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Posted on 10/10/2025 6:36:07 AM PDT by Salman
The union representing L.A. Times journalists overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike for the first time ever Thursday as they entered the third year of contract negotiations. A strike has not yet been scheduled.
What’s new: Union members say they haven’t had a cost-of-living increase since 2021 and have faced intimidation from management to organize. They also want protections against layoffs and stronger guardrails against work done by “freelancers, temps and work done by other companies owned by” Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.
Is this historic? Yes, this is the first-ever strike authorization by the L.A. Times Guild, which was formed in 2018. The union also held a one-day walkout in January 2024 to protest anticipated layoffs — the first newsroom work stoppage since the paper began printing in 1881, the Guild said.
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Mo money!
Mo money!
“Union members say they haven’t had a cost-of-living increase since 2021”
And, isn’t that the year when the AutoPen began its rule?
No one will notice.
The LA Times does not make a profit. The New York Times is a money maker, due to its vast base of digital subscriptions.
"Congress voted to eliminate funding for public media across the country. Here at LAist that means a loss of $1.7 million in our budget every year." So SEND MONEY! SEND MONEY! DONATE! DONATE!
Funny thing, until you posted the link, I'd not heard of the site, a "voice you know and trust."
Turns out, "LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio, a member-supported public media network."
And they miss their federal money. They'll be missing it for another three years and many months, longer if another Republican wins in 2028. Bye.
The LAist is a typical leftist rag. Free speech is only that which is funded by the government. Maybe we should have a separation of news and state the way we have separation of church and state....
Will anybody notice?................
Due to AI, how many reporters do you really need?
“The LAist is a typical leftist rag. Free speech is only that which is funded by the government. Maybe we should have a separation of news and state the way we have separation of church and state....”
Leftist journalism is going broke because Trump has already done what needs to be done. All we have to do is watch the show and enjoy the howling.
“”The union has shrunk from 450 members to just above 200 over the last two years, the L.A. Times Guild said.”
it’s gonna shrink even more if the strike extracts higher salaries: net payroll will be same, just fewer employees ...
In Octobr, 1910, union goons bombed the LA Times, killing 21 and injuring more than 100. For more than a century afterwards, the Times refused to allow its employees to unionize.
LOL
L.A. Times journalists
Propaganda agents
Fact check completed
LOL, does anyone still subscribe to the LA Times?
I’m surprised they’re still in businesss
I remember as a kid nearly every driveway in the neighborhood had an LA Times on the driveway.
Now? I walk my dogs in a three-four block radius in my area and other areas in them morning and never see LA Times on anyone’s driveway - they’re becoming increasingly hard to find for sale anywhere and I have not seen a newspaper stand where you put in coins to get a newspaper in ages.
The LA Times lost $50 million last year. It has a total subscriber (print + digital) of ~335,000 in 2025, down from a target of 5 million.
Good luck on getting your jobs back, union workers.
HOW MANY YEARS AGO DID THEY DROP THE “WANT ADS”???
The owner needs to start replacing the reporters and editors with AI.
Leftist propaganda has no need for humans.
Let them strike, AI can right just as asinine and left wing biased articles as they can.
LA Times is probably going to die before the WP
Both will eventually be online only with little content, few employees and a tiny subscription base.
(HOW MANY YEARS AGO DID THEY DROP THE “WANT ADS”???)
When they dropped the adults only ads.
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