to seniority, including those with job guarantees. Daniel Totten, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, called the seniority proposals "nonstarters."
Totten said the union recognizes the Globe's financial problems, but the Times Co. proposals cut "too deeply." He said Guild workers have already given the company millions of dollars in a wage freeze and job cuts. Over the past several weeks alone, the Globe has cut about 80 jobs in the newsroom and advertising departments.
Totten said Times Co. and Globe management have to lead the way in making cuts, starting with returning bonuses awarded over the past few years. "It's time for executives to give back," he said.
Yeah, right.
"Times Co. asks Globe mailers for concessions; 25% pay cuts, end of sick and holiday pay being sought" by Robert Gavin, Globe Staff | April 11, 2009
The New York Times Co., which has threatened to shutter The Boston Globe, is seeking deep concessions from the newspaper's union mailers that would account for more than 40 percent of their wages and benefits, the union president said.
Mary White, who leads Teamsters Local 1, which represents about 250 full- and part-time mailers, said the Times Co. is seeking $5 million in savings from the union, one-fourth of the $20 million in total concessions the company wants from its 13 unions. Mailers insert advertising and some editorial sections into the paper, and prepare the Globe for delivery....
"We've always given. We've tried to help keep the newspaper afloat," White said. "But this is just overwhelming."
Separately yesterday, the Globe laid off four engravers, who prepare plates used in printing the paper, at its Billerica printing plant in anticipation of the facility's closing, scheduled for June 1....
Also yesterday, Globe publisher P. Steven Ainsley and chief advertising officer Samuel P. Martin sent a letter to about 5,000 advertisers to reassure them about the Globe. They said the company is launching initiatives to increase revenue, including a new advertising sales relationship with Yahoo, the online search engine site.
"We are very committed to continuing as your marketing partner," Ainsley and Martin said in the letter. Powers said the news of the Globe's threatened shutdown has not affected advertising....
Well, I'VE HAD ENOUGH LIES from the GLOBE for ONE DAY!
Goodbye, Globe!!!!
Yesterday afternoon, Dan Totten, president of the Boston Newspaper Guild, sent an e-mail to members saying the union will not "be bullied by The New York Times Company."
TERRORISTS, BULLIES -- SAME THING!!!!!!!
He urged members to "speak with a unified voice" and if concessions are made that "they are to be part and parcel of a strategy that benefits every one of us."
White, who represents the mailers, said that union has been making sacrifices for a decade. They haven't had a pay raise in four years, she said.
In the current contract, signed about two years ago, mailers agreed to about $3 million in concessions, including a reduction in overtime that cut average earnings about $10,000 a year.
"We're the good guys here," said White. "We're trying to save the jobs of blue collar workers who have spent their careers at the Globe."
Haven't you heard? The Globe no longer is a career!!!!
Goodbye, Globe!!!
