More than 750 journalists and business-side staffers at The Washington Post staged a walkout due to the company’s decision to implement significant job cuts while contract negotiations were at a standstill.
The strike, the most serious labor action at the paper in decades, reflects widespread concerns within the newsroom and the company at large.
The newspaper’s acting CEO announced plans to cut 240 jobs through voluntary buyouts, with the possibility of involuntary layoffs if more buyouts are not accepted. (Trending: Biden Bank Records Reveal Another Massive Bombshell)
“We did not come to this decision to do this walkout lightly,” said Washington Post reporter Marissa Lang.
“We all work at The Washington Post because we believe in its mission and we believe in what we do,” she added.
“And we care deeply about the work we do, the people, the communities, the stories we cover,” added Lang.
“I think this indicates how seriously we all are taking this, how deeply felt a lot of these concerns are in the Washington Post newsroom and in the company at large,” she explained.
A Washington Post spokesperson wrote in a statement, “We respect the rights of our Guild-covered colleagues to engage in this planned one-day strike.”
“We will make sure our readers and customers are as unaffected as possible,” they continued.
“The Post’s goal remains the same as it has from the start of our negotiations: to reach an agreement with the Guild that meets the needs of our employees and the needs of our business,” concluded the spokesperson.
The move has sparked criticism and frustration among employees, who feel that the paper’s management has made misguided business decisions and should invest more to support its workforce and local news coverage.
“Our former publisher made some pretty misguided business decisions, and those profits disappeared,” claimed Lang.
“Now the people who are being asked to pay for that mismanagement are the workers on whose backs the success that we had was really hard won,” she explained.
The walkout is a result of the union members’ frustration and their belief that such actions have been effective elsewhere.
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