LA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protests
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
A reminder to support your local news and investigative journalism
What if your local news is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group?
Then they're not local and you can say fuckem.
The best journalism I see these days is either done by big names like AP or random dudes with cellphones.
As someone who lives in LA, what now? lol
I never lived in LA and I have an LA Times subscriptions. As far as I can tell, it is still provides quality journalism, despite some questionable decision making. I keep supporting it primarily because I feel like if it goes under then it will leave a big news void on the west coast. I try to support local media in addition to some of the big brands
Sounds like union busting.
HR was glad to use the protests as an excuse for the firing. They needed a good sounding reason since all of these writers were going to be replaced by AI anyway.
It sounds like union busting, which is a terrible reason for everyone but their investors—who can’t see past this quarter’s profits.
Here we go again: Piece of shit Billionaire decides to fire 115 people because having access to billions of dollars just isn't enough.
here comes ai
6 days ago from Haaretz:
L.A. Times Executive Editor Steps Down Amid Disagreements With Owner on Israel-Hamas War Coverage
"Billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who owns the newspaper, criticized the editor's decision to limit coverage of the war in Gaza by journalists who signed a harsh statement of condemnation against Israel".
This is not about Union busting, they are firing Journalists that do not want to write Zionist propaganda for israel.