"LA Times Guild Condemns Layoffs: Minorities Disproportionately Affected"

The Los Angeles Times Guild expressed dissatisfaction with the recent layoffs at the paper, stating that the company reneged on promises to diversify its ranks and that young journalists of color were disproportionately affected. The Guild also criticized the absence of a publisher, middling strategy, and lack of clear direction as contributing factors to the staffing cuts. Last week, the Guild organized the paper's first union-organized work stoppage in its 142-year history, and a group of California Democrats, including Rep. Adam Schiff, expressed concern for the layoffs in the hopes of saving the struggling paper.