LA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protests
Young journalists of color ‘disproportionately affected’, with many Black, Asian American and Latino staffers laid off, Times guild says
It’s a union shop. In a union shop layoffs (as opposed to buyouts) work by seniority. So, the new layer of diversity hires gets hit hardest nby the layoffs. This is the fault of the union contract.
Which isn’t the thing The Guardian tells us.
Odd that.
That still leaves the paper with more than 400 journalists. What do they all do?
First, they came for the journalists,
And I did not speak out —
I was too busy helping them round up all the journalists.
disproportionately affected’, with many Black, Asian American and Latino staffers laid off, Times guild says
Interesting how Asian and Latino staffers get a mention. Thought it was only Blacks who got discriminated against in the US? Or is that only when they are pushing affirmative action?
That still leaves the paper with more than 400 journalists. What do they all do?
Most of them are probably stringers or occasional freelance contributors (as, probably, are a lot of those laid off). So not real full-time employees.
No, that’s full time employees. US papers are grossly, horribly, overmanned.
No, that’s full time employees. US papers are grossly, horribly, overmanned.
CraigsList is slowly but surely working to making them less overmanned.
Our local newspaper is basically one man with an internet connection and an offset litho press.
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