Joe Ricketts, the billionaire owner who last week shuttered news sites DNAinfo and Gothamist, says his decision was purely economic. Owner Joe Ricketts seemed to be making good on threats to pull the plug on his publications if workers joined a union. Not his employees’ decision to unionize. Aaron Cynic, a writer with Chicagoist, said he was fully supportive of the New York employees’ decision to unionize. He held out little hope that Ricketts’ decision was by way of establishing a bargaining position.

Source: The Guardian November 04, 2017 10:52 UTC