203 and Counting at the Los Angeles Times

All employees at the Los Angeles Times are suffering from high anxiety as no one is quite sure if the ax will swing in their direction? Several colleagues working in Operations have complained of the inability to sleep soundly through the night, or of stomach ailments, and many have resorted to smoking cigarettes to relieve their stress.

There has been no decision of how deep the cuts will hit the plate making department yet as the Times converts to the computer to plate system sometime soon.

Many mail room employees have duel job assignments, part of their shift is spent moving newsprint, and the remainder of their shifts in the mail room.

The breakdown is as follows:

63 pressmen and presswomen from Orange County and Olympic
11 machinists at the Olympic Facility
2 pressroom supervisors Olympic and Orange County
1 pressroom clerk from Olympic
3 electro-techs from Olympic
75 editorial employees
4 electro-techs Orange County
4 machinists Orange County
21 mailroom Olympic (4 full time and 17 part time employees)
19 mailroom Orange County (9 full time and 10 part time employees)

Will update as information flows in.