Updating bargaining at the Peoria Journal Star, union leaders say Gatehouse has made some movement, including backing off a demand for salary concessions. The company "remains steadfast in its insistence on outsourcing circulation," although it has slightly improved its severance offer.

Subcommittees of the New York Guild and Times bargaining teams, charged with trying to resolve differences over the pension plan, explored possible solutions May 10 that would reconcile corporate management’s concerns about risk and volatility with the Guild's demand to continue a defined pension plan that provides adequate retirement payments for life.