Washington Post Workers Stage Historic 24-Hour Strike Against Layoffs

Over 750 Washington Post workers went on strike to protest stalled contract negotiations and massive job cuts. The strike, the most serious labor action at the paper in decades, comes as the media industry suffers from layoffs. The company has warned of layoffs if too few staffers take voluntary buyouts. The workers are angry at the company's decision to cut jobs while negotiations are ongoing and blame former CEO Fred Ryan for poor financial decisions. Union members fear that the buyouts and threatened layoffs will decimate local news coverage in the nation's capital.