The Minneapolis Star Tribune loves the working class. They love big labor. Until it comes to its own workers and their union.
The struggling Star-Trib wants a bankruptcy court to void its contract with the printer’s union so the newspaper can save $3.5 million a year in labor costs.
In a written statement, the Star-Tribune’s management said, “Yes, we are hypocritical boneheads whose political philosophy has guided us to the verge of bankruptcy. We humbly apologize for all the poorly conceived pro-labor editorials we’ve written over the years.”
To be entirely truthful, the Star-Tribune didn’t really say anything remotely resembling that previous paragraph.
But don’t you think they should have?
This post was last modified on February 26, 2009
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I wouldn't mind the "hypocrisy" if it meant they had grown up. Of course, this will undoubtedly be followed by months of editorials about the immorality of GM declaring bankruptcy and voiding its union contracts, the hypocrisy stings extra sharp.