'The Blade' Operating Fine Without Locked Out Employees, Says GM

'THE BLADE' OPERATING FINE WITHOUT LOCKED OUT EMPLOYEES, SAYS GM
[SOURCE: Editor&Publisher, AUTHOR: Joe Strupp]
One day after locking out some 200 non-editorial employees in three bargaining units, the general manager of The Blade in Toledo, Ohio says the paper is operating fine, and with less than half the number of workers who were kept out. The five locked-out groups are among seven bargaining units currently engaged in contract negotiations, including the 350-member Newspaper Guild, which remains on the job. Blade spokeswoman LuAnn Sharp has said the lockouts are the paper's way of putting pressure on the unions for new contracts, which have not been in place since the previous agreements ended March 21. Union leaders reacted to the first lockout with a subscriber and advertisers boycott, which they stepped up over the weekend.
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