THE BOSTON GLOBE laid off two union employees and an unspecified number of nonunion employees on Wednesday in response to a downturn in revenue caused by the COVID-19 business shutdown.

At a time when news publications across the country are paring back, the Boston Newspaper Guild said management had notified the union that two members in the sales department were let go along with a number of nonunion workers.

The company also reduced its 401(k) match from 5 percent to 2 percent for nonunion employees and put on hold its coop and summer internship programs.

Guild officials, in a note to members, said the company has not indicated any additional changes are coming for them. “Please know that if the company were to seek certain changes – including changes to Guild members’ 401(k) match, furloughs, or pay cuts – it would have to negotiate with the Guild first and cannot make such changes unilaterally.”

John Henry, the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, owns the Globe.