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Sen. Fetterman expresses support for striking and laid-off journalists
2024 has been off to a trying start for the news business.
By Samantha Latson
02/02/2024 03:33 PM EST
Sen. John Fetterman on Friday expressed support for journalists who have taken to picket lines or have been laid off from their jobs in the past few weeks.
“A living wage and a fair contract are necessary to maintain a free press, and that’s what we need to maintain a functioning democracy,” Fetterman (D-Pa.) said in the statement.
His statement came a day after more than 200 journalists from the Chicago Tribune and seven other newsrooms staged 24-hour walkouts across the country on Thursday, demanding fair wages and contract negotiations. Fetterman specifically pointed to a local outlet that participated: the Morning Call in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, whose website calls it the “the third largest newspaper in Pennsylvania.”
It wasn’t the first media walkout of the year. Two weeks ago, members of the Los Angeles Times Guild walked out of newsrooms following an announcement from management about plans to lay off a “significant” portion of its journalists.
FULL story: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/02/fetterman-journalists-strike-00139314