Boston Globe Plans to Lay Off More Than 100 Union Workers

Boston Globe Plans to Lay Off More Than 100 Union Workers

Union officials rallied against the Boston Globe’s plan to lay-off a reported 77 full-time and 44 part-time positions at the printing facility on Monday.

“TEAMSTERS LOCAL 1 RALLIES AGAINST BOSTON GLOBE OUTSOURCIING SCHEME -- Members of Teamsters Local 1 were joined by Local 25 Globe drivers, Mike Vartabedian of the Machinists and Steve Sullivan President of GCC IBT Local 3 to protest a plan to outsource Teamster work. Local 1 President Mary White addressed the crowd and promised to fight Globe owner John Henry's most recent attempt to undermine good middle class jobs in New England,” said Teamsters Local 10 in a Facebook post.

The Boston Globe is owned by John Henry, the billionaire owner of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club in the English Premier League.

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The rally by the Teamsters was just three days after the Boston Newspaper Guild — the group representing the reporters in the Globe newsroom --  took their own action on Friday in Boston. They have been battling with Globe ownership for the past year over a new contract.

“Dedication is having about 25 BNG members and supporters show up on a rainy night to hand out fliers outside Globe Docs. That’s how much we want a fair contract from The Boston Globe. Thanks to our supporters from WBUR’s guild, CWA Local 1400 (WGBH employees), and the Teamsters representing the Globe’s drivers, pressmen, and mailers for joining us,” posted the Guild.

The cuts are part of a plan first reported by the Boston Business Journal last month, in which Boston Globe Media Partners LLC was said to be planning to move the mailroom work for its Globe Direct marketing service — which for decades has been performed by Globe employees affiliated with Teamsters Local 1, the Boston Mailers Union — out of Taunton.

In Rhode Island, the Globe employs three reporters and they are not members of the Guild.