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Union at The Globe Files Complaint on Pay Cuts

Jun. 9, 2009
The Newspaper Guild is asking federal regulators to block a 23 percent pay cut, and asking the Boston Globe to resume negotiations.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler