I'm confused,

Mr.Hoffa says.......
This union campaign is not about hurting the Times. We do not want to do that. In fact, we want the paper to be successful and prosper.

2 months ago at the Santa Barbara News-Press

Marty Keegan says.......
“pledge cards” threatening to cancel subscriptions will be available at local events and in public places such as malls and shopping centers. A similar effort at the San Diego Union-Tribune resulted in 40,000 canceled subscriptions, he said. A copy of the card is also posted on a Web site, www.savethenewspress.com.

The newspaper's advertisers will also be approached, Keegan said.

So which one is telling the truth?
 

More from Marty in Santa Barbara

News-Press union election set for Sept. 26
By Sally Cappon/Times Contributor

Tuesday was the deadline for the union’s subscription-cancellation “pledge” campaign, in which newsroom employees asked readers to cancel their subscriptions by Sept. 5 if management hadn’t resolved their concerns.

Keegan said he expects 3,000 subscription cancellations by the end of the week.

Employees picked up a couple more Tuesday with Goleta Mayor Jonny Wallis saying she was canceling her subscription after 40 years. In a written statement, Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum said she was canceling after 36 years.

“We feel over 10 percent of the newspaper will be canceled,” Keegan said, asking the community to join the editorial staff in its unusual request. Normally, he said, all employees “want the paper to grow.”