but a.h. raskin, the new york times' labor reporter saw it differently.ion trend because the unions wouldn't let them. and in 1965, after many efforts to break through the publishers, for reasons that remain incomprehensible gave bert powers of big 6, the typographical union here in new york an absolute veto power which he wanted. so that he then had the whip over automation in the composing. you could not move toward improved technology except with a green light from the union. this new contract aimed at preserving jobs by making automation possible, but difficult and expensive. the profitable new york times and the daily news swallowed the costly agreement. but for the herald tribune the outlook was red ink. after the 1965 contract, the herald tribune desperate to cut costs threw in its lot with the journal american and the world-telegram and sun. the papers' workers paid the merger's price. over 2,000 layoffs including more than 400 big 6 printers. the contract designed to save jobs had, many thought wound up costing jobs. april 25, 1966 was to have be