“All of us were frustrated by the dictates of that new reality, and saddened that lockouts and layoffs of associates were required. Our employees had to swallow hard and accept pay cuts, a slightly longer work week, and a commission-based pay schedule for our advertising sales people.”
“Painful as the changes are, they are all essential steps if the newspaper is to return to profitability. When that day comes, the contracts provide that the employees share in those gains.”
The survivors will continue to lie and po any republican who can read. So their subscriptions and ad $’s will continue to drop, and then there will be more staff cuts.
Toledo Blad should become one of those “free” newspapers you find in restaurants and hotels. No more fussy circulation numbers to worry about...
” When that day comes...”
never ?
Union rank-and-file ought to get some payback by using work slowdowns to stick it to the man.