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Source? I tried searching and nothing relevant turned up.
During the 7 week strike in 2001 the Times fired striking workers and hired scabs "permanently". Part of the final deal was to rehire union members and let go of the scabs. But they quickly downsized in the following year, this was really the start of them utilizing syndicated reports instead of having a robust journalism team.
But the Times has always been against labor. It's not a unique ideology amongst our current media landscape but good God is it tiresome.