The Los Angeles Times is preparing for a 'significant' number of layoffs, as announced by the LA Times Guild, which has called for an emergency meeting and a historic one-day walkout. This action comes in the wake of executive editor Kevin Merida's departure and a previous reduction of the staff by 13 percent six months prior. The newsroom union has warned members of the major impending layoffs, with the potential to see the newsroom shrink by at least 20%. This first newsroom union work stoppage in the newspaper's 142-year history is a protest against multiple unfair labor practices and aims to prevent further cuts that threaten the paper's integrity. The guild's actions reflect a commitment to safeguarding the future of journalism at the LA Times, especially after last year's layoffs of 80 employees, which disproportionately affected young, newer, more diverse reporters.
This sucks. It was a dream of every young writer to work at SI. Some of us weren't good enough and were just loyal readers. What a terrible day. https://t.co/TTJ9kRD2k1
No journalist wants to walk a picket line instead of doing her or his job. Support the LA Times walkout today and don't go read it! https://t.co/W3Iwzs5qPX
Just awful to hear this. Thinking about all the talented people still at SI and hoping for the best for all of them https://t.co/v2B0fuHDON
SHOCK: The Los Angeles Times went woke and then it went broke. The glorious blue-on-blue violence marches on at the far-left Los Angeles Times, where a Friday walkout is planned to protest a coming round of “massive” layoffs. https://t.co/97dorUvw6X
As L.A. Times journalists go on strike today as massive layoffs loom, I stand in total solidarity with my colleagues at @si_union facing similar dark news. Same struggle, same fight. https://t.co/DL8gE1R06y
It’s been a tough week for journalism. Sporting News. Pitchfork. Now this latest SI news and the LA Times staff walking out today. The state of affairs were already perilous but feels more so since 2020 with Covid accelerating economic issues. https://t.co/Jz4sE4Pxx5
Stand in solidarity with journalists in the @latguild who are walking out today and don't cross the digital picket line. Their work is so vital and the proposed cuts would be devastating. Support them! https://t.co/JHkNTGdWvo
Journalism is more important now than ever. I’m walking out today with my @latguild colleagues in the first work stoppage in the 143-year history of the L.A. Times. We’re trying to save our city’s most valuable public trust. We can't keep cutting our way to the future. https://t.co/1MF6MicT7a
Heart goes out to a lot of friends and old colleagues at SI. Another sad day for what was such an iconic brand in the sports world. https://t.co/yn4OzNXcRR
Ugh. Awful, awful news. Solidarity with everyone at @si_union fighting the good fight. https://t.co/uFcYwMBbku
This is brutal. Thinking of all my friends at SI. https://t.co/8NghiHxFpQ
Burned to the ground. Infuriating. Feel for the good, hard-working folks at SI, an iconic brand all of us grew up reading. https://t.co/B9CzqYiAQH
Standing with @latguild as they walk out today over upcoming staff cuts. Good journalism is more important now than ever. And that requires adequate staffing. We need the LAT to continue keeping our communities well informed. We can’t let journalism die in plain view.
I’m heartbroken. This was the outcome many of us feared — but fought like hell to prevent — when SI was sold in 2019. Solidarity with all of the hard-working & incredibly talented @si_union members who will do what they’ve always done: Fight to preserve the soul of the place. https://t.co/dL7AaVZVjS
So sorry to see @latimes colleagues facing another round of layoffs. We need MORE journos covering LA city and county! https://t.co/dMbHaE26Oh
I’m still on paternity leave for another two months. But as Times management tries to gut the paper we all love with catastrophic layoffs, I stand w/ @latguild as we strike today as a union for the first time in @latimes 142-year history. https://t.co/bjWOVzYmIg
LA Times journalists will conduct the first newsroom union work stoppage in the newspaper's 142-year history today, with a one-day "unfair labor practices strike." This comes a day after management disclosed that substantial layoffs were coming. https://t.co/FnsEuYilmn
Last year, @latimes laid off 80 employees, a significant number of whom are people of color. Now, @latguild is warning an even bigger layoff is imminent. I stand with journalists—who are critical to the preservation of our democracy—& urge the Times to put people over profits. https://t.co/DRLRPvzG2g
Today I'm walking off the job with my @latguild colleagues to protest plans for devastating layoffs. Our owner says he's committed to great journalism and finding a path toward long-term financial sustainability. I am too. These cuts would make getting there so much harder. https://t.co/Ie7kf3yCyf
Former LA mayor @AVillaraigosa posted this: “We can't let the LA TIMES die on the vine. These layoffs will kill the newspaper. This is LA, a world class city that needs a world class newspaper. More than a 100 layoffs are of mostly young, newer, more diverse reporters.
