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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild
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The Fresno Bee Guild learned on Sept. 10 six reporters, a photojournalist and an editor will be laid off from The Bee within a few weeks. That's nearly half of our staff.
Help our laid off colleagues pay their bills here:
gofundme.com/f/help-fresno-b…
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
I took a few days to think and plot my next move but wanted to let everyone know that after a combined 24 years, next Friday (Sept. 25) will be my last day at the @MiamiHerald I was one of the 30 employees laid off last week by McClatchy in the latest awful day for our industry..
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As part of these sweeping cuts at our company (Chatham/McClatchy), both the Sacramento Bee and Charlotte Observer dismissed their NBA beat writers. That leaves my pal, the excellent @Anthony_Chiang, as the only NBA beat writer among the chain's 28 newspapers. (A reminder that aggregators will have nothing to aggregate if there's nobody actually at the arena and practice courts covering the teams.)
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
Looking for a way to support laid-off workers?
We’ve launched a GoFundMe to help get these dedicated reporters back on their feet.
Anything helps.
Please share to spread the news.
10 Idaho Statesman reporters — more than half the staff — were laid off Thursday by McClatchy, our hedge-fund-backed owner.
Sadly, many don’t have large savings. Please consider donating to help cover their bills.
Any amount helps! bit.ly/4cGQk8X
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
I wrote about the massacre at McClatchy, a rough day that saw newsrooms gutted from Charlotte to Miami to Sacramento. Through it all, McClatchy is still implausibly claiming it remains "deeply committed to local journalism." status.news/p/mcclatchy-layo…
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Please consider donating to support the laid off McClatchy journalists at the Idaho Statesman who just lost half of their staff.
10 Idaho Statesman reporters — more than half the staff — were laid off Thursday by McClatchy, our hedge-fund-backed owner.
Sadly, many don’t have large savings. Please consider donating to help cover their bills.
Any amount helps! bit.ly/4cGQk8X
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
I am one of the reporters who lost their jobs in the wave of McClatchy layoffs last week
Covering Miami City Hall has been fulfilling and challenging in the best way possible. Thanks to everyone who’s followed my work at @MiamiHerald these last 4 years
Stories I loved covering:
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
This will be a long thread. Please stick with it.
The Miami Herald, one of the premier legacy newspapers in America, laid off or wrote off more than 30 positions today – well over one-third of its editorial staff. The cuts include crucial accountability beats. (1)
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
The 41% needs to be verified. McClatchy execs decided to push AI slop on news sites. You can’t pivot to AI, cut 40% of your local journalists and write “we remain deeply committed to local journalism.” You’re lying.
NEW: Huge layoffs across McClatchy newspapers today, with some newsrooms gutted by a third. An internal email from management says consumer revenue has dipped 41% and "we cannot continue investing where subscriber interest does not support the investment"
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
McClatchy guts Miami Herald, Lexington Herald-Leader newsroom, among nationwide layoffs lpm.org/news/2026-09-10/mccl…
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Yesterday, McClatchy laid off more than 90 unionized media workers across 17 publications.
The departure of these talented reporters, visual journalists & writers will immediately leave gaping holes in local coverage for dozens of communities across the US.
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
Today, I was one of many laid off by McClatchy.
I am deeply grateful to @IdahoStatesman for being the first newsroom I got to call home and the reporters and editors I learned so much from.
I’ll be looking for new opportunities to continue my work as a journalist.
The Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild is shocked and disappointed by @mcclatchy 's decision to lay off 33% of its unionized workers at the Idaho Statesman, The News Tribune (Tacoma), Tri-City Herald, The Olympian and Bellingham Herald. This includes 10 journalists in Idaho, and seven across Washington.
These severe cuts will hobble these news organizations and leave the public throughout the Northwest less informed about the events and decisions that affect them, and with fewer people holding the powerful to account.
These are journalists who investigated local hospitals, served as watchdogs over state and local government, showed up at every high school game, jumped in to cover breaking news like wildfires, covered news in overlooked communities, and monitored development in one of the fastest growing regions in the country. One of these papers will no longer have a dedicated reporter covering city hall. Another will no longer have anyone dedicated to covering the state capitol.
McClatchy has decided that short-term profits for a hedge fund matter more than the wellbeing of the communities that its newspapers are supposed to serve. That is a model that is destined to fail.
