{"id":2117542,"date":"2023-12-06T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-employees-plan-to-turn-on-company-walk-off-the-job\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T14:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T19:11:22","slug":"wapo-employees-plan-to-turn-on-company-walk-off-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-employees-plan-to-turn-on-company-walk-off-the-job\/","title":{"rendered":"WaPo staff to revolt, stage walkout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwapo-employees-plan-to-turn-on-company-walk-off-the-job%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2117542&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>WaPo \u200bEmployees\u200c Plan to Turn on Company, Walk Off\u200b the\u2064 Job<\/h2>\n<p>Hundreds\u2062 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-prophecy-befalls-another-media-outlet-nbc-msnbc-layoffs-prompt-strike\/\" title=\"Trump Prophecy Befalls Another Media Outlet: NBC, MSNBC Layoffs Prompt Strike\">unionized journalists<\/a> at The Washington\u2062 Post are gearing up for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cool-1000-ny-times-workers-threaten-walkout\/\" title=\"Cool: 1000+ NY Times Workers Threaten Walkout\">24-hour walkout<\/a> on Thursday after contract talks hit\u200d a \u2063roadblock with the publication owned by Jeff\u200b Bezos.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post Guild, the employees&#8217; \u200bunion, has released a powerful\u200d video \u2064on \u2062X featuring Post employees \u2063expressing\u2064 their grievances and pledging their \u200dsupport for the upcoming protest.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>WaPo senior publicist\u2063 Kathleen Floyd:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m worth a\u200b fair and\u200d transparent pay process.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Copy aide Claire Healy:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m worth a living wage.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Video \u2064games reporter\u200b and critic Gene Park:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m worth \u200braises that keep up with inflation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assistant editor Heben Kelati:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m worth equal pay to my colleagues, regardless of\u200c my race or gender.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health and medicine reporter Lenny Bernstein:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m\u200c worth\u2062 job protections that value my years of service.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kelati and Floyd emphasize that \u200bthe\u2064 year and a half of negotiations with Post management have left them feeling that the company is not negotiating \u2062&#8221;in good \u200cfaith.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Post Report&#8221;\u2062 senior \u2063host\u200c Martine Powers reveals that the union&#8217;s definition of &#8220;good faith&#8221; is \u200dthe company&#8217;s failure to offer a deal that \u2062employees consider \u200c&#8221;fair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video concludes with a call to\u2064 action, urging viewers to write to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wapos-top-fact-checker-gets-fact-checked-third-time-week-think-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Post<\/a> in support of the union\u2064 and to refrain\u2064 from reading \u2062any content published by \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wapo-columnist-storms-off-confronted-evidence-biden-knew-participated-sons-shady-business-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the \u200cPost<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Watch \u2063the video below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Workers <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost?\">@washingtonpost<\/a> \u200bhave been in contract negotiations with our bosses for 18 \u200dmonths.<\/p>\n<p>But the company \u2062is refusing to pay us what we&#8217;re worth or bargain \u200din\u2062 good faith.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2063 on \u200bDec. 7, we&#8217;re walking off the job for 24 hours. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GCraL1I0nm\">pic.twitter.com\/GCraL1I0nm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Post Guild (@PostGuild) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PostGuild\/status\/1732063014373806296?\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-wilson-threatens-critics-in-exclusive-straw-man-defense-of-embattled-lincoln-project\/\" title=\"Rick Wilson Threatens Critics in \u2018Exclusive\u2019 Straw Man Defense of Embattled Lincoln Project\">public response<\/a> to the planned walkout seems to have fallen \u200cshort \u200dof the union&#8217;s expectations. By\u200b noon on Wednesday, \u200cthe campaign for letters to the paper&#8217;s management had only received about 3,500 responses out of the goal of\u2063 6,400, despite the video being viewed\u2064 over 2.3\u2064 million times on X.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a quick look\u200d at the responses to the X post \u2064reveals\u2062 no support for the union&#8217;s cause.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you&#8217;re worth more than they&#8217;re paying you, then prove it and go get another job. If \u200dWaPo disappeared, the world would\u200c be a better \u2063place. I \u2064doubt anyone pays you more to be an activist pretending to\u200d be a journalist. If your goal was to garner public sympathy, then you failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby Starbuck \u2064(@robbystarbuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1732218925536976979?\">December 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you are worth more than the company\u200c is paying you,\u200c you can find another company. You \u200bshould not have to resort\u2062 to shakedowns. The truth is that you lie about russiagate, climate change, even Dave portnoy&#8217;s pizza fest. Petty and \u200duseless.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gregg Re\u2063 (@gregg_re) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregg_re\/status\/1732150102704148717?\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Make it \u200dlonger than 24 \u2062hours. 