Los Angeles Times Newsroom, Challenging Tronc, Goes Public With Union Push
Los Angeles Times Newsroom, Challenging Tronc, Goes Public With Union Push
The unsigned letter calls for improved working conditions, higher pay, more generous benefits
and protections for staff members against “unilateral change by Tronc.”
The letter also says “a majority of the newsroom” had signed union cards supporting representation by the NewsGuild, which represents 25,000 reporters, editors, photojournalists
and other media workers at news organizations across the United States.
“Talented journalists who want to build careers here have left for better pay and opportunities at other news outlets.”
In August, Tronc abruptly ousted top newsroom leaders at The Times, including Davan Maharaj, who had been the publisher and editor since March 2016.
Other leaders at the paper, including Marc Duvoisin, a managing editor; Megan Garvey, the deputy managing editor for digital;
and Matt Doig, the assistant managing editor for investigations, were also fired.
Last year, Tronc instituted an abrupt change to the vacation policy
that effectively eliminated accrued vacation days, according to several employees interviewed.
Newsroom employees at The Los Angeles Times are trying to form a union, setting up a potential clash with the newspaper’s parent company, Tronc.
The unsigned letter calls for improved working conditions, higher pay, more generous benefits
and protections for staff members against “unilateral change by Tronc.”
The letter also says “a majority of the newsroom” had signed union cards supporting representation by the NewsGuild, which represents 25,000 reporters, editors, photojournalists
and other media workers at news organizations across the United States.
“Talented journalists who want to build careers here have left for better pay and opportunities at other news outlets.”
In August, Tronc abruptly ousted top newsroom leaders at The Times, including Davan Maharaj, who had been the publisher and editor since March 2016.
Other leaders at the paper, including Marc Duvoisin, a managing editor; Megan Garvey, the deputy managing editor for digital;
and Matt Doig, the assistant managing editor for investigations, were also fired.
Last year, Tronc instituted an abrupt change to the vacation policy
that effectively eliminated accrued vacation days, according to several employees interviewed.
Newsroom employees at The Los Angeles Times are trying to form a union, setting up a potential clash with the newspaper’s parent company, Tronc.
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