I’m walking out today with my @latguild colleagues in the first work stoppage in the 143-year history of the L.A. Times. We’re trying to save our city’s most valuable public trust. This is for a community that has been relying on us for generations. This is for all of L.A. https://t.co/qQbHTXQWF4
Los Angeles Times staff launch first strike in paper’s history as mass layoffs loom https://t.co/x0RgEVrZih
STOP! Plz DO NOT click on anything @latimes today. The @latguild is trying to save jobs. Journalists help you, the public, get answers & often help you during desperate times. Support today's walkout. Please share/retweet. #localjournalism #jobs #CallingAllJournalists https://t.co/LpZ3uW2Aii
Thinking of my former colleagues as the management of the LA Times proposes brutal cuts. One thing I do know about the staff is that they’ll fight like hell ✊🏽 https://t.co/vUstGrywT7
It’s past midnight, and I’m now on strike with hundreds of my best friends at @latguild in the first newsroom union work stoppage since the Los Angeles Times started printing in 1881. There’s no such thing as journalism without journalists. https://t.co/2ghi5aIVjY
Los Angeles Times to lay off ‘significant’ number of employees, union says https://t.co/cHWv2f6EUH
Opinion: Tonight I’m reading of possible 20% staff cuts at the LA Times, large number layoffs at Univision across the country. The TV local news buyouts in 23. We need media. You need experienced people to research & produce news. Managers have to do better!
Talk of staff cuts at the LA Times https://t.co/tHToqxkrqw
Los Angeles Times plans 'significant' layoffs, guild says https://t.co/ijInpsu5u9 https://t.co/s2FDdAanj5
The LA Times union plans a one-day, multi-city walkout tomorrow in protest of sweeping job cuts that are imminently expected https://t.co/3nAvZhqCKb
Los Angeles Times plans to lay off a ‘significant’ number of journalists, the newspaper's guild said, adding that they would organize a one-day walk-out on Friday to protest against the planned move. More here: https://t.co/bueYUnXtw2
From me and our media team, the LA Times union’s response to planned layoffs: https://t.co/KtlA9wTaab
First work stoppage in the history of the L.A. Times. Still a great media organization - and this fight for the future impacts all of us who value coverage of California. I know MANY @SFCGuild members will be thinking of you tomorrow. ✊🏼🦅 https://t.co/p4kdGbd7dV
L.A. Times Guild members to participate in historic one-day strike https://t.co/GxJdhWZVSC
🦅THE L.A. TIMES GUILD IS WALKING OUT🦅 We are calling for a one-day walkout TOMORROW, Jan. 19, in protest of management's proposal to cut staff and multiple unfair labor practices. https://t.co/1NrhBzpTXD
16 months without a contract. Cleaving staff without a plan. This isn't surgery. It's butchery. I'll be joining my @latguild family and walking out tomorrow. I still believe in the L.A. Times. If you do too, see you in Grand Park tomorrow. https://t.co/jz8AL8YPvk
In a note to staff, the LA Times union says staff plan to walk out tomorrow over proposed cuts https://t.co/YNDDK0zl3l
⬇️⬇️⬇️ LA Times Guild Calls Emergency Meeting as Layoffs Loom: ‘This Is the Big One’ The newspaper intends to “imminently execute another major round of layoffs,” according to the bargaining committee. https://t.co/0dcefaU63r
NEWS: L.A. Times Guild calls for a one-day walkout tomorrow to protest looming staff cuts that could see the newsroom reduced by at least 20% @latimes https://t.co/QBuB90BNf6
Some news: Employees at The Los Angeles Times are walking out tomorrow for a day in protest of the proposed job cuts. The scope of the proposed cuts have alarmed LAT journalists I’ve spoken to, who have said they threaten to reverse the progress the LA Times has made to expand…
Thinking of all my friends at @latimes -- one of the nation's toughest and greatest newsrooms. https://t.co/jFIgJTrlsV
Los Angeles Times Guild Says Management Plans "Another Major Round Of Layoffs" https://t.co/PJ9qbg5Jiy
Every journalist working in California today owes @LATimesSkelton a debt of gratitude for being the gold standard in the news business. He has shown us, for decades, what integrity, hard work and fearlessness look like. Hope @LATimes’ will protect its reporters - & this legacy. https://t.co/Dt7XTnU34P
L.A. Times Plans to Lay Off Another Round of Staffers https://t.co/IDde40F3gr via @thedailybeast
The Los Angeles Times plans to enact another round of layoffs this week, according to the paper’s bargaining committee, half a year after the company shed 13 percent of its staff and weeks after its executive editor resigned. https://t.co/BTMlLCPymd
Media news: A big round of layoffs is coming at the LA Times. A week after editor Kevin Merida quit, the newsroom union emailed members late last night saying management has notified them of a coming major round of layoffs. Union email: "Folks, this is the Big One." https://t.co/vWBROkE9on
News: The LA Times Guild has called an emergency meeting today in light of the possibility of another major round of layoffs at the L.A. Times. “This is the big one.” https://t.co/9p22pSB30z