24 days. Even\u2063 24 weeks. Make \u200dthem\u200d feel it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BowTiedReactionary (@bowtiedreact) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bowtiedreact\/status\/1732119119791563118?\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And \u200dmy personal favorite:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So weird. I thought we\u2062 were &#8220;better off&#8221;.\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bB1q4caOPh\">pic.twitter.com\/bB1q4caOPh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahisCensored\/status\/1732317412555374986?\">December 6,\u200c 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/union-workers-jeff-bezos-wapo-plan-walkout-insiders-question-billionaire-owners-role-newsroom-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported that \u2063the Post is projected to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jeff-bezos-washington-post-set-lose-100-million-year-40-250-million-paid-decade-ago-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incur a\u2063 $100 million loss<\/a> in 2023, raising questions about where the funding for raises and other compensation improvements\u2063 for union employees would\u200d come from.<\/p>\n<p>An insider told Fox that Bezos, who acquired the paper for $250\u2064 million \u200cin \u200d2013, is running\u200d the company more\u2064 like a\u2064 &#8220;conventional&#8221;\u2063 business, \u200bwhich differs from the norms of\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/frighteningly-authoritarian-publishing-giant-encourages-staff-snitch-co-workers-social-media-posts-union-says-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publishing industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bezos is so rich \u2062that none\u200d of this is mandatory,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-tom-brady-marital-issues-gisele-bundchen-thinks-shes-a-football-widow\/\" title=\"Amid Tom Brady Marital Issues Gisele B\u00fcndchen Thinks She\u2019s a \u201cFootball Widow\u201d\">unnamed insider stated<\/a>. &#8220;He&#8217;s acting\u2064 like a conventional businessman running a conventional business. But is\u200b he, and are we? No one likes to lose money, \u200bof course. But the fact is, based on\u200c his net worth ($171 billion, according to Bloomberg&#8217;s Billionaires Index), he\u200d could\u2063 absorb \u200d$100 \u2063million in annual losses *literally* for\u200d the next \u20621,500 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, what are we \u200dthen?&#8221; \u200dthe insider questioned.\u2063 &#8220;An\u2063 organization that has some\u2062 value beyond what \u200dit can produce on the bottom line? Or just another business, subject to the same harsh financial discipline as any business? His actions suggest the answer is the latter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wapo-employees-plan-turn-company-walk-off-job\/\">WaPo Employees\u200d Plan to Turn on Company, Walk \u200bOff the Job<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The  <\/p>\n<h2> What are the grievances of the unionized journalists at The Washington Post that have led to the planned walkout?<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<h2>WaPo Employees Plan to Turn on Company, Walk Off the Job<\/h2>\n<p>Hundreds of unionized journalists\u2063 at The Washington\u2062 Post are gearing \u2062up for a 24-hour walkout on Thursday after contract talks hit a roadblock\u2063 with the publication owned by Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post Guild, the\u2064 employees&#8217; union, has released a powerful video on X featuring Post employees expressing \u2064their\u200d grievances and pledging their support for \u200dthe upcoming protest.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>WaPo senior publicist Kathleen Floyd:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m worth \u200da fair and \u200btransparent pay process.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Copy aide Claire \u200cHealy:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m worth \u2062a living wage.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Video games reporter and \u200dcritic Gene Park:<\/strong> \u200d&#8221;I&#8217;m worth raises that keep up with inflation.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assistant editor Heben Kelati:<\/strong> \u2064 &#8220;I&#8217;m worth equal pay to my colleagues, regardless of\u2062 my race or gender.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health and medicine reporter Lenny Bernstein:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m worth job protections that value my years\u200c of service.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kelati and Floyd emphasize that the \u200byear and a half of \u200bnegotiations with Post management have left them feeling that the\u200b company \u2063is not negotiating \u2064in good faith.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Post Report&#8221; senior host Martine\u2062 Powers reveals that the union&#8217;s definition of &#8220;good faith&#8221; \u2064is the company&#8217;s failure to \u200doffer a deal that employees consider &#8220;fair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video concludes \u2063with a call to action, urging viewers to write to the Post in support of the union and to refrain from reading any content published by the Post on\u200b Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>However, the public response to the planned walkout \u2062seems to have fallen short\u2063 of the union&#8217;s expectations. \u200cBy noon on\u2064 Wednesday, the campaign for letters\u2064 to the paper&#8217;s management \u200chad only received about 3,500 \u2064responses out of the goal of 6,400, despite the video being viewed over 2.3 million times on\u200b X.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a quick look at\u200d the responses\u200b to the X <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/casey-mattox-americans-feel-less-free-dont-trust-leaders-post-covid-pandemic-poll\/\" title=\"Casey Mattox: Americans Feel Less Free, Don\u2019t Trust Leaders Post-COVID Pandemic: Poll\">post reveals<\/a> no support for the union&#8217;s cause.<\/p>\n<p>And my personal favorite:<\/p>\n<p>So weird. I thought we were &#8220;better\u200d off&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of unionized journalists at The Washington Post are set to strike for 24 hours due to stalled contract negotiations with owner Jeff Bezos. 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