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
The decline of the @mcclatchy newspaper chain is particularly dark and dramatic. Once a beacon of community-focused, quality journalism, its outlets are becoming empty shells of AI-produced drivel. Shame on its vulture capitalist owners, Chatham Asset Management. lpm.org/news/2026-09-10/mccl…
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
I’m one of the journalists who has been laid off. My heart hurts for my coworkers and for our community, which just gets less and less important coverage.
If anyone knows of journalism jobs that are open, I’ll be looking!
The Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild is shocked and disappointed by @mcclatchy 's decision to lay off 33% of its unionized workers at the Idaho Statesman, The News Tribune (Tacoma), Tri-City Herald, The Olympian and Bellingham Herald. This includes 10 journalists in Idaho, and seven across Washington.
These severe cuts will hobble these news organizations and leave the public throughout the Northwest less informed about the events and decisions that affect them, and with fewer people holding the powerful to account.
These are journalists who investigated local hospitals, served as watchdogs over state and local government, showed up at every high school game, jumped in to cover breaking news like wildfires, covered news in overlooked communities, and monitored development in one of the fastest growing regions in the country. One of these papers will no longer have a dedicated reporter covering city hall. Another will no longer have anyone dedicated to covering the state capitol.
McClatchy has decided that short-term profits for a hedge fund matter more than the wellbeing of the communities that its newspapers are supposed to serve. That is a model that is destined to fail.
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Please note: There are nation wide layoffs happening at McClatchy. We are only speaking on behalf of our bargaining units. Statements from other NewsGuild locals and the national union will come out in the following days.
The Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild is shocked and disappointed by @mcclatchy 's decision to lay off 33% of its unionized workers at the Idaho Statesman, The News Tribune (Tacoma), Tri-City Herald, The Olympian and Bellingham Herald. This includes 10 journalists in Idaho, and seven across Washington.
These severe cuts will hobble these news organizations and leave the public throughout the Northwest less informed about the events and decisions that affect them, and with fewer people holding the powerful to account.
These are journalists who investigated local hospitals, served as watchdogs over state and local government, showed up at every high school game, jumped in to cover breaking news like wildfires, covered news in overlooked communities, and monitored development in one of the fastest growing regions in the country. One of these papers will no longer have a dedicated reporter covering city hall. Another will no longer have anyone dedicated to covering the state capitol.
McClatchy has decided that short-term profits for a hedge fund matter more than the wellbeing of the communities that its newspapers are supposed to serve. That is a model that is destined to fail.
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The Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild is shocked and disappointed by @mcclatchy 's decision to lay off 33% of its unionized workers at the Idaho Statesman, The News Tribune (Tacoma), Tri-City Herald, The Olympian and Bellingham Herald. This includes 10 journalists in Idaho, and seven across Washington.
These severe cuts will hobble these news organizations and leave the public throughout the Northwest less informed about the events and decisions that affect them, and with fewer people holding the powerful to account.
These are journalists who investigated local hospitals, served as watchdogs over state and local government, showed up at every high school game, jumped in to cover breaking news like wildfires, covered news in overlooked communities, and monitored development in one of the fastest growing regions in the country. One of these papers will no longer have a dedicated reporter covering city hall. Another will no longer have anyone dedicated to covering the state capitol.
McClatchy has decided that short-term profits for a hedge fund matter more than the wellbeing of the communities that its newspapers are supposed to serve. That is a model that is destined to fail.
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
VICTORY: The Guild @postguild wins reinstatement for @washingtonpost columnist @KarenAttiah in arbitration over her wrongful termination.
The decision underscores the protections collective bargaining agreements provide workers against retaliatory discipline ✊
wbng.org/news/karen-attiah-a…
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Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild retweeted
Wearing @PostGuild red today.
I was able to challenge my @washingtonpost firing — and win reinstatement plus back pay — all thanks to being a part of the @WBNG32035 Guild.
Binding Arbitration is a part of our contract.
This is why unions matter!!!
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While one majority Black city, Gary Indiana, has been left to endure a weeks-long power outage, another majority Black city, Memphis, TN, has now been told they will be without power for nearly a week. In these Black cities, instead of the National guard being asked to assist, they are stuck being deployed in DC by President Trump as a political ploy in an attempt to show strength.
As working people, when we clock in at work, we’re agreeing to the social contract of paying taxes for the greater public good. So when disasters like what’s going on in Memphis happen, our hard earned tax money will be used to ensure safety. But that isn’t the case in majority-Black cities like Memphis and Gary under the Trump administration because self-interested politicians are prioritizing enriching themselves and their corporate donors. actionnews5.com/2026/08/23/m…
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RT @SBWorkersUnited: AFL-CIO has endorsed the Starbucks boycott! ✊
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