Posted on 12/10/2023 3:11:19 AM PST by Libloather
Washington Post employees and Washington-Baltimore Guild members who took part in one of the largest labor strikes in Washington Post history, criticized the leadership of the outlet’s owner, one of the world’s richest men, Jeff Bezos.
"I think that our owner has the power to take accountability for the fact that his publisher that he chose made poor business decisions that got us in this mess," Washington Post reporter and Washington Post Guild News Co-Chair Katie Mettler told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
Mettler’s comments targeted Bezos’ decision to entrust The Post to its CEO and publisher Fred Ryan, whom she accused of pushing the outlet into the financial mess that caused 750 of her colleagues to go on strike.
The strike came as the Washington Post Guild – the union for the outlet’s workers – clashed with management regarding terms for current employees, as well as terms for proposed buyouts The Post offered earlier this season as the paper implemented a 240-count job cut. The Post is facing a $100 million loss by the end of 2023, according to reports.
Fox Digital spoke to several other picketers outside the Washington Post building in Washington D.C. on Thursday who expressed how they felt about a company owned by one of the world’s richest men not being able to give what they described as a fair deal for employees.
Though some were less critical of Bezos than others, all seemed to agree that Bezos could be doing more for his employees and for the financial health of the company.
Prior to criticizing Bezos for putting Ryan – who stepped down from the role earlier this year – at the helm, Mettler admitted that Bezos "helped reinvigorate the business of the Washington Post. "I think many people are grateful for that,"...
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Hope it goes on for a month till WaPo discovers that their circulation hasn’t changed.
Well! There goes your chance to win a vacation on Jeff’s SuperYacht….
Post is just a toy to Jeff. All he cares about is living large and playing hide the bone with the gold digging tart Sanchez.
Their minimum salary is 50 K/year. They work from home 3 days/ week.
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