Journalists at the Washington Post said they would stage a 24-hour strike on Thursday to protest against staff cuts and what they call management’s failure to bargain in good faith in contract talks that have stretched on for 18 months. The planned one-day walkout would mark the first general work stoppage at the Post since the bitter, 20-week strike of 1975-76, when Katharine Graham was publisher, according to union officials. The Post is one of many news outlets struggling to devise a sustainable business model in the decades since the internet upended the economics of journalism and digital advertising rates plummeted. Workers @washingtonpost have been in contract negotiations with our bosses for 18 months. But the company is refusing to pay us what we’re worth or bargain in good faith.

Source: Washington Post December 07, 2023 16:13 UTC