You can take 'em to the trough, but you can't make 'em drink: Boston Globe Union Rejects Wage and Benefits Cuts (amazing!)

I can't believe this key union did this. It narrowly voted down a pay package that was designed to save the newspaper. Management immediately responded by imposing cutbacks nearly three times as large.

From The New York Times:

After weeks of labor tension and 12 hours of suspenseful voting, members of the Newspaper Guild at The Boston Globe narrowly rejected a proposed package of wage and compensation cuts. As a result, the newspaper’s owner, The New York Times Company, said it would proceed with its threat to unilaterally impose a 23 percent salary cut.