Journalists For Major Newspaper Chain To Strike Over Executive Pay And Job Cuts

Journalists for Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the US, plan to walk off the job next week in protest of the company’s CEO and budget cuts.
The strike aims to pressure shareholders into a no-confidence vote against the CEO and call attention to layoffs and cost-cutting in the newsrooms.
The work stoppage would be the largest in Gannett’s history and follows a smaller protest last November at some of the company’s newspapers.
Gannett merged with GateHouse in 2019, leading to job losses that executives said would reduce costs but critics warned would weaken news coverage.
Gannett claims the strike will not disrupt news coverage or content delivery, but hundreds of journalists at 24 of its newspapers plan to forfeit pay to participate.