Newsroom unions push for better terms as end-of-year mass media layoffs loom

Newsroom unions push for better terms as end-of-year mass media layoffs loom

Newsrooms have unionized rapidly since the pandemic began in 2020, but the thousands of employees that have been let go since indicate that unionizing can’t prevent layoffs — only soften the blow.

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