So far 120 employees have accepted voluntary buyouts to…Around 750 employees for the Washington Post walked out on their jobs Thursday in the first labor strike against the newspaper in fifty years. Around 750 employees for the Washington Post walked out on their jobs Thursday in the first labor strike against the newspaper in fifty years. Washington Post employees strike on December 7, 2023 (Amber Duke/The Spectator)Amid these challenges, Washington Post Guild members told me that they believe Washington Post leadership has not been negotiating with the union in good faith, citing the fact that a deal has not been reached with workers in eighteen months. The Washington Post Guild ‘Zine’ (Amber Duke/The Spectator)Also in play is the company’s remote work policy. Washington Post employees strike (Amber Duke/The Spectator)Throughout the day, Post employees braved the low temperatures to beat bucket drums, blow vuvuzelas and dance to mid-2000s pop hits as they called for better pay.

Source: Washington Post December 09, 2023 04:02 UTC