Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union

October 7, 2008 - 10:15am

Today is election day in New Jersey

Members of the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union are voting until 10:00 PM tonight on a new agreement with The Star-Ledger.  If the union votes against ratifying the contract, The Star-Ledger could be closed or sold.

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September 16, 2008 - 1:50pm

Publisher says Star-Ledger could be sold or closed by January

The Star-Ledger could be sold or closed by January if the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union doesn't ratify a labor agreement by October 8, according to an internal e-mail from publisher George Arwady.  Arwady says that the contract with the union, which represents about 90 drivers, is one of three conditions Advance Publications, the owner of the Star-Ledger, has established to keep the state's largest newspaper in operation.

In July, Arwady said the Star-Ledger is on "life support" and that the paper could be sold if 200 employees don’t agree to buyouts by October 1, and if the paper doesn’t reach agreements with labor unions.  Last week, Editor & Publisher said that Arwady told reporter Ron Marsico that the paper has not yet received the 100 news staff buyouts they need.  Marsico is expected to take the buyout, and has reportedly accepted a job with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which he has covered since 1982.

Read the Arwady e-mail:

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