Washington Post Staffers Stage Largest Labor Protest in Nearly 50 Years

Over 750 employees walk out over contract stalemate and controversial buyout offers amid company's financial and leadership challenges.

Over 750 Washington Post staffers walked off the job for 24 hours in the biggest labor protest at the company in nearly half a century.
The workers are protesting a stalemate in bargaining with the company that has left them without a contract for 18 months.
The company's recent offer of cost-saving buyouts to staffers is also a point of contention, with workers claiming the terms are stingy and the packages are being coerced by a threat of layoffs.
The company denies the union's claim that it has bargained in 'bad faith' and expresses hope to reach a contract by the end of the month.
The walkout comes as The Post is grappling with both internal leadership turnover and the same economic challenges that have rocked the media industry around the world.