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John Refior (jrefior@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 08-Dec-2023 09:28:16 JST John Refior

"More than 750 journalists and business-side staffers at The #WashingtonPost walked off the job today...
"The newspaper's acting CEO, Patty Stonesifer, announced plans in October to cut 240 jobs, about 10% of the workforce
"Union members say specific areas have been disproportionately targeted for buyouts, including metro news, copy editors and the audio team.
"'What they're doing is really going to decimate the local news desk'"
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/07/1217690720/washington-post-workers-strike
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#media #journalism #WaPo
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  'Washington Post' journalists stage daylong strike under threat of job cuts
  
  Workers are on a 24-hour strike to pressure owner Jeff Bezos and company leaders to negotiate a new labor contract. The Post says it needs to cut jobs and may resort to layoffs.

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