The newspaper's banner logo is seen during the grand opening of the Washington Post newsroom in Washington January 28, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDec 5 (Reuters) - 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. The planned one-day walkout would mark the first general work stoppage at the Post since the bitter, 20-week pressmen's strike of 1975-76, when Katharine Graham was publisher, according to union officials. A Guild-produced online video features numerous Post journalists, including chief Ukraine correspondent Siobhan O'Grady, pledging to strike and urging readers to "respect our picket line by avoiding Washington Post journalism" during the walkout. The minute-long video ends with the refrain, "because we're worth more, worth more than our bosses are offering."

Source: Washington Post December 07, 2023 03:35 UTC