Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos made a surprise appearance at an editorial meeting with senior newsroom staffers on Thursday, reigniting tensions around pending layoffs at the company, sources told Axios. Those layoffs are expected to impact the Post's newsroom, which has caused an uptick in staffers joining the company's union. Of those members, some 580 are from the newsroom with about 76% of eligible newsroom staffers represented. Bezos complimented the journalists on the job they've been doing but declined to provide any commentary on pending layoffs. Around noon on Thursday, the union held a meeting with members to offer guidance about what they knew regarding upcoming layoffs.

Source: Washington Post January 20, 2023 22:30 UTC