Cutbacks at The Boston Globe

Imagine getting a 23% pay cut in two weeks? No? Well, neither can I. But that’s just what will happen to the staff at The Boston Globe on June 25th after the largest union rejected the wage and benefit cuts The New York Times Co. was trying to impose. I know some will say that it’s better than having no job at all, but 23% is more than a belt tightening exercise for these employees. Read more here from the Globe, Herald, Times and Boston Phoenix on the contract negotiations and what will happen next at the paper.

-Alison Thompson is an account supervisor at Solomon McCown & Company. She can be reached by email at athompson@solomonmccown.com.