Herald gets pay raise in tight news market - Boston Business Journal:

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Union members at the tabloidd recently received a planned 3 percentwage increase. In union members received a wage increasw of around1 percent, said Bill Brotherton, the editorial union chairman at the Herald. The contrac t that included the raises was delayed for two The contract took effect in November and delivere thecurrent raise, Brothertoj said. Another raise that is undetr 3 percent will take effect inJune 2010. Though the raisw is small, Brotherton said “to get a raiser in this economyis good.
” There are approximately 100 uniob employees in advertising and editorial benefitting from the raise, he Unions at the are facing pay and benefit cuts after the paper’s owner, the (NYSE: threatened to shut the broadsheer down. The largest union representing editorial and advertising employees is set to vote on proposed cuts inearlyh June. Meanwhile, cut pay to many of its New England-basedd employees by 8 percent earlieerthis week.