Sun-Times newsroom union rejects Tyree's offer

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Unionized workers in the Chicago Sun-Times newsroom voted to reject demands they take pay cuts and make work-related concessions, throwing into question a $25 million offer to buy the paper's parent.

Jim Tyree, CEO of Mesirow Financial, last week brokered a deal to buy the Sun-Times Media Group for $5 million and cover $20 million in debt providing the company's 18 bargaining units agreed to severe cuts.

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