Boston Globe representatives insisted for days that Monday’s meeting between the paper and the Boston Newspaper Guild would be purely informational, focusing on the imposition of a 23 percent wage cut on union members following the defeat of a $10 million concessions package. Apparently, both sides got enough “information” to move into full-blown discussions about how to get out of this mess: the Globe reports they talked until early Tuesday morning—more than 13 hours—before breaking with plans to meet again this afternoon.

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So what’s changed since last Monday, when a narrow majority of Globe Guild members voted down the package? For one, the folks who thought the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) would back down and come right back to the bargaining table found out very quickly that their paychecks were about to be cut by nearly a quarter—a much higher immediate loss than an 8.5 percent pay cut, a five-day unpaid furlough and benefit cuts. And through his response to a letter and petition, those who still thought he might, learned that Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., wasn’t going to rescue them.

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