2024-01-20 05:17:12
Agence France-Presse reported that following the management of the Los Angeles Times announced plans to lay off large-scale employees to help fill the huge financial gap, unionized journalists went on strike on the 19th, marking the 142nd anniversary of the publication’s founding. First sight.
Unionized journalists went on strike on the 19th following management of the Los Angeles Times announced plans to lay off large-scale staff to help fill a huge financial gap. (Associated Press)
A large number of employees gathered in a park in the center of Los Angeles, California, the second largest city in the United States, to protest once morest the famous newspaper for “abhorrent and unsustainable” contract changes pushed by its staff.
Labor leaders said other employees stationed in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., also put down their pens and went on strike.
“The contract changes management is trying to force us to accept are abhorrent and unsustainable,” said Brian Contreras of the Los Angeles Times union. “If management believes our financial position is unsustainable, they must come Come to the negotiating table and work out a voluntary separation plan with us in good faith.”
Contreras told AFP that at least 90% of union members were involved in the strike.
The newspaper’s management stated on the 18th that the expansion of losses means that large-scale unemployment is inevitable. The spokesman said, “We must reduce this year’s operating budget and expect layoffs.”
The Los Angeles Times has not officially announced how many jobs it plans to lay off, but there are reports that at least 100 reporters may be laid off, accounting for regarding one-fifth of the newsroom. 70 positions were laid off last June.
“Los Angeles Times” editor-in-chief Kevin Merida suddenly resigned a few days ago. This respected newspaper figure will only join in 2021 to shoulder the responsibility of stabilizing military morale during turbulent times.
The Los Angeles Times, like many traditional media outlets, has struggled to adapt to the impact of the Internet age, especially declining revenue and declining subscriber numbers.
(Editor-in-Chief: Zhuang Qianyu)
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