Kenny Rupp, Maria Ramirez, and Juan Velazquez all soon to be
former Los Angeles Times Employees
former Los Angeles Times Employees
- Editor & Publisher revived - Gary Scott
- Back in the blogosphere - John Temple
- Lou and Me - Columbia Journalism Review
- From Echo Park to Haiti, with love - Jenny Burman
- 'E&P' Sold -- Mitchell and Strupp Out - E&P in Exile
- L.A. Opera’s $14 Million Imbroglio - Joseph Mailander
- Labor Unions and the News Media - American Spectator
- No News isn't Necessarily Good News - The Detroit Blog
- Forecasting Daily Print’s Demise - Newspaper Death Watch
- Publishers may soon find they can't afford to keep printing - Romenesko
Hopefully these fine individuals will be leaving with some sort of severance package. The talk in the pressroom is that we must make a stand and not give up grievances for a severance package, that it is extortion. Seems that not too long ago 63 people were laid off and indeed grievances were given up for a severance package. Why was it not extortion back then?? Why was it not contested back then? Could it be that the president of the union himself had a vested interest in this?? You got your 12 weeks Ron and it's a lot better than nothing! A simple "me too" clause in the contract for severance could have avoided all this. Was it an oversight? Or not enough clout to get that in the contract?
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