Washington Post Staffers Will Go on Strike Thursday - Washingtonian
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More than 700 Washington Post employees plan to walk off the job Thursday for a 24-hour strike. Post Guild, the union that represents most of the company's journalists, production specialists, and drivers expressed frustration over its ongoing contract negotiations with Post management in a letter to readers Tuesday: For 18 months, members of our union,

They’ve asked that people honor the picket line by not engaging with Washington Post content on Dec. 7:

Screenshot of a Tweet by the Washington Post guild asking people to not engage with their content while doing a 24-hour strike on December 7, 2023

  • silverbax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    9 months ago

    Who owns the company is irrelevant in the fight for fair wages and working conditions.

    There’s no need for a business owner to pay employees out of their own pockets, that’s not a sustainable business, regardless of whether it’s Bezos or just a garage owner with two employees. The Post, as a business runs profitably just fine on its own, with more than enough revenue to pay their employees fairly.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      22·
      9 months ago

      He could turn it into something like the Guardian, where it runs on an endowment. And it would be a trivial expense for him, with money he can’t actually spend on himself over the course of his life.