Unionized journalists at The Washington Post said they would stage a 24-hour strike on Thursday to protest staff cuts and what they call management’s failure to bargain in good faith in contract talks that have stretched on for 18 months. 3 Contract between talks between the Washington Post and journalists have stretched on for 18 months. Representatives for the newspaper’s management did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the labor dispute. 3 The Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos, projecting a year-end loss of $100 million. “So on Dec. 7, we’re walking off the job for 24 hours.”In a Guild-produced online video, numerous Post journalists, including chief Ukraine correspondent Siobhan O’Grady, appear sequentially on camera pledging to join hundreds of co-workers in the strike and urging readers to “respect our picket line by avoiding Washington Post journalism” during the walkout.

Source: Washington Post December 06, 2023 05:57 UTC