Editions Canceled by Philadelphia Newspaper Strike
The Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer and the Monday editions of the Inquirer and Daily News will not be published because company officers and nine striking unions have not reached contract agreements, a newspaper spokesman said Friday.
“Sunday’s paper is down the tubes, Monday’s paper is down the tubes,” Bill Broom, spokesman for Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., said.
The company had hoped to reach a settlement by noon Friday with the 4,700 union employees who walked off the job eight days ago. A settlement by then would have allowed time for workers to produce a truncated version of the Sunday Inquirer.
But non-economic issues involving two of the nine unions were still unresolved Friday, and the company had yet to discuss other non-economic issues put on the table by all of the unions. Those issues must be settled before talks on a financial package can begin, Broom said.
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