Staffers of The Washington Post picketed in front of the media outlet’s K Street headquarters on Thursday, staging a 24-hour walkout to protest the lack of a new agreement with the newsroom union and the terms of a buyout offer.
The Washington Post Guild was urging readers to avoid Post journalism for the day in solidarity with the staffers.
More than 700 staffers were expected to strike on Thursday, according to the Post’s own account. Non-union editors and other managers were expected to try to fill the roles, including reporting and posting stories.
“After 18 months of bargaining with Washington Post, Guild workers — including reporters, editors, cartoonists, visual journalists, advertising sales people and circulation drivers — are walking out. Despite a year and a half of efforts, Post management has refused to bargain in good faith for a fair contract that keeps up with inflation and our competition,” the guild said this week.
The Washington Post Guild was urging readers to avoid Post journalism for the day in solidarity with the staffers.
More than 700 staffers were expected to strike on Thursday, according to the Post’s own account. Non-union editors and other managers were expected to try to fill the roles, including reporting and posting stories.
“After 18 months of bargaining with Washington Post, Guild workers — including reporters, editors, cartoonists, visual journalists, advertising sales people and circulation drivers — are walking out. Despite a year and a half of efforts, Post management has refused to bargain in good faith for a fair contract that keeps up with inflation and our competition,” the guild said this week.
- 12/7/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Washington Post Super Bowl ad lauding the work of a free press received sharply mixed reactions on Sunday, with many — including at least three of the Post’s own reporters — saying the spot’s cost of up to $10 million was exorbitant and could have been better spent improving the newsroom.
“I’m really proud to work at a newspaper that does this vital work,” reporter Sarah Kaplan said in a tweet. “But maybe next $10 million could go toward better health benefits, parental leave, equal pay, and more jobs for reporters?”
Wesley Lowery, a national correspondent for the paper, took a similar view about the ad, in which narrator Tom Hanks extolled the free press amid images that included slain Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
“I love the Post. Have worked here 5 years this month. An amazing team full of amazing people. Can’t lie and pretend it’s not exciting...
“I’m really proud to work at a newspaper that does this vital work,” reporter Sarah Kaplan said in a tweet. “But maybe next $10 million could go toward better health benefits, parental leave, equal pay, and more jobs for reporters?”
Wesley Lowery, a national correspondent for the paper, took a similar view about the ad, in which narrator Tom Hanks extolled the free press amid images that included slain Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
“I love the Post. Have worked here 5 years this month. An amazing team full of amazing people. Can’t lie and pretend it’s not exciting...
- 2/4/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
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