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Irony
Blue Crab Boulevard — ... That bastion of left-wing causes, The New York Times, is threatening unions at the Time’s Boston Globe paper. Unless the unions make major concessions, the Globe will be shut down in 30 days . The New York Times Co. has threatened to shut The Boston Globe unless the newspaper’s unions swiftly agree to $20 million in concessions, union leaders said yesterday. Executives from the Times Co. and Globe made the demands Thursday morning in an approximately 90-minute meeting with leaders of the newspaper’s 13 unions, union officials said. The possible concessions include pay cuts, ...

And then the ship seemed to momentarily rise in the water
Belmont Club — Boston.com says the Globe may close unless a deal is struck with the unions. But even if the unions agree, will it be enough? The unthinkable is happening. The New York Times Co. has threatened to shut The Boston Globe unless the newspaper’s unions swiftly agree to $20 million in concessions, union leaders said yesterday. … Executives from the Times Co. and Globe made the demands Thursday morning in an approximately 90-minute meeting with leaders of the newspaper’s 13 unions, union officials said. The possible concessions include pay cuts, the end of pension contributions by ...

The Myth of "Objectivity": NYT Editorializes Against Unions While Moving Against Its Own Unions
Open Left - Front Page — ... for examples). Though the Times is billed as "liberal" for its positions on social issues, this anti-union stance has been part of its broader economic conservatism for years. And now, we see how that conservatism - at least with respect to union issues - may come from a more personal, self-interested place, rather than a principled ideological motive. Here's what I mean: ...