Gannett journalists strike for leadership change and fair pay.
TL;DR
Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the US went on strike to demand an end to cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country's biggest newspaper chain. The strike involves hundreds of journalists at newspapers in eight states, including the Arizona Republic, the Austin American-Statesman, the Bergen Record, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, and the Palm Beach Post. The walkouts coincided with Gannett's annual shareholder meeting, during which the company's board was duly elected despite the NewsGuild-CWA union urging shareholders to withhold their votes from CEO and board chairman Mike Reed as an expression of no confidence in his leadership